Parents and guardians can be a powerful resource for teachers, but it takes skill and confidence to build partnerships, or parentships, and proactively engage in a positive way. Kyle Palmer draws from his experience as both a principal of a Model PLC at Work® school and a parent to offer practical strategies for including parents or guardians as part of your collaborative culture focused on student learning. PreK-12 teachers, counselors, social workers, and principals will: (1) Understand the basics of PLCs and parentships; (2) Learn how parentships can integrate into and enhance the PLC process; (3) Create mission and vision statements for parentships in a PLC; (4) Use specific strategies to enhance your parentship and engage effectively with parents; and (5) Maintain an effective parentship into the future.