Family Engagement Committees Families play a vital role in education. MPS works with families to ensure they have the tools needed to be equal partners in supporting student achievement. When families and schools work together, students are more successful and the entire community benefits. Parent coordinators can work with school leadership to prioritize and set goals for family engagement. Below is a list of opportunities for parent coordinators to engage families through family engagement committees. Using the family engagement committees will help create a proactive approach for connecting and sustaining family involvement.
Recruit Relationships Plan Communication Coach
Obtain volunteers for school needs Events and activities could foster parent-to-parent relationship building Discuss ideas for events and workshops and fundraising Source for communicating happenings, updating school changes and distributing information to families Parenting skills related to communication and academic achievement based on the unique needs of the parents
Support
Identify supportive resources to improve school issues
Connect
Connect others to work that is being done at the school and to build families’ capacity on unmet school needs
22 Parent Coordinator’s Playbook, 2021–22
