Family Engagement creates and sustains collaborative, empowering, and equitable partnerships with families. This is achieved by using systemic outreach to encourage, assist, and enable participation in activities, programs, and services that affect children, families, and communities. Family Engagement expands opportunities, knowledge, and skills through meaningful two-way meaningful communication within schools and communities.
Why is Family Engagement so important?:
PTA materials and resources for units/councils to follow in designing and implementing their FE programs and activities in order to be a model of accessibility and inclusivity. All families should feel they belong.
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Inclusion is not a place. Being included means feeling a sense of belonging and participating in activities available to all. The result of inclusion is motivation, family engagement, and a sense of achievement within one’s school and community. Be mindful of the members and their backgrounds of your school and community.
Through a focus on grassroots leadership development, the Center for Family Engagement aims to embed transformative family engagement practices, programs and policies across the educational system so that every parent is treated as a valuable partner in their child’s education.
PTA Your Way to support every child, with one voice and work towards making every child’s potential a reality.
The New York State PTA Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Toolkit is intended as a resource for PTA leaders across the state to develop and advance their own diversity, equity and inclusion plans and programs in their school and community.