Family Engagement Month is a time to celebrate the vital role parents and families play in their child’s education.
Active family engagement is an important part of a child’s education. Family participation helps build strong relationships, open communication and a vital bond between families and their child’s educational teams. When families engage in their child’s education, students thrive academically and socially.
What is Family Engagement?
Families are engaged when they partner with early learning programs to promote their child’s development, learning and wellness. Positive relationships between families and staff in early learning programs are the foundation for family engagement.
Here are a few ways to actively participate with your child’s school and support your child’s learning and development:
- During enrollment, discuss your child’s likes and dislikes with the early learning teacher and provider.
- Ask your early learning provider how you can get involved at your child’s school and then get involved as much as you can. For example, try to spend at least one hour volunteering every month in your child’s classroom. You could be a guest reader and read a story to your child’s class. Share pictures of yourself actively supporting your child’s early learning program.
- Share them using #Empowerfamilies on your favorite social media platform.
- Inquire about workshops or family nights to attend.
- Schedule a parent-teacher conference to discuss child development skills and goals to continue learning at home.
- For older children in your family, check the school’s website for more information on how you can get involved, and consider joining the parent-teacher association.
