Creating Welcoming Schools: A Practical Guide to Home-School Partners with Diverse Families
This engaging and rich resource details how schools and diverse families throughout the country have formed partnerships that support and enhance student learning. It is designed for teachers who care deeply about students and welcome diverse families as partners, for parents who want to be active partners in educating their children, and for administrators in diverse schools or districts who know there is no quick fix for building lasting partnerships among families, schools, and the...
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This engaging and rich resource details how schools and diverse families throughout the country have formed partnerships that support and enhance student learning. It is designed for teachers who care deeply about students and welcome diverse families as partners, for parents who want to be active partners in educating their children, and for administrators in diverse schools or districts who know there is no quick fix for building lasting partnerships among families, schools, and the community.
Foreword Concha Delgado-Gaitan ixAcknowledgments xiIntroduction: Welcoming All Families 1If You Are Reading This Book 2Examining Family-School Relationships 3Family-School Partnerships That Make a Difference 6Reading This Book Together 9Exploring Memories of School 11A School Story 12Exploring School Stories Together 14Considering Cultural Differences 17Using the Past to Understand the Present 20Writing Cultural Memoirs 23Reading Cultural Memoirs 25Gathering Photographs 26Talking About Cultural Influences 27Writing and Sharing Cultural Memoirs 29Variations on Cultural Memoir 31Reflecting on Our Cultural Influences 35Learning With and From Families 39Culturally Relevant Teaching 41Family Funds of Knowledge 42Developing Photography and Other Avenues to Learning with Families 52Photographs of Local Knowledge Sources (PhOLKS) 53Valuing Family Differences 56Learningfrom Other Cultural Informants 58Solo Snapshots: Learning One Child, One Family, One Teacher at a Time 60Engaging in Genuine Dialogue 65Creating and Sustaining Dialogue 66Creating Opportunities for Dialogue 71Damaging or Destroying Dialogue 74Learning Through Dialogue 79Inviting Dialogue at the Conference Table 82Parent and Teacher Conferences-Ghosts at the Table 83Let the Learner Lead Parent-Teacher-Student Conferences 86Let Evidence Support Dialogue 87Creating Dialogue Throughout the Year 93Open House: What Do Our Words Say? 94School-Based Family Involvement Projects 96Dialogue About Student Learning 101Cultural Understanding, Cross-Cultural Dialogue 103Engaging Families 106"Tell Me About Your Child" 107Home Reading Journals 108Oral and Written Family Stories 112Learning Albums for Family, Child, and Teacher Reflections 113Literacy Conversations at Parent Meetings 114Engaging Families in Classroom Projects 116Writing Your Heritage 117Creating Family Keepsakes 120Authors in the Classroom 122Collaborating for a More Just Society 125Collaborating for Democratic Schools 127Collaborating for a Democratic Society 131From Cities to Single Classrooms 134Advocating and Teaching Together 139Parent Partnerships 140Parent-School-Community Partnerships 143Focused Partnerships-Math and Special Learning Needs 148Transforming Schools Through "True Partnerships" 151Transforming Schools for Student Achievement 152Transforming Schools Through Culturally Grounded Partnerships 155A School That Became a Family 160Creating Welcoming Schools-How Will You? 161Additional Resources for Families and Educators 163References 167Index 173About the Author 180
