Involving Hard-to-Reach Parents

Creating Family/School Partnerships

By (author) Donald C. Lueder

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Publication date:

16 January 2011

Length of book:

146 pages

Publisher

R&L Education

ISBN-13: 9781610480499

Involving Hard-to-Reach Parents: Creating Family/School Partnerships presents a comprehensive strategy for reaching out to help the parents to get involved in the education of their children. This book describes, in practical terms, ways to develop and establish collaborative relationships with parents, especially those that are underserved. The book is about change: change so children to get the help and support they need to be successful. The book is for anyone who wants to reach out and work with all families.

Chapter 1 Chapter I: Introduction: The Case of the of the Missing Families
Chapter 2: Fully Involved Families: The Goal
Chapter 3: Family/School/ Partnerships: A Solution
Chapter 4: Barriers: Gaps to Overcome
Chapter 5: The Self-Renewing Partnership Model: Energy-Out and Energy-In
Chapter 6: Connecting: Bridging the Gaps
Chapter 7: Communicating: Establishing a Flow
Chapter 8: Coordinating: Getting It Together
Chapter 9: Coaching: Building a Team

Involving Hard-to-Reach Parents: Creating Family/School Partnerships goes beyond the traditional parent involvement rhetoric of describing the roles parents are to play in supporting their child and school. Don Leuder clearly shows what schools need to do if they want families of all economic levels involved. His school partnership framework provides the scaffolding to guide schools. Each chapter describing a component of the framework (connecting, communicating, coordinating, and coaching) presents a plethora of what schools can do to partner with families. A must-read for educational leaders wanting to move beyond rhetoric to strong partnership of mutual trust and respect with families.