Six Family Engagement activities from expert organizations provide great examples to guide and inspire your journey towards a stronger family engagement practice. Each of these strategies is rooted in Dr. Mapp’s framework and designed to help families and educators work together to support student success.

While every school’s practice will look different based on community context, Dr. Mapp’s framework focuses on the following areas: 

1. Building trusting relationships with families
2. Elevating and celebrating family voice, experience, and culture
3. Inviting opportunities for co-creation in both academics and social-emotional learning

The Six Activities include: 

1. Initiating contact with caregivers
2. Virtual Home Visits 
3. Inviting Engagement
4. Family- School Relationships survey 
5. Invite Families into curricular learning 
6. Worldview Art

Written by Lara Lofdahl