This resource outlines best practices for Academic Partnering, collaborative efforts like goal-setting conferences, APTTs, and student-led conferences that help families support student success. It highlights four key principles (creating shared ownership, sharing strengths alongside growth areas, offering home support strategies, and sustaining communication beyond the conference) and connects them to the “Five Roles” families play in their student’s education. The second half offers a practical timeline of action items and reflection questions to guide educators from three weeks before a conference through the post-conference follow-up.