Equity Partnerships

<p>How often do you hear “The only parents who showed were the parents who didn’t need to be here.” <br /><br />But how often do you consider time of day lack of child care cost of dinner transportation lan­guage of the presentation even relevance of the topic—all real-world barriers for families of our historically underserved students. <br /><br />Here at last is a resource that will open up access and reveal all-new ways to forge more culturally inclusive partnerships with families and communities . . .  partnerships that extend well beyond parent-teacher conferences PTA meetings and the occasional bake sale. <br /><br />The two big services <em>Equity Partnerships</em> provides? Using the Tools of Cultural Proficiency you’ll</p><ol> <li>Discover new concepts and strategies to engage families and communities—and reduce if not eliminate barriers--through four essential principles: communication connection collaboration and community </li> <li>Engage in frequent opportunities to reflect on your own assumptions and values then collaborate with colleagues to co-create systemic practices and policies for devising implementing and assessing family and community engagement actions in your schools and districts </li></ol><p>We know inherently that family and community engagement is critical to the success of our stu­dents. Let <em>Equity Partnerships</em> be your go-to tool for breaking down the walls that for too long have limited all of us.</p><p style=text-align: right;><strong><em>“Raising the next generation is a shared responsibility and privilege. These authors have been first responders for decades by pro­moting Cultural Proficiency as a means to ensure equity and access for all. In </em></strong><strong><em>Equity Partnerships they identify the powerful and critical link of family school and community engage­ment to strengthen families build community support and increase student success.” <br /><br /></em>--TRUDY ARRIAGA Associate Dean for Equity and Outreach California Lutheran University and Coauthor of Opening Doors</strong></p>