Building meaningful partnerships with families affects the success of students, schools, and even communities as a whole. This professional development can focus on two different audiences (administrators or teachers) to help grow schoolwide and class level engagement with the ideas highlighted in the Parent and Family Engagement section of the Mentoring Minds Resource Library App.

For Administrators: Participants learn to build a strong framework of communication and support to proactively leverage partnerships with families.

Example topics include:

• Creating and funding an engagement plan
• Building an environment for trust
• Partnerships with communities

For Teachers: Participants will learn to carry the established framework into the classroom to maintain positive working partnerships with the families they serve.

Example topics include:

• Understanding special populations
• Homework and attendance
• Conferences and goal setting

 This professional development can be utilized for only one audience or be partnered together to address both audiences.