Family Engagement
A Framework for Student, Family, and Community SuccessTraining
LCFF & LCAP
Our Wish List & Vision
- Our Vision: To build trusting relational partnerships with our schools (teachers, staff, administrators) to support our students with the best educational experience we can envision at IUSD. You can’t have one without the other.
- Our Wish List for IUSD:
- Providing staff/administrators readily available access to professional interpreters and translators when needed
- Holding schools accountable for using interpreting and translation services available. Check out the U.S. Department of Justice’s view of translation/interpreting for parents, read more . CA Ed Code 48985
- Updating the communication platform as well as setting clear policies, expectations of all stakeholders, and using best practices in content and delivery
- Including more disaggregated data in the LCAP metrics for family engagement –telling of truer story about our marginalized or under represented family groups
- Improving School Site Council practices with training for all participants (shared data, goals, accountability, transparency, discretionary budgets, etc.)
- Training for staff/administrators on family engagement practices and using the Dual-Capacity Framework as an equity tool. Special emphasis and work needs to be done at the middle school level where old paradigms of parent/guardian involvement dropping off still exist today even though a significant amount of data shows this may be where even more engagement needs to happen since our children’s brains are again developing very rapidly at this stage of their life
Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships
- Dual Capacity for Family Engagement – Educators’ and Families’ path to true family engagement only works when both understand and agree upon the goals and capacity outcomes
Middle School Engagement Requires More, NOT Less
Male Engagement
Family Engagement Resources
- Ed100.org – What is Family Engagement?
- The Research Showing Impact of Family Engagement
- National PTA School of Excellence – Registration extended to November 15th!
- NEW! IUSD Virtual Parent Center
- IUSD Family Engagement
- How to Communicate with IUSD When You Have A Question or Issue
- Common Sense Media – Digital Citizenship Parent Ed Presentations
- California School Dashboard
- IUSD Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP)
- PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships (Assessment Guide)
- California State PTA’s School Smarts Parent Engagement Program
- California Department of Education Parent Portal
- WestEd Family Engagement Framework
- EdSource’s The Power of Parents
- Family Engagement Solutions
- EducationWeek Spotlight – DEI
- Orange County Department of Education Family and Community Engagement
- Gifted Education – Parent Resources
- Educator Family Engagement Toolkit – A must-do for educators who have no Family Engagement Training
- Learn from your Families: Making PTA Surveys – Top 10 Rules
- Facilitating Listening Sessions
- Evidence for Essa
- Parent Teacher Home Visits
Department of Education
FAMILY ENGAGEMENT WEBINAR SERIES
- To Support Student Success
- To Support Student Engagement and Attendance
- To Support Immigrant and Multilingual Families
- To Support Student Mental Health and Well-Being
- To Support Kindergarten Readiness and Early School Success
- To Support College and Career Pathway Success
Research Data
Research
Take a look at the latest findings from our national parent survey conducted in collaboration with Edge Research.
Supplemental PTA Survey Findings
Edge Research has provided the following data dashboards for reference based upon our survey findings.
Research & Data Resources
Engage in Your Child's Success!
- Challenge Success Program
- Tips to Help Your Child Thrive English | Spanish | Chinese
- A Different Kind of College Prep
- Playtime, Downtime, Family Time for Healthy Development
- Partners in Learning
- Supporting Your Child’s Learning
Parenting Resources
- Readiness Roadmap K-8
From math and reading to life skills, here’s a guide on what’s expected in each grade so you can team up with your child’s teacher and support learning at home. - Special Ed Parent Handbook
- Anti-Racism Resource Directory
- Grown & Flown – High School Family Support & Great Tips/Articles for sanity!
- Get Familiar with School Library Standards
- Parent’s Guide to Understanding…
- CAASPP & ELPAC Assessments (multiple languages)
IUSD Parent/Guardian Workshops
Each month, IUSD Family Engagement offers very informative and timely workshops/webinars in various languages for IUSD families. Take advantage of the newcomer sessions to help welcome new families to the school district.
IUSD Family Engagement