Three Back-to-School Resources for Stronger Family Partnerships
The beginning of the school year is one of the best opportunities to build trusting relationships with families that can last all year. RMFEC offers practical, ready-to-use resources to help educators create welcoming, academically focused partnerships from the very first interaction.
Whether you are preparing for Back-to-School Night, planning a staff meeting, or thinking about how you will connect with families, these three tools can help you begin with intention.
1. More Than Homework: Six Ways Families Help Kids Learn
Families support learning in many ways beyond helping with homework. This customizable presentation introduces six important roles families play in their children’s learning and includes practical examples and discussion prompts.
Use it during Back-to-School Night or another family event to move the conversation beyond classroom logistics and help families recognize the many ways they already contribute to student success.
2. Building Trusting Relationships with Families: Beginning of the Year
Strong partnerships begin with trust. This guide helps educators start meaningful conversations with families grounded in care, respect, and collaboration.
It includes practical strategies and questions educators can use to learn about families’ hopes, goals, and experiences, laying the foundation for partnerships that support students throughout the year.
3. The Why of Family Engagement
Before choosing a new family engagement strategy, it helps to build a shared understanding of why the work matters. This ready-to-use slide deck introduces the research behind family engagement and helps educators connect strong family-school partnerships with student success.
Use it during a staff meeting, professional learning community (PLC), or team planning session to spark reflection and discussion before the school year gets fully underway.
Not sure where to begin?
Use RMFEC’s Choose Your Own Adventure, Family Engagement Style! interactive guide to find resources based on your current goals, from building relationships and improving communication to supporting learning and solving common family engagement challenges.
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You already know how small shifts in family engagement can lead to stronger partnerships. Share this post with a colleague, bring one of these tools to your next team meeting, or invite another educator to explore RMFEC’s full resource collection.
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