Resources

The CFEC develops and shares resources to support families and school districts to partner effectively.

Audience: School Staff, Audience: Parent, Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Resource Type: Webinar, Topic: Communicating with Families, Age Group: Adult Learning, Age Group: Early Childhood, Age Group: Elementary School (K-5), Age Group: High School (9-12), Age Group: Higher Education, Age Group: K-12, Age Group: Middle School (6-8), Age Group: Prek-12 Brielle Killip Audience: School Staff, Audience: Parent, Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Resource Type: Webinar, Topic: Communicating with Families, Age Group: Adult Learning, Age Group: Early Childhood, Age Group: Elementary School (K-5), Age Group: High School (9-12), Age Group: Higher Education, Age Group: K-12, Age Group: Middle School (6-8), Age Group: Prek-12 Brielle Killip

Partnering to Support Family Engagement

With reflective approaches, schools, districts, and families can support the process and organizational conditions to enable family engagement to thrive while building the dual capacity necessary to improve student outcomes.

Prerecorded 2024, 1hr.

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Audience: Parent, Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Audience: Teacher, Resource Type: Website, Topic: Learning at Home, Age Group: Elementary School (K-5) Brielle Killip Audience: Parent, Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Audience: Teacher, Resource Type: Website, Topic: Learning at Home, Age Group: Elementary School (K-5) Brielle Killip

Wonderopolis

Exploration website for parents and children or teacher and class to share daily "wonders" and learn useful and fun factual information with the opporutnity to participate in activities and make creative projects together.

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Audience: Parent, Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Audience: Family Liaison or Advocate, Resource Type: Book, Topic: Family Stories, Age Group: Early Childhood Brielle Killip Audience: Parent, Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Audience: Family Liaison or Advocate, Resource Type: Book, Topic: Family Stories, Age Group: Early Childhood Brielle Killip

Unite for Literacy

Unite for Literacy has partnered with schools, tribes, nonprofits, and businesses over the last decade to re-imagine the roots of literacy education and grow lifelong readers.

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Audience: District Staff, Audience: School Staff, Audience: Assistant Principal, Audience: Community Partner, Audience: Counselor, Audience: District Staff-Family-School-Community Partnership, Audience: District Staff-MTSS, Audience: District Staff-Principal Coach, Audience: Family Liaison or Advocate, Audience: Front Office Personnel, Audience: Grandparent, Audience: Kin-relationship, Audience: Other, Audience: Parent, Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Audience: Principal, Audience: Social Worker, Audience: Student, Audience: Teacher, Resource Type: Framework, Topic: Technology, Age Group: Adult Learning Brielle Killip Audience: District Staff, Audience: School Staff, Audience: Assistant Principal, Audience: Community Partner, Audience: Counselor, Audience: District Staff-Family-School-Community Partnership, Audience: District Staff-MTSS, Audience: District Staff-Principal Coach, Audience: Family Liaison or Advocate, Audience: Front Office Personnel, Audience: Grandparent, Audience: Kin-relationship, Audience: Other, Audience: Parent, Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Audience: Principal, Audience: Social Worker, Audience: Student, Audience: Teacher, Resource Type: Framework, Topic: Technology, Age Group: Adult Learning Brielle Killip

Transforming Immigrant Digital Equity

To serve adult immigrant and refugee English language learners equitably and holistically, there is a pressing imperative to educate and engage service providers, policy makers, institutional decision-makers, and advocates for re-envisioning adult education, digital equity, and immigration at the national, state, and local levels.

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Audience: School Staff, Audience: Teacher, Resource Type: Downloadable Resource, Topic: Parent-Teacher Conference, Age Group: Adult Learning, Age Group: Early Childhood, Age Group: Elementary School (K-5), Age Group: High School (9-12), Age Group: Higher Education, Age Group: K-12, Age Group: Middle School (6-8), Age Group: Prek-12 Brielle Killip Audience: School Staff, Audience: Teacher, Resource Type: Downloadable Resource, Topic: Parent-Teacher Conference, Age Group: Adult Learning, Age Group: Early Childhood, Age Group: Elementary School (K-5), Age Group: High School (9-12), Age Group: Higher Education, Age Group: K-12, Age Group: Middle School (6-8), Age Group: Prek-12 Brielle Killip

Tips for Family Conferences

By National Center for Families Learning

This tip sheet provides steps for educators to take before, during, and after family conferences.

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Audience: District Staff, Audience: District Staff-Principal Coach, Resource Type: Training, Audience: Principal, Topic: Racism, Age Group: Adult Learning, Age Group: Early Childhood, Age Group: Elementary School (K-5), Age Group: High School (9-12), Age Group: Higher Education, Age Group: K-12, Age Group: Middle School (6-8), Age Group: Prek-12 Brielle Killip Audience: District Staff, Audience: District Staff-Principal Coach, Resource Type: Training, Audience: Principal, Topic: Racism, Age Group: Adult Learning, Age Group: Early Childhood, Age Group: Elementary School (K-5), Age Group: High School (9-12), Age Group: Higher Education, Age Group: K-12, Age Group: Middle School (6-8), Age Group: Prek-12 Brielle Killip

The Equity Lab

The Equity Lab seeks to disrupt racial and ethnic inequity by engaging organizations in issues of race, equity, diversity, and inclusion (REDI).

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Audience: District Staff, Audience: School Staff Brielle Killip Audience: District Staff, Audience: School Staff Brielle Killip

The CASEL Guide to Schoolwide SEL Essentials

CASEL is among the most trusted resources when it comes to social emotional learning in schools. This guide lays out essential tools for school-based teams to use as they create a process for systemic SEL implementation. It is organized into the four following focus areas: building foundational support and plan, strengthen adult SEL, promote SEL for students, and reflect on data for continuous improvement.

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Audience: Parent, Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Audience: Kin-relationship, Resource Type: Framework, Topic: Academics, Age Group: Elementary School (K-5) Brielle Killip Audience: Parent, Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Audience: Kin-relationship, Resource Type: Framework, Topic: Academics, Age Group: Elementary School (K-5) Brielle Killip

Seek Common Ground Family Guides

by Seek Common Ground

Parents and caregivers want their children to succeed in school— to be engaged and excited about learning; to build strong relationships with their teachers and peers; and to learn each year the knowledge and skills they need to be successful academically.

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Audience: Parent, Audience: Assistant Principal, Audience: Community Partner, Audience: Counselor, Audience: District Staff, Audience: District Staff-Family-School-Community Partnership, Audience: District Staff-MTSS, Audience: District Staff-Principal Coach, Audience: Family Liaison or Advocate, Audience: Grandparent, Audience: Front Office Personnel, Audience: Kin-relationship, Audience: Other, Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Audience: Principal, Audience: School Staff, Audience: Social Worker, Audience: Student, Audience: Teacher, Resource Type: Website Brielle Killip Audience: Parent, Audience: Assistant Principal, Audience: Community Partner, Audience: Counselor, Audience: District Staff, Audience: District Staff-Family-School-Community Partnership, Audience: District Staff-MTSS, Audience: District Staff-Principal Coach, Audience: Family Liaison or Advocate, Audience: Grandparent, Audience: Front Office Personnel, Audience: Kin-relationship, Audience: Other, Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Audience: Principal, Audience: School Staff, Audience: Social Worker, Audience: Student, Audience: Teacher, Resource Type: Website Brielle Killip

Search Institute-Developmental Relationships Framework 

By Search Institute

The Search Institute's robust research has led to the conclusion that positive relationships with adults is essential for young people to thrive socially and academically. This framework can be used as guide for strengthening and deepening these relationships. This resource is available in both English and Spanish.

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Audience: Parent, Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Audience: Kin-relationship, Resource Type: Website, Topic: Technology, Age Group: Prek-12 Brielle Killip Audience: Parent, Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Audience: Kin-relationship, Resource Type: Website, Topic: Technology, Age Group: Prek-12 Brielle Killip

Parenting, Media, and Everything in Between

Articles and resources on parenting, media, and everything in between to help you support your child have a healthy and safe relationship with technology.

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Audience: Community Partner, Audience: School Staff, Audience: District Staff-Family-School-Community Partnership, Audience: District Staff, Resource Type: Downloadable Resource, Topic: Family Engagement Planning, Age Group: Adult Learning, Age Group: Early Childhood, Age Group: Elementary School (K-5), Age Group: High School (9-12), Age Group: Higher Education, Age Group: K-12, Age Group: Middle School (6-8), Age Group: Prek-12 Brielle Killip Audience: Community Partner, Audience: School Staff, Audience: District Staff-Family-School-Community Partnership, Audience: District Staff, Resource Type: Downloadable Resource, Topic: Family Engagement Planning, Age Group: Adult Learning, Age Group: Early Childhood, Age Group: Elementary School (K-5), Age Group: High School (9-12), Age Group: Higher Education, Age Group: K-12, Age Group: Middle School (6-8), Age Group: Prek-12 Brielle Killip

NCFL Library of Resources

by NCFL

Explore NCFL’s library of publications, research materials, and other resources for the latest on family literacy, family engagement, and family leadership.

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Audience: Parent, Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Audience: Kin-relationship, Resource Type: Downloadable Resource, Topic: Family Engagement Planning, Age Group: Adult Learning, Age Group: Early Childhood, Age Group: Elementary School (K-5), Age Group: High School (9-12), Age Group: Higher Education, Age Group: K-12, Age Group: Middle School (6-8), Age Group: Prek-12 Brielle Killip Audience: Parent, Audience: Parent/Caregiver, Audience: Kin-relationship, Resource Type: Downloadable Resource, Topic: Family Engagement Planning, Age Group: Adult Learning, Age Group: Early Childhood, Age Group: Elementary School (K-5), Age Group: High School (9-12), Age Group: Higher Education, Age Group: K-12, Age Group: Middle School (6-8), Age Group: Prek-12 Brielle Killip

Family Engagement Activities

These activities encompass social-emotional benefits of play-based learning, foster inclusion, nurture cognitive and social development, support emergent learning in literacy and math and, most importantly, cultivate joy!

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