School Training Resources - Partnering for School Success

These resources are designed to help schools create stronger school-family connections.

Parent Teacher Conference Tips Sheets — Harvard Family Research Project — Quick tips on parents teacher conferences.

Inventory for Creating School-Family Connections
(40 K PDF) — Inventory to look at the conditions that enhance productive school-family relationships: approach, attitude, atmosphere, and actions
Nuts and Bolts of Communication with Parents and Families (52 K PDF) — Communication tips relating to attitudes, behaviors, and more.
Effective Communication (91 K PDF) — Lists guidelines and possible practices for school staff in effective communication.
Building Shared Responsibility for Educational Outcomes (51 K PDF) — Hints for how to turn common school events and activities, like back to school night, into a partnership building opportunity.
Practices that Promote Schools as Welcoming Activities (40 K PDF) —Summarizes at school efforts and famiily outreach efforts that can help create a welcoming environment for parents.
Four Models of Parent Involvement: Which One Represents Your School? (40 K PDF) — Reviews four models of parent involvement.
The “Eight P” Philosophy for Effective School-Parent Partnerships (88 K PDF) — These eight “P”s help build effective school-parent partnerships.
Ways to Engage the Uninvolved Parent (44 K PDF) — Suggestions for engaging parents from removing barriers, improving communication, and more.

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