Family Engagement for High School Success Toolkit

Posted by on November 27, 2011

UWW, others create toolkit on family engagement in high school success

Recognizing the role that family engagement plays as part of a comprehensive strategy to keep teens in school and ensure that they graduate prepared for the future, AT&T, United Way Worldwide, and the Harvard Family Research Project have created a toolkit that will guide the development and implementation of strategies that engage families in helping at-risk high school students get back on track.

The Family Engagement for High School Success Toolkit will help local United Way chapters, nonprofits, schools, and other community organizations identify how to spot ninth graders who are at risk of dropping out, considering factors such as attendance, behavior, and academic performance; enlist and enroll the right partners and work creatively to reach parents of at-risk kids; and work with parents, schools, and partners to apply research-based strategies and promising practices to get at-risk students back on track to graduate from high school.

To download the toolkit, go here.

http://www.hfrp.org/content/download/4084/109680/file/FEHS_Toolkit-111611.pdf