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We communicate with families directly by phone or email, and/or with all families using Parent Square, a website that automatically translates messages into a parent's preferred language. We are also fortunate to have two multilingual family liaisons in our district.

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I make a point of emailing every parent in the class once a term to share something positive about their child, which helps build a strong relationship and trust. It helps families feel more connected, and students know how much the teacher cares about them and their progress.

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We have a weekly meeting dedicated to specialty staff, such as our guidance, ML teachers, or other support staff. They help us plan for all students in our classes and help us design scaffolds and supports. In addition, they also support family engagement and involvement.

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My team uses Google Classroom, a digital homework calendar, and a monthly email to parents and guardians updating them on what we're working on in each subject on our team.

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I start every year with a parent survey to get to know them, their families, and their student better. It has been very helpful, and the parents have all thanked me for giving it.

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In my math class all students keep their math assessments in a folder that is kept in the classroom. At the end of each unit the folder is sent home for parents to look through and sign that they have seen their student's work. There is a space for comments or words of encouragement for their student. An email is sent to all families letting them know when the folders are headed home!

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I find our curriculum presentation in the fall to be a great way to initiate collaboration and family engagement. I try to balance important curriculum information with school culture. I think it gives families a good overview of what to expect for the school year.

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I have many approaches to collaboration and family engagement. I always reach out to families with a welcome letter at the start of the year. After that, I send a letter at the start of each quarter. I frequently reach out to parents to share positive anecdotes about their child, and of course connect if I have a concern. I also use Google Forms to get parent feedback/input for class ideas.

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A strong approach for collaboration and family engagement at our school is maintaining consistent, open communication between teachers, support staff, and families. This approach supports inclusive practice by ensuring student needs, strengths, and accommodations are clearly understood and reinforced across settings. I would encourage other educators to use clear, respectful communication and share updates regularly to build trust and strengthen student support.

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Informal conversations with parent volunteers.

Participating in Parent Teacher Organization Meetings

Written updates in weekly newsletters

SPIRIT Awards for students.

Email Parents directly.

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At my school, we have regular monthly consults with families to update them on their child's academic and behavioral progress. I send out a GoogleForm beforehand so that parents can write down any questions or anything the they would like to discuss at the meeting.

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As a reading specialist I provide games and activities for families to engage in together. These games support the learning students are doing with me at school. I follow up to see how the activity went and to get feedback for making improvements as needed.

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The biggest way I engage with families is through my yearly grade level concerts. I program a variety of music and introduce songs by explaining skills or concepts that students worked on with each song.

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I communicate with staff and families even at a high level. I get out into classrooms and meet students where they are

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A strong approach for collaboration, especially when co-teaching is a shared calendar with lessons/goals/resources. My coteacher and I shared a yearly calendar that we section by months, where we would attach links to documents/resources on the Google document calendar so we both would also have access to the daily's documents/links etc.

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I enjoy having informal conversations to build personal relationships and invite families with expertise to share their knowledge and skills with the class. If their teen child is not too keen on the idea, parents sometimes come to another class to share their expertise and experiences around content we are studying.

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My school uses Google classroom where teachers post assignments, homework, missing work, grades...Our grade uses a monthly newsletter summarizing the month's activities and introducing what will be happening in the new month.

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I usually send a weekly or biweekly newsletter to parents detailing class assignments and important events. I also send home reading log homework that family members need to sign each day to ensure students meet their reading log homework goals.

I will also frequently communicate with families via email, phone calls, text messages, and communication apps such as Remind and Classdojo. I will set up letters detailing information and allowing for questions during Open House and Parent Conference days.

I will also regularly reach out to parents with positive student feedback, as well as areas of growth and areas of potential improvement. In the past, I have also sent home postcards for exemplary student performances/behaviors.

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I send a newsletter every other week, plus emails when necessary. Students have a "Take Home" folder with a little slip that their caregiver has to sign so I know that THEY know that work came home. 

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I send a newsletter every other week, plus emails when necessary. Students have a "Take Home" folder with a little slip that their caregiver has to sign so I know that THEY know that work came home. 

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I try to reach out to parents with concerns or positive comments about student performance on a regular basis. Sometimes I send home postcards that will state something positive about a child's performance in my class.

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I try to involve my families weekly by sending home a document with the required classwork and homework. This way students and parents are on the same page regarding my academic expectations. And I always offer extra help after school by appointment - and I remind parents of this weekly.

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We give monthly "Wolfie awards" to recognize students who have stepped up and have had a good month based on the goal of the month

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I email families frequently to discuss positives and concerns. This is helpful to build a trusting and safe relationship with families. Families feel safe and respected when communication is frequent and they have a part in decision making.

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 Our  district  uses  parent square ,  google  classroom  and email to collaborate  and  engage  with  families.   I also try  to  make  as  many  phone  calls  to  parents  as  I  can  .  this  is  most  productive. 

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 Our  district  uses  parent square ,  google  classroom  and email to collaborate  and  engage  with  families.   I also try  to  make  as  many  phone  calls  to  parents  as  I  can  .  this  is  most  productive. 

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I try to send out a monthly newsletter to families as well as communicate back and forth with families using a messaging app.

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Our district has implemented parent/teacher conferences at the middle school level. We are able to meet parents and discuss their child's progress at a certain part of the year. In addition, we are always encouraged to maintain effective communication with our students' families throughout the year. At the middle school level, students are learning to become more independent and the parents start to give their child more responsibility for their academics and grades.

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We have an email blast every Friday - we all have times throughout the year where we are highlighted. I also try to email families with positives throughout the course of the year and also connect with families at dismissal.

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Our school does a spotlight in the weekly newsletter that highlights some of the activities and instruction that is going on throughout the district. Each team has to contribute once a month with a write up and pictures.

Individually, I communicate with families via emails, phone calls, and in person conversations.

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Most teachers at my school have a Google classroom where they post news, homework, etc. I also like to send emails home occasionally to give individual updates on positive learning moments or kindnesses that happen with different students.

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Because I teach music, videos are the best way to share with families what is going on in the classroom. I try to share a monthly newsletter with a video highlight from each grade level that shows a favorite game, a piece we have just finished, a composition performance students have completed, etc., along with informative blurbs on what we have been doing. Canva is great for this!

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I share good news, what's happening, and important flyers that go home in backpacks on ClassDojo. Invite parents to come in and read and send home resources they can use with students.

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I share good news, what's happening, and important flyers that go home in backpacks on ClassDojo. Invite parents to come in and read and send home resources they can use with students.

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I use email and comments on Google docs to collaborate with staff members across the building. As far as family communication goes, I will always send an email- but phone calls are the most effective for me, and they allow for a thorough understanding of tone. This is useful when handling delicate topics as well as sharing student successes!

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Debra

My district uses Parent Square to reach out to parents and students. Google Classroom enables students and their parents to easily access what their child is doing in class; goals and standards each day and postings/updates in Stream. PowerSchool enables me to insert comments next to a student's grade indicating that they have re-taken an assessment or revised an assignment.

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I use Google Classroom to engage my students as well as a classroom website.  Families are always encouraged to reach out when they need something.  We also create take home folder that is utilized daily for families to connect to teachers. 

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I use Google Classroom to engage my students as well as a classroom website.  Families are always encouraged to reach out when they need something.  We also create take home folder that is utilized daily for families to connect to teachers. 

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Newsletters and progress emails sent often!

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We have adopted the use of the Unit and Lesson Internalization Tools during PLC time. The tool and time provided by admin, make it easier for grade level teams to review material/ create a roadmap together and determine potential barriers.

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Monthly meetings and newsletters for families to understand programing and rights, as well as to know what is happening in district.

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I use TalkingPoints for family communication so my multilingual families can choose their preferred language in which to receive messages.

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My team has a weekly newsletter we send home on Thursdays. The newsletter includes what is happening in all the classrooms, reminders about expectations and assignments, and upcoming team/school events.

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There are so many different ways of communicating with parents since I stopped teaching, so I have a lot to learn as I reenter the workforce. I relied primarily on making phone calls and having parent teacher conferences.

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Family Engagement - our program communicates daily with parents via email or phone. We also use an app that allows us to text families general updates, specific information about their students, as well as share newsletters, class announcements, or school fliers. The apps allows all messages and documents to be translated into any language so parents receive the written information in their native language. We also invite parents to join google classroom so they can see in real time what the students are working on as well as grading information.

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At our school we have two multilingual family liaisons who collaborate with caregivers, staff, and students, to create events at our school. Our liaisons are key support service professionals at our schools. Collaborating with our family liaisons benefits all of us, staff, students, and caregivers alike. They create small caregiver coffee events with specific topics and also large-scale cultural events within our school system. They also engage in so many important aspects of our school community throughout the day by attending meetings, providing translation services, and giving us feedback about areas in which we can improve.

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Gina

I feel like collaboration is a strength at our school. Common planning time is built into our daily/weekly schedule. We have time scheduled during the month to meet with our departments and with the faculty as a whole. I feel that our staff are constantly collaborating with one another to support students.

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Students have a home school folder...emails are taken from parent info from the beginning of the year forms and the principal sends out newsletters and reminders for upcoming events. We have open house and conferences as well as Bingo for Books, a math night, Literacy night, and science night in the district.

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Family engagement

As a high school teacher parents at this level tend to be more hands off.   At our back to school night we have a low percentage of parents that attend their students' classes.  I teach mostly Heritage Spanish classes.  My goal will be to find ways to get more parent involvement in student learning.  I have thought a lot about several approaches that I could take.  Many parents may need to work or take care of young children.  So I am proposing to the administration to do a welcome to my class video.  In the video I would share information about the class procedures, goals for the students and other relevant information that I might share in the in person session.  This way all parents have access to the same information even if they can’t make it to the open house.

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I use google classroom, email and newsletters to communicate with my families.

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Our school uses shared homework calendars that parents can access which helps them understand what their student should be doing at home. We also send a curriculum update monthly via email My principal also asks us to send positive communications home regularly and actively provides time to do it in faculty meetings which is really nice.

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Our school used to use Remind and now uses Parent Square for communication home to parents. This resource is linked to our SIS, so it is very easy to find a parent's contact information and send home a quick note, that can be translated into the student's home language. In addition, it's easy to send whole class messages and to send messages to all five or six of my classes if the information -- like a quarterly newsletter -- pertains to all families. I have been able to share out upcoming events and assignments to families this year and it has led to much more community effort and student success.

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I communicate with families with emails and on Class Dojo. I attend Back to School night, parent conferences, and IEP Team meetings with families. At the beginning of the year, I send home a welcome letter introducing myself and have the parents/guardians complete information about their child such as strengths and weaknesses/challenges, interests, hobbies, etc. I try and keep the communication open and respond to all parents' concerns.

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I feel that I could do better at this. I did start with good news emails this year. Every week I sent an email to the family of one of my students. It was always good news or a positive update on their student's progress.

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Family Engagement re: Conferences

1. Student first: I always start with the student and my observations about their experience in my class.

2. Data driven : I have a breakdown of their students performance in my class in all categories to drive the academic conversation.

3. Parents get last word: parents respond, ask clarifying questions, etc. This way they feel heard, validated, etc.

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To increase family engagement, I use the app Talking Points to send texts to parents' phone. Using this tool has been very helpful and I get better responses. I also use the Language Line for interpreting needs.

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My approach to Family Engagement is to be positive, open, and collaborative with families. I send a Welcome Letter each summer to my new students, introducing myself and giving important information for the year. I include my email, school phone number, room number, Google Classroom link, and Instagram address for the class. A few years ago I began instagramming photos of my class. Parents have overwhelmingly loved and supported this! I get photo permission first, and keep the account very private. I don't use location, the school name, or student names. My families love getting a glimpse of their child's school day!

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I like to provide families with multiple modes of communication so that they can, like children, choose the one that best meets their needs. I find frequent but short bursts of information to be the most effective means to communicate with parents. I believe other educators should provide multiple opportunities for families to connect with the school.

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Family Engagement

My approach is to communicate by using Class Do Jo. It is a tool that can be used easily to inform parents/family of positive behaviors during a student's school day, thus giving the parents the opportunity to also reinforce that good behavior.

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Always take into consideration cultures, access to technology, languages and be mindful of them.

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Family engagement

1. In addition to the students and special education teachers, I invite parents and guardians to the Google Classroom in order to allow anyone who wishes to follow what their students are doing in my classroom throughout the school year.

2. Once a term, I give students a homework to share something that we did in class with their parents and bring back their feedback. For example, during the first term, I ask students to sing a song in the target language to their parents during the week before Back-to-School night. This is very well-received by parents and guardians, and it is a wonderful way to open up our classrooms to family engagement.

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Family Engagement

At the beginning of every school year I send my students home with a paper copy of my course syllabus and classroom/behavior exceptions. I provide my contact information and request each parent's/guardian's updated contact information. I explain that I want to establish a partnership between home and school and I anticipate that their child will have a inspiring and rewarding school year. I also have my students and their parents/guardians sign and date the document to give it a little more value.

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We have a back to school night, we have conferences twice a year and when needed, we send out a weekly team email that is translated, and I invite adults to join my Google Classroom.

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Family Engagement:

We have many ways we engage families in the school and in my personal classroom. So far this year, I was involved in a Bingo for Books night. It was a great success and students went home with used and new books, just for playing bingo! We also have things like family movie night, SEL family night, and even a math night where families can learn math games to play at home with their children. In my own classroom, I have a Publisher's Party. I invite families into my classroom so their child can read and share all of their pieces of writing they have written. It is always so wonderful to see my students reading their stories, while feeling and looking so proud of all their hard work! It really is heart warming! I also use Remind as a hub for family communication throughout the year. Parents really enjoy the updates and the ease of being able to communicate with me so quickly.

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I use various methods to communicate with families. Parents receive a letter of introduction at the beginning of the year with invitations to join Google Classroom and Remind. During parent conferences, parents receive information on student progress, curriculum, and information of future course placement.

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Family Engagement

We have a Back to School Night where parents can come in and meet teachers, get a short overview of the course and ask questions.

I have a class website that is updated daily with notes, a video of the lesson, the homework, due dates, and upcoming tests

I use email regularly to communicate with parents and update the school's grading portal daily so parents have real time updates

We also have the traditional parent conferences

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We use Google docs for lesson planning and Google Slides for creating visual supports for learners.

For the docs we collaborate during our planning time whether or not we are in the same room. We list the learning goals as well as read/write/listen/speak to see that we get all four skills touched upon each day.

Our weekly goals of student collaboration, independence, and writing workshop are also listed on the plans.

The Slides are delegated. We take turns each week either developing them for the first time or someone is assigned to review them before the lesson to see if they are still relevant in a variety of ways, particularly culturally relevant.

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I periodically send out a video to families. I try to keep it to one minute. This will update the families on our general progress. It is more personal than the weekly newsletter I contribute to (along with the team teachers).

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Google classroom to keep families updated on activities and resources, newsletters, and photo sharing.

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We have a strong collaboration through commom planning. We use a shared google planner that allows all teachers to not only be on the same page of daily lessons but to have input as to the delivery and differentation of lessons.

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I write to all families to let them know where we are at in the Trimester. I also keep my PowerSchool up to date and my LMS has a clear weekly agenda.

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Family engagement can include but is not limited to:

Creating your own Google Classroom and inviting parents to be a part so they know what the expectations /assignments are for the class, upcoming events, etc.

Class DOJO can be used as well as Remind 101, Kangaroo Time App (for younger students), open hoses, newsletters from the school each month hi lighting student and family events, etc.

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Include families in community engagement:

PR Day Parade

Art Shows 3Xs year

Winter/Spring Showcases

Winter and spring musicals

Community arts activities and opportunities

Dual Enrollment

College tours

Field trips

Summer Arts Intensives

Also checking in on students when they are or are not doing well, Progress Report time, contacting all families with students under 73%.

Also checking in on students when they are or are not doing well, Report Card time, contacting all families with students under 73%.

IEP Meetings, IEP Progress Reports

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The community of education includes the school and parents/caregivers, and in order to experience positive results for the student, educator, and the school system, it is imperative to have consistent collaboration with stakeholders of parents/caregivers.

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Lucy-Family Engagement  I am in constant contact with my families.  I have my student on Remind and we communicate almost daily with some families, but at least weekly with updates on what we did in class.   

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Lucy-Family Engagement  I am in constant contact with my families.  I have my student on Remind and we communicate almost daily with some families, but at least weekly with updates on what we did in class.   

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We Parent Square communication system to communicate newsletters and private messages to parents. I update all parents with a newletter each month via Parent Square. I also send home private messages to parents as needed.

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Dyanna, Collaboration and Family Engagement

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Dyanna, Collaboration and Family Engagement

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I have open door policy with my colleagues and I feel as though we work well together. I work with children with intensive needs so many times lessons/activities need to be broken down using PECS, ACC devices or gestures. The general education teachers and I work together to figure out how to scaffold materials to reach all learners. My approach with working with families is to make myself available to answer questions using using Bloomz, translation company or daily communication sheets sent home with students. I think that an open door policy makes families feel more comfortable not only with you but also where their child is during the school day. I find that a little bit of compromise goes a long way. That would be my advise to my colleagues.

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I make sure any communication is in the target language of the family as the district has more EL learners.

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I send out a few emails updating families with what we are working on in class. I strive to do this more often. There are several parents each year that I am in closer contact with also. I use Google classroom to post many of my assignments and I also will comment on assignments in their online grading system.

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Family Engagement..
I use various means to communication with the students in our program. Given the nature of our students, there are lots of phone calls, weekly meetings and constant data review. Parents are welcome to come into our space when/if they can at anytime.

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solicit feedback from parents and students by creating a discussion board, journal and ongoing blog opportunity to get regular feedback.

Run different times of the day tea/coffee time with parents to get feedback. Include parents feedback in innovative assignments, how was it to observe and support at home,what can be done differently or better. Make sure that when reaching out to students/parents is done in their primary language. One can use polls or surveys for regular feedback.

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Family Engagement

I use Google Classroom so parents can see assignments. I also post quarterly newsletters about what assignments the class has had and will be doing, and ways for parents to assist their students in the process. The most effective strategy is frequently emailing parents, especially if there is a marked improvement or drop in a student's performance. Most parents react positively to these emails. I suggest starting out small. Have a goal of maybe 2-3 emails/week.

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Family Engagement

I use various means to communicate with the parents of the students I see in the Learning Center. I use email, phone calls, conferences, texts to name a few. I find the the homeroom teacher always includes me in the parent conferences at report card time so I am able to share with the parents as well at that time.

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Beginning of the year newletter, surveys, for families. Concerts with bake sales and opportunities outside of classroom to reach out. We also have a movie night to engage families. It's well received, and fun for all.

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Diane
As Special Educator, Reading Specialist and liaison for my students, I need to be in frequent communication with my student's other teachers, service providers and parents. It is of up-most importance that we are all on the same page. It takes the collaboration of the Team for the students optimal success. Since I am the liaison when issues arise, it is essential to develop trust and a positive relationship with my students, parents and related professionals. The approaches I use are Beginning of the Year Letter to inform parents of important class info., frequent emails and phone calls (if preferred), Open House and parent teacher conferences, and updates on the Google Classroom. I like to begin the year with a positive phone call home to reach out with a positive comment specific to their child to establish a rapport before any issues arise.

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I use the Remind app to keep in touch with families. I'm going to use Google Classroom to post videos and notes to help families work with their students at home. We have two conferences each year and I will make good use of that time to communicate expectations for students and their accomplishments.

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I communicate with my parents in many ways. I use google classroom, email, phone calls, open house newsletter. There are two nights during the course of the year for parent/teacher conferences. Also, in the fall I send home a letter to parents asking them to tell me about their child's learning and their hopes and dreams for their child over the course of the school year.

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I use Talking Points each day to message my parents about our day and post homework/important messages. This is a great way to communicate because the system will translate to the families preferred language. As a teacher that unfortunately only speaks one language, this system allows me to build partnerships with all my families!

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Beginning of the year survey
weekly newsletter
parent/teacher conferences - 2x a year, more if necessary (in class or virtually)

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I check in using surveys three times per year.
I show them samples of previous student's
input. We also focus on home life situations, with the title; I wish my teacher knew...

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I find that daily communication for my most intensive students is huge in developing a relationship with my families. Having this solid relationship helps tremendously if a difficult discussion is ever needed further down the line. I also sign releases with any outside providers such as BCBA's to create wrap around supports and unified approaches to support students.

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In my work as a school adjustment counselor, I use multiple methods for family engagement so that I can increase my chances of being able to connect with families. I find that using multiple methods of outreach make it more likely that I will be able to access families and that they will feel like they can connect with me when they need to.

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Family Engagement
1. We use Class Dojo as well as have a Get To Know Your School Better night, an EL night as well as school events like raffle baskets, book fairs, and a Winter Wonderland event.  Class Dojo is translated into to the top languages spoken at our school and translators are always available at the nights we host. Family members are always invited to participate by running a game, or working the book fair. We also host a Student of the Month for all grades K-8 and invite families to attend when their student is chosen.

2. Using Dojo is a great way to communicate with parents because it can be easily translated into other languages. It is also a great way to share student work samples and accolades in a public setting (school/class) or private setting (direct/text message).

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I write a syllabus that is reviewed with the students in class then brought home to the parents to read and sign. This establishes class expectations. I also check in regularly with each student throughout the day. In addition, I reach out to parents with both good news and if any issues come up.

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I believe it's important to constantly communicate with the parents. We use Classdojo to message parents and share what we are working on class.

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Our school kicks off the year with an ice cream social for freshman parents and students. All students have a school issued Chrome book. Students, parents and faculty use Aspen to track student progress.

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Collaboration
As a specialist, I have found being pro-active in seeking collaboration opportunities to be the most effective. How can I add value to what the general ed teacher is teaching? Being positive, and a true team player helps build the word that you are a true teaching partner and other teachers will follow.

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I send home an course syllabus with my contact info on it. The Syllabus gives a brief description of the course and classroom expectations, and grading rubric. I will refer to that letter through out the course.

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1. I have a Bloomz account that I use to communicate with families and share happenings in the classroom. I offer photos of special events for parents who could not attend. I also offer a visitor signup for each student's family to pick a day to come in to celebrate their child which we call star student. The student shares about themselves and their parents/special grown-up reads a book to the class that they enjoy as a family. I find this is an easy way to get each family to come in and spend time in our classroom and to  celebrate their child.
2. I would suggest other educators just be open and always try to have a positive conversation with families before having to have a difficult one. I always try to highlight something positive about each student in the first week or so of school and share it with parents, so when I have a behavior challenge it isn't my first time speaking to the parents.

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I try to engage families by providing them as much information as possible on a consistent basis through emails, phone calls, the Remind app, and through our class Instagram page. My advise to fellow educators is to make that phone call instead of simply emailing when a problem arises. Parents will be more on board with a phone call because there is a human element that is not there with emails.

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My approach is to keep parents involved as much as possible through weekly emails, the Remind App, and our Instagram page our class uses. My suggestion to other educators is to call the parent instead of emailing them if there are issues that arise. People can misconstrue things written via email. It's better to communicate with a phone call because it adds a human element that's not there through email.

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Family engagement: My school hosts a Curriculum Night event in which parents/guardians are invited into the classrooms to engage with teachers about the curriculum in general and their children in particular. Parents get to travel through their child's schedule to meet teachers and learn about the school

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Family Engagement
We start with a welcome letter advising the families of who their child's teacher is. I include a Get to Know Your Teacher page with that. I also include a parent survey about their child and a student survey.
Throughout the year, I have a monthly newsletter which advises parents what we are covering in school and of important dates and activities that are happening.
I also use ClassDoJo and am in constant contact with my parents and often share pictures of what their children are doing in class.