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Family and Community Engagement:

“Family and community engagement comprises parents (broadly defined to refer to a child’s or youth’s primary caregiver) and youth-service providers, school staff, and community members working together to actively support and improve the academic achievement, social and behavioral development, and health of children, adolescents, and young adults.” (youth.gov)

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IDRA’s Family and Community Engagement Survey This survey can be used to assess a school's effectiveness in partnering with families and communities around student achievement, access & equity, organizational support, and quality of interactions. Also available in Spanish. SOURCE: University/Nonprofit Research Institution TAGS assessment community relations family and community engagement
Parenting for Competence and Parenting With Competence- Essential Connections Between Parenting and Social and Emotional Learning In this 2018 study, Miller, Wanless & Weissberg examined how professionals in the field of SEL translate between their professional knowledge and their personal parenting practices and priorities for their children's development. Responses are analyzed and compared to the CASEL 5 competency framework. SOURCE: Research Journal TAGS parenting family partnerships reading lists - parents
Webinar: The Role of Family and Community Partnerships in School-based Social and Emotional Learning Programs Includes findings from the Social and Emotional Learning Interventions Under the ESSA: Evidence Review, focusing specifically on what the review found related to family and community engagement, and a presentation from a district administrator. Hosted by REL Northeast & Islands SOURCE: REL Northeast & Islands TAGS family partnerships community partnerships SEL partnerships parent leadership evidence-based programs community relations out of school family and community engagement
Partnerships by Design: Cultivating Effective and Meaningful School-Family-Community Partnerships This tool from Northwest REL includes forms, worksheets, and activities to assess the current state of family and community collaboration, create a vision for partnership, and set up an action plan. SOURCE: Northwest REL TAGS family partnerships community partnerships anti-bias toolkit parent leadership culturally responsive family and community engagement
Early Lessons from Schools and Out-of-School Time Programs Implementing Social and Emotional Learning This report details the study of partnerships between schools and out of school time partners working together to implement SEL in a coordinated way, organizing lessons learned into 4 main categories: system-level launch activities, developing partnerships, developing adults' capacity to promote SEL, and improving climate and delivering SEL instruction. SOURCE: Wallace Foundation TAGS community partnerships implementation evaluation out of school

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Shared Vision and Plan Process
Integration Process
Family and Community Partnerships Process
What is SEL
Strengthen Adult SEL & Cultural Competence Process

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