HFEC

Hawaiʻi Statewide Family Engagement Center

Our purpose is to implement high impact family engagement strategies, programming and policies that build powerful partnerships among family, school, and community. We promote Family Engagement as a learning and equity strategy to improve student academic success and school improvement.

This ‘Ohana Engagement guide is designed to provide a foundation to support your child’s learning and connect with the school. Use the following with your family to support and strengthen the three spheres of influence that contribute to student success: Family, School, and Community. Included in this package: High Impact Core Practices, At-Home Learning Toolkit, & More Supportive Resources. Download this resource in English, Hawaiian, Chuukese, Marshallese, Ilocano, Tagalog, or Spanish.

The Report Card Fact Sheet is intended as a tool to promote and support enhanced understanding of Hawai’i elementary school grade reports and standards. With the ability to evaluate achievement data, families can make more informed decisions regarding their child’s education. The Report Card Fact Sheet can assist families in determining both their child’s and local school’s progress and current performance, which may lead to identifying important strategies to support student learning. Download this resouce in English, Hawaiian, Niʻihau Hawaiian, Spanish, Chuukese, Marshallese, Ilocano, or Tagalog.

The Parent Profile for Student is a great communication tool that allows parents to share basic data about their child, as well as specific information that supports enhanced or customized learning. The Profile is very useful during transitions to new grades or a new school. It is also especially helpful for students who may require IEPs or other curriculum modifications. Educators can benefit greatly from The Profile by gaining a fund of valuable student and family knowledge that can be used to collaborate and connect families to student learning goals. The point of the tool is to ensure the centering of the child and their needs. The contents of this document are completely optional. Discretion or care should be taken when sharing the, “Parent Profile for Student,” electronically. Download this resource in English, Hawaiian, Niʻihau Hawaiian, Spanish, Chuukese, Marshallese, Ilocano, or Tagalog.

Ongoing Course Offerings:

Introduction to Family Engagement: The Link to Improving Student Achievement
and Two Other Courses

Registration now open for 3 online courses

Introduction to Family Engagement

Introduction to Family Engagement is a free, self-paced, online, asynchronous course for educators and families developed by the Hawai‛i Statewide Family Engagement Center. Participants will be able to identify and adopt evidence-based family engagement practices that support their school’s current curriculum (within the unique Hawaiian context of the Nā Hopena A‛o Framework) in assessing and teaching ALL students, including those from culturally and linguistically diverse populations.

Earn a Certificate by completing the following:

Five self-paced modules
Four multiple choice quizzes
One assignment
Post-course survey

Engaging Families in Early Childhood Education

Learn strategies to empower parents as their child’s first teacher! This course includes 5 modules, 4 quizzes, 1 project, and a certificate upon completion.

Perfect for enhancing your partnership with families of young children.

Family Engagement: Support Your Child's Reading at Home

This evidence-based course focuses on promoting foundational reading skills. Complete 5 modules, 5 quizzes, 5 discussion boards, and earn a certificate.

Ideal for parents and educators wanting to foster reading success at home!

Don’t miss out on these incredible opportunities to support your child’s education and development. Register today by clicking on the corresponding link for each course!

What is Family Engagement?

Our center has adopted the Dual Capacity-Building Framework and the National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement (NAFSCE) definition of family engagement:

Family engagement is a shared responsibility in which schools and other community agencies and organizations are committed to reaching out to engage families in meaningful ways and in which families are committed to actively supporting their children’s learning and development.
Family engagement is continuous across a child’s life and entails enduring commitment but changing parent roles as children mature into young adulthood.
Effective family engagement cuts across and reinforces learning in the multiple settings where children learn- at home, in prekindergarten programs, in school, in after school programs, in faith-based institutions, and in the community.

Our Mission

To promote high impact activities and policies that build powerful partnerships among family, school, and community in order to enhance child development and student achievement.

Our Goal

To support and strengthen the three spheres of influence that contribute to student success: Family, School, Community.