Parentships in a PLC at Work(r): Forming and Sustaining School-Home Relationships with Families

Parents and guardians can be a powerful resource for teachers, but it takes skill and confidence to build partnerships, or parentships, and proactively engage in a positive way. Kyle Palmer draws from his experience as both principal of a model PLC school and as a parent to offer practical strategies for including parents or guardians as part of your collaborative culture focused on student learning.

• Understand the basics of PLCs and parentships.
• Learn how parentships can integrate into and enhance the PLC process.
• Create mission and vision statements for parentships in a PLC.
• Use specific strategies to enhance your parentship and engage effectively with parents.
• Maintain an effective parentship into the future.

Contents:

• Introduction
• Part I: Foundations of Parentships in a PLC
• Chapter 1: Understanding Parentships in a PLC
• Chapter 2: Creating Parentships in a PLC
• Chapter 3: Creating Shared Mission and Vision Statements for Your Parentship
• Chapter 4: Creating Values and Goals for Your Parentship
• Part II: Strategies for Parentships in a PLC
• Chapter 5: Strategies Related to Curriculum
• Chapter 6: Strategies Related to Individual Student Progress
• Chapter 7: Strategies Related to Parental Engagement
• Chapter 8: Strategies for Building Stronger Parent Relationships
• Chapter 9: Strategies for Monitoring and Sustaining Your Parentship
• Epilogue: Now What?
• References and Resources
• Index