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ERIC Number: ED604083
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2019-Jul
Pages: 13
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
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Family Engagement in Sanger Unified School District. Issue Brief
Fehrer, Kendra; Gerstein, Amy
John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities
Over the years, Sanger Unified School District (SUSD) has been engaged in rigorous efforts to improve student outcomes through instructional and organizational innovations--for example, Universal Design for Learning and Multi-Tiered System of Supports (MTSS). While these efforts have facilitated important gains in student outcomes, schools sometimes struggle to engage with families as partners in efforts to foster students' academic success and social-emotional health. Recently, SUSD joined forces with the Sanger Family Resource Center (FRC), a program of Comprehensive Youth Services of Fresno, Inc. Their shared work is to create a new Family Engagement Multi-Tiered System of Support (FE-MTSS). In 2018, SUSD engaged the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University (Gardner Center) as a research partner to inform these efforts. This issue brief reports research findings from a qualitative study conducted during fall 2018, detailing the current family engagement landscape in Sanger schools and discussing considerations for practice. Key findings include: (1) Most participants emphasized the importance of home-school partnerships; however, different stakeholders emphasized different aspects of engagement; (2) Across the district, the extent to which families felt welcome and supported at schools varied; and (3) Current practice and district policy provides opportunity to further develop a systemic, multi-faceted approach to family engagement. [Contributions to this study were made by Francine Biscocho and Julia Vazquez.]
John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities. Stanford University, 505 Lasuen Mall, Stanford, CA 94305. Tel: 650-723-3099; Fax: 650-736-7160; e-mail: gardnercenter@lists.stanford.edu; Web site: http://gardnercenter.stanford.edu
Publication Type: Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Stanford University, John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities (JGC)
Identifiers - Location: California
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