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Creating and Sustaining Family Friendly Schools

Table of Contents
  1. Introduction

  2. Involving Families and Community in the Design and Development Phase

    1. Strategies for Learning About Parent/Family Needs and Expectations about Education

    2. Involving Parents in Designing and Starting New Charter Schools

      1. Effective parent meetings

      2. Parents and educational innovation

    3. Engagement of Grassroots Community Organizations in Charter Design and Start-up

  3. Involving Families in Schools

    1. Ways in Which Families May Be Involved

      1. Parenting

      2. Communicating

      3. Volunteering

      4. Learning at home

      5. Decision-making

      6. Collaborating with community

      7. Parents and families as resources for school curriculum

    2. Parent Resource Centers

    3. Training School Personnel to More Effectively Involve Families

    4. Challenges to Family Involvement and How to Overcome Them

  4. Communicating with Parents, Including Reporting on Progress of Students and of the School

    1. Building Trust and Rapport with Parents

    2. Communicating with Parents About Their Student

    3. Communicating with Parents and Community About Progress of the School as a Whole

  5. Improving Responsiveness to Stakeholders

    1. Parent Surveys

    2. Other Means of Assessing Parent Satisfaction

    3. Using Data Gathered from Stakeholders to Improve the Program

  6. Resources
List of Appendices and References

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