CCSD On The Move

A school striving for family involvement often leads with its mouth - identifying projects, needs, and goals and then telling parents how they can contribute. A school striving for parent engagement, on the other hand, tends to lead with its ears - listening to what parents think, dream, and worry about. The goal of family engagements is not to serve clients but to gain partners.

Larry Ferlazzo

Family Engagement is any way that a child’s adult caretaker (biological parents, foster parents, siblings, grandparents, etc.) effectively supports learning and healthy development.

Karen Mapp