Guides & Resources for Parent & Family Engagement
Our library of downloadable publications will help parents and families understand school improvement; how Title I, Part A works; what to expect from the school and district; and how to encourage academic achievement.
Parent Guides
Title I, Part A, Extra Academic Support for Your Child Infographics
English Poster | Letter Size | Black/White Letter Size
Spanish Poster | Letter Size | Black/White Letter Size
Russian Poster | Letter Size | Black/White Letter Size
Vietnamese Poster | Letter Size | Black/White Letter Size
What is Title I, Part A?
English | Chinese | Korean | Punjabi | Russian | Somali | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese
Parents Right to be Informed
English | Chinese | Korean | Punjabi | Russian | Somali | Spanish | Tagalog | Vietnamese
Strategies to Create Family Friendly Content
Families as the Audience, Infographic
10 Best Practices for Strong Families
Activity Packet: Publication | PowerPoint Activity | Evaluation in English and Spanish
This publication focuses on the whole child and the different practices that families can actively engage to strengthen family life.
Tips: Use the publication to create an activity that fits your LEA's needs.
Target Audience: Families in the LEA with strong emphasis on those families that participate in the Title I, Program.
Video Guides
This What is Title I, Part A? video guide is a companion to the What is Title I, Part A? brochure. LEAs and schools can use this video guide at open houses, parent-teacher conferences, and the Title I, Part A meetings. It is a good complement to parent and family engagement activities where the LEA and school wants to showcase the programs available in their school system.
What is Title I, Part A? English | Spanish
Families Are Our Partners in Education is a three minute video guide that talks about the importance of school-family partnerships. LEAs and schools can use this guide to promote the importance of parent and family engagement in LEA and school improvement efforts.
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP)
Frequently Asked Questions
English | Spanish
What Every Parent Should Know About NAEP
English | Spanish
U.S. Department of Education Programs, Toolkits and Publications
- A guide for what parents and caregivers can ask and do to help children thrive at school.
English | Spanish - Toolkit for Title I Parental Involvement
Overview | State | District | School - Framework: Partners in Education
Preguntas y respuestas FAQs
Infographic - Build Capacity - Planning Guide to Parent Forums
Learn how to inform, educate and train parents to become partners in learning, advisors, advocates and decision-makers. - Minority Parent and Community Engagement
Best Practices and Policy Recommendations for Closing the Gaps in Student Achievement - Helping Your Child with Homework
- Checklist for Parents
- Resource List
- Helping Your Child with Homework
- Checklist for Parents
- Resource List
- Toolkit of Resources for Engaging Families and Community as Partners in Education
Provides resources for school staff to build relationships with families and community members and to support family well-being, strong parent-child relationships, and students' ongoing learning and development.
Parent and Family Engagement Resources from Washington and Around the U.S.
- Creating Opportunity Conditions To Partner with Families in Student Learning-This research brief is aligned with the Dual Capacity-Building Framework. The intended audience is LEA/school leaders who would benefit from having research talking points at their fingertips.
- Improving Student Learning with Family and Community Engagement-This research brief is aligned with the Dual Capacity-Building Framework. The intended audience is LEA/school leaders who would benefit from having research talking points at their fingertips.
- Families in the Driver's Seat- Developed by the Equitable Parent-School Collaboration Research Project (University of Washington), Road Map Project (Community Center for Education Results), Kent School District parents, teachers, principals and district leaders, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
- Planning Tool for Schools Wisconsin's Resource Kit
- Georgia Department of Education-Systemic Family Engagement Toolkit-A Comprehensive Guide to Implementing an Effective Title I Parental Involvement Program (2016-17)
- School Community Network-Parenting information, parent-student activities, parent education, school-home communication and more developed by the Academic Development Institute.
Parents' Guides to Student Success
- Two-page Parents' Guides (Color)
- Four-page Parents' Guides (BW)
- Four-page Parents' Guides (Color)
The Family Engagement For High School Success Toolkit
Planning and implementing an initiative to support pathway to graduation for at-risk students.
Verbal Interpretation Services
Phone Interpretation Vendors under State Contract
Written Word Translation Services
There are six vendors with master contracts through Washington State - the Department of Enterprise Services (DES). These vendors are classified as Category 8-Education-related Documents in the state system. This state contract covers translations for the written word only.
Translation Vendors (Written Word) - Category 8 - Education
- Avantpage-Lazar & Associates
- Dynamic-Lingualinx
- Languages Translation-NW Interpreters
Department of Enterprise Services: Translations Services-Written Word │ Contract information
A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement, (PDF, 241 pages.) A. T.
Henderson & K. L. Mapp. (Southwest Educational Development Laboratory, 2002)
Report Conclusion (PDF, 5 pages)
Organizations that Support Family Involvement
Harvard Family Research Project
National Network of Partnership Schools at John Hopkins University
National Network of Partnership Schools (NNPS) guides district leaders to improve their knowledge of school, family, and community partnerships, improve district-level policies and plans for partnerships, and guide schools’ Action Teams for Partnerships in developing excellent programs of family and community involvement. Models District | School
Association of Washington School Principals (AWSP)
- Principal's Leadership Framework to Support Principal Development
- Criterion 7 - Engaging Communities
Except where otherwise noted, the Washington ESSA Consolidated Plan developed by the by Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.