Research has shown that parent engagement in a child’s education and school community has a positive effect on students’ achievement. This positive relationship exists regardless of race, ethnicity, parents’ level of education, or socio-economic status.
Engaging families helps strengthen emotional learning and equips students with lifelong skills that carry on outside the classroom. By creating opportunities for children to identify and express their emotions at home and at school, students are able to practice these skills across settings. Learn more about the benefits of parental involvement in education.
This Family Engagement Toolkit covers four strategies mapped out by Move This World to help you engage families in your social emotional learning initiatives: Teach, Communicate, Volunteer and Support.
Ready-to-use parent engagement resources included:
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Social and emotional milestones
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Sample family letter
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Grows & Glows form
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Sample agenda for an event highlighting the work your school does in mental health and emotional development
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Start a bookclub
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Resources to practice at home
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Reading discussion questions
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Picture books to teach emotional concepts
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Journal Prompts
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Family Interview Worksheet
Download your copy of Move This World’s Toolkit: Family Engagement today! This resource is also available in Spanish.
