Family engagement is a critical component of ensuring strong schools and a high-quality education for all students. This research-driven toolkit discusses the importance of family engagement to the charter sector and supports school leaders in designing a plan for building authentic, sustainable relationships with families that can be incorporated into a school’s daily work.

Produced by the National Charter School Resource Center, this toolkit will provide charter school leaders and charter school operators with an understanding of:

  • How family engagement strategies can influence the core work of charter schools œ
  • How to build out a comprehensive schoolwide plan for family engagement œ
  • Strategies to support authentic, inclusive family engagement œ
  • What family engagement can look like at each point in the charter school life cycle, from design and opening through replication and expansion or closure