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Family Engagement Services

Cultivating intentional partnerships with families to advance student learning and strengthen school improvement.

We provide professional learning experiences to help schools and districts create effective, data-driven family engagement practices tailored to diverse needs. Our services are centered on student learning and build educator expertise through continuous improvement, fostering sustainable, evidence-based approaches.

How We Help

We take a whole-child approach to family engagement, aligning initiatives, resources, and supports across programs. Our three signature services—Academic Parent–Teacher Teams, a data-driven model connecting family engagement to student success; Family Engagement Essentials, workshops fostering foundational partnerships; and Family Champions for Learning, empowering families to support learning and collaboration—enable schools to scale and tailor effective family partnerships.

We help you

  • increase knowledge, skills, and understanding of research and evidence-based family engagement practices;
  • design an integrated family engagement plan that aligns identified family learning needs with school improvement goals and priorities;
  • cultivate meaningful relationships and collaboration with families through two-way communication;
  • develop strategies that engage families to support their child’s learning, including sharing and discussing data; and,
  • measure, analyze, and disseminate lessons learned through stories of impact.

Our suite of flexible services can be utilized individually or in combination to enhance your team’s performance and outcomes.


Service Delivery

  • Onsite and online 

Who Will Benefit

  • District and school leaders
  • Teachers
  • Coaches
  • Counselors
  • Family-facing professionals
  • Pre-service teacher training programs
  • Early childhood professionals
  • County Office of Education administrators
  • State Educational Agency administrators

Implementing the Academic Parent–Teacher Teams (APTT) model at Park and Hulet Elementary Schools has been a transformative experience that has significantly strengthened the partnerships between our families and schools….Families are now more informed, involved, and empowered to support their child’s learning and growth outside the classroom.

— Kevin Fosburgh, Principal 
Holbrook School District, Arizona 

Featured Experts

Maria Parades

Maria Paredes

Maria Paredes is a national expert in family and community engagement with a focus on advancing the quality and impact of partnerships among families, educators, and the community to support student achievement and school improvement.
Expert
Sara Martinez

Sara Martinez 

Sara Martinez brings extensive expertise in educational leadership, focusing on advancing family and community engagement to boost student achievement and drive school improvement and is a key contributor to WestEd’s Family Engagement Services, especially Academic Parent–Teacher Teams (APTT).
Expert
Faith Burtamekh

Faith Burtamekh

Faith Burtamekh is a nationally recognized leader in educational transformation, specializing in family engagement, leadership development, and systems thinking. In her position at WestEd, Burtamekh partners with school and district leaders to implement impactful family engagement initiatives and evidence-based school improvement strategies.
Expert

Gevonne Blum 

Gevonne Blum is a dedicated professional in family and community engagement, specializing in developing collaborative, equity-driven partnerships that amplify the voices of families and communities.
Expert

Connecting Research With Practice

Guided by research from foundations, our work transforms family involvement into intentional, data-driven engagement that fosters emotional connections, sets high expectations, and drives academic and personal success for every student

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