Engage Every Family: Five Simple Principles

New and Improved - Revisit Five Simple Principles and Engage With Every Family Why haven’t we been more successful in engaging every family in the educational lives of their children? Why do we still struggle with the notion of engaging every family as a conduit to improved student learning? This book outlines a pathway and process to engage every family, including those families that have been traditionally disengaged or disenfranchised. Updates to this second edition include updated research to ensure a firmer foundation for each of its five simple principles as well as:    - Reflections about implicit bias, equitable learning outcomes, and the role family engagement plays    - A deeper dive into the idea of family efficacy, or empowering families to work alongside teachers for improved learning    - A nuanced switch from building to developing relationships, and how trust is at the core of that subtle difference Join Dr. Steve Constantino as he shares what he has learned and how he has improved the Five Simple Principles for family engagement and its powerful effects upon student achievement.      

Table of Contents:
Foreword Preface Publisher’s Acknowledgments About the Author Chapter 1: Would Every Family Choose You? Customers Make Paydays Possible Every Opportunity Is a Marketing Opportunity Some Ideas to Get Started Reality, Perceptions, and Beliefs Finally, the Secret to Success! The Importance of Caring The Importance of Process The Need for Leadership Chapter 2: A Quick Note About Motivating Teachers Three Kinds of Teachers: A Slightly Humorous Look Can I Get a Copy of That? My Dumb Idea Chapter 3: Equity, Bias, and Family Disengagement Isn’t Forever Long Enough? What Is Equity? Culturally Responsive Family Engagement Implicit Bias Why Do Families Disengage? The Cycle of Disengagement Why Some Families Stay Away From Schools The Very Few Case Study: Ernest B. Chapter 4: Engaging Every Family in Middle and High School Why Do Families Disengage From Secondary Schools? Academic Socialization and Home-Based Engagement Designing Family Engagement at the Secondary School Level Chapter 5: An Introduction to the Five Simple Principles Where to Start Introducing the Five Simple Principles The Logic Model The Five Simple Principles Further Defined Chapter 6: Principle #1: A Culture that Engages Every Family Culture Drives Everything Cultures and Subcultures Cultural Challenges Breaking the Cycle School Culture Defined School District Inconsistency with Families Start With Policy Culture Case Study: The Science Project Creating a Culture to Engage Every Family Chapter 7: Principle #2: Communicate Effectively and Develop Relationships It’s the Little Things Case Study: I Know What They Think of Me Understanding the Importance of Relationships With Families Working With the “Hard to Reach” Home Visits Working With Families With Limited English Proficiency Engaging With Families of Children With Special Needs Case Study: Jonathan and the Self-Contained English Class The Role of Fear and Trust in Relationships With Families Case Studies: What Could Have Been Done Differently? Ideas to Promote Trusting Relationships Between Schools and Every Family The Welcoming Environment of Schools Customer Service Welcoming Every Family Issues and Solutions in Communicating With Families Connecting Communication and Relationships With Technology Communicate Effectively and Build Relationships Chapter 8: Principle #3: Build Family Efficacy What Is Efficacy? The Weekly Folder Creating the Transparent School Case Study: Class Isn’t the Same Without You Family–Student–Teacher Conferences Do We Need to Interact With Every Family? What Motivates Families? Interactive Homework Design: Invisible Engagement Sharing Data With Families Case Study: Trying to Talk to the Math Teacher Case Study: Teaching Responsibility? A Critical Component of Inviting Family Participation Building Successful Relationships That Promote Family Efficacy Chapter 9: Principle #4: Engage Every Family In Decision Making Problems and Solutions Where We Are Today Let Every Family Have a Say A Working Definition How to Select Families Getting Back to the Tip of the Spear Case Study: The Uniform Policy Chapter 10: Principle #5: Engage The Greater Community The Power of Community Social Capital and Modern School–Community Partnerships Community Schools and Asset Mapping The Advantages of Community Schools The Start of an Asset Map The Idea of Collective Impact How Community Connections Can Help The Necessary Ingredients for Successful Community Engagement The Benefits of Engaging the Community Additional Benefits of School–Community Partnerships Designing Community Engagement Chapter 11: Taking Action And Measuring Success Start with Data Goal Statements Now It’s Your Turn Engage Every Family: Five Simple Principles Epilogue: Exceeding Expectations Two Huge Questions References Index

About the Author :
For over twenty-five years, Dr. Steve Constantino has captivated thousands of teachers, administrators, school board members, and businesspeople from the United States and around the world. His keynote presentations and workshops have been featured in local, state, regional, national, and international conferences. Working as a high school principal in 1995, he stumbled across research about the effects of family engagement on student learning and was immediately convinced that this was the missing ingredient in helping all children learn.   Steve’s work quickly gained national prominence, and soon he began traveling the United States, speaking, and working with all types of educators, school board members, and businesses to promote sound practices in family engagement that result in increased academic achievement for all students. His natural gifts as a motivating orator, coupled with his knowledge and practical experience, make him one of the most sought-after speakers in the field of family engagement.   Steve began his career as an instrumental music teacher and later became an assistant principal, principal, deputy superintendent, and district superintendent. Steve is the former chief academic officer and acting superintendent of public instruction for the Commonwealth of Virginia. Today, Steve is an executive professor at the William & Mary School of Education where he teachers in the Education Policy, Planning and Leadership department and continues to travel the globe helping schools, districts, and organizations to engage every family.