Family engagement is a shared responsibility in which schools and other community agencies and organizations are committed to reaching out to engage families in meaningful ways in which families are committed to actually supporting their children’s learning and development.
Family engagement is continuous across a child’s life and entails enduring commitment but changing parent roles as children mature into young adulthood.
Effective family engagement cuts across and reinforces learning in the multiple settings where children learn – at home, in prekindergarten programs, in school, in after school programs, in faith-based institutions, and in the community.
The family engagement definition was developed in 2010 by the National Family, School and Community Engagement Working Group with many members of which are now on the NAFSCE’s Board of Directors.
- Apps Parents Should Know About
- Attendance
- Community Engagement and Schools
- Fatherhood
- Keeping Track of Your Child’s Online Activity
- Managing Emotions – Strategies for Effective Communication
- Parent School Partnerships
- Social Media and Students with Disabilities – A Resource Document
- Text Acronyms / Online Acronyms
- Why Parent Engagement is Critical To Student Success
- Working with Families of Children with Special Needs
- Your Voice Counts-Advocating for Change
Bullying of any kind is a serious problem and has far-reaching implications for the person being bullied as well as the perpetrator. Bullying and Cyberbullying threaten students’ emotional and physical safety and can negatively impact their academic success.
Bullying is a form of youth violence and an adverse childhood experience (ACE). Bullying is any unwanted aggressive behavior(s) by another youth or group of youths, who are not siblings or current dating partners, that involves an observed or perceived power imbalance, and is repeated multiple times or is highly likely to be repeated. Bullying may inflict harm or distress on the targeted youth including physical, psychological, social, or educational harm.
Model Policy to Address Bullying In Virginia’s Public Schools, Virginia Board of Education, October 2013, § 22.1276.01 the Code of Virginia
PACER National Bullying Prevention Center
Any child can be a victim of bullying or harassment, but research has shown that children with special needs are both more likely to be bullied or harassed and also more likely to be seriously harmed by it. Children with special needs may be less likely to seek help or stop the bullying from happening.
Cyberbullying is the use of technology to intentionally harass, hurt, embarrass, humiliate or intimate another person.
