Family Engagement: What can Families Do?

Categories for Family Involvement

*for many students their guardians could be parents, grandparents, older siblings, tribal members, or other members of the students's extended family*

Parenting
- Setting aside time to help their child with their school work
- Set high expectations for their child
- Helping with school events or classroom events

Communicating with schools

- Talk to the teacher or the administration about ways they can help you help their child

Volunteering at school

- Helping in and out of the classroom
- Being available whenever possible

Supporting learning at home

• Providing quite study environment
• Expressing value for learning
• Setting high expectations
• Helping with homework assignments
• Chaperoning school events
• Attending parenting classes
• Serving on the school board

Participating in school governance

- Can be anything from participating in the Parent Teacher Organization to helping with fundraising to assisting in planning school events

Decisionmaking

- Making the choice to be involved or not
- Includes: having kids assessed for special education or gifted programs, being involved in the school community, being involved in the school outside of the classroom

Taking part in school-community
- Can range from: dropping your student off at school to coming for student-teacher conferences to participating in events going on in the classroom


* Some parents and guardians will have more time to participate in school and take part their child's education more than others.*