Design effective forms of school– home and home–school communications
| Type 1 Parenting | Type 2
Communicating |
Type 3
Volunteering |
Type 4
Learning at Home |
Type 5
Decision Making |
Type 6 Collaborating with
Community |
| Help all families support children as learners | Design effective forms of school– home and home–school communications | Recruit and organize parent help and support | Provide ideas about how to help at home | Include parents
in decision making |
Identify and integrate community resources to strengthen school or center programs |
| Sample Practices and Overcoming Challenges | |||||
| Family support programs to assist with health, nutrition, etc. | Provide translators as
needed |
Family center for volunteer work, meetings, resources | Information for families on expected skills and behaviors | Active committees for parent participation | Information for families on community
services of all kinds |
| Home visits | Have regular schedule of memos, phone calls, newsletters, etc. | Family phone tree to provide important information | Calendars with
community activities |
Networks to link families | Information on community
activities |
| Enable families to share culture and children’s
talents and needs |
Consider parents who don’t read well or need large type | Recruit volunteers widely so all families feel
welcome |
Involve families in curriculum decision making as possible | Include parent leaders from all racial, ethnic, and other groups on committees | Ensure equity of opportunities for families to
participate in program |