Family Engagement Toolkit

 

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Engaging with families to support students to a brighter future takes time, effort, and intention. Members of NCCEP’s Family Engagement Advisory Committee compiled the resources below to share with other GEAR UP programs. The resources are meant to serve as inspiration or templates for other GEAR UP programs’ family engagement work.

If you want to learn more about ways to use the resources, check out NCCEP’s professional development opportunities that review family engagement strategies.


Getting to Know Your Families

 

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To serve families, start by getting to know who they are and what they need. This core element of family engagement creates a strong foundation for your work.

Needs Assessment

Communicating with Families


Planning Services

 

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Planning services requires determining what content to deliver and how to deliver it. Consider ways to create two-way conversations with families, and focusing on the knowledge and tools they need to support their students.

Collaborating with Families

Examples of Services and Activities


Collecting and Analyzing Data

 

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Continuous improvement is an important element of any GEAR UP program. Be sure to collect data and analyze it so that you can use that information to improve family services each year.

Data Collection Templates

Data-Based Decision-Making

 
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