Resources
Resources
Our resource library is your gateway to Flamboyan’s publications, guidance, and research all conveniently located in a single location and available for free download.
Guidance
Quick Guide to Academic Partnering
Academic Partnering (AP) is a core component of REAL Family Engagement, the approach we champion to support strong school-family partnerships. Whether it’s during a parent-teacher conference, an APTT or Academic Parent-Teacher Team meeting, a student-led conference, or something else, partnering with families is an opportunity for you to share power, build or sustain trusting relationships, and support student...
February 22, 2024
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Family Engagement
Template
Ongoing Communication Reflection Tool
Designed for any educator that has direct access to students and their families, this tool is a powerful way to reflect on your individual practice of building trusting relationships and meaningful partnerships with families through ongoing communication.
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January 16, 2023
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Family Engagement
Guidance
Academic Partnering: Creating Meaningful Experiences with Families
Academic partnering is a core component of REAL Family Engagement, the approach we champion to support strong school-family partnerships. Whether it’s during a parent-teacher conference, an APTT or Academic Parent-Teacher Team meeting, a student-led conference, or something else, partnering with families is an opportunity for you to share power, build or sustain trusting relationships, and ultimately support...
November 16, 2022
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Family Engagement
Guidance
Communicating with Families in Different Contexts
Communication between families and educators is essential to supporting student needs, building trust with families, and acting as true partners. You will inevitably have tough conversations about behavior, attendance, or academics as an educator. Building strong relationships with families via regular communications will make these conversations solutions-oriented and productive. Use this resource to help you...
November 16, 2022
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Family Engagement
Template
Feedback Reflection Tool
We all want to feel heard when sharing our opinions or suggestions. Whether you’re seeking out feedback from families or receiving it, reflecting on and incorporating what you hear is essential to understanding your experiences as an educator, improving your family engagement practice, and acting in the spirit of good teaching. Use this tool to spark great conversations with your students’ families about how you...
November 16, 2022
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Family Engagement
Guidance
Preparing for Effective Conferences with Families
When educators and families act as equal partners in collaboration and decision-making, students can do their best academically, socially, and emotionally. Conferences should be a two-way dialogue between parents and teachers. When preparing for conferences with families, you want to ensure that you give parents the information and resources they need to support their child’s success. Use this resource to help you...
November 16, 2022
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Family Engagement
Guidance
The Five Roles in Action
Families play Five Essential Roles in their children’s education: communicating high expectations, monitoring their child’s performance, supporting learning at home, guiding their child’s education, and advocating for their child. And while educators are experts in teaching and pedagogy, families are experts on their children. Each group has something to learn from the other to best support students’...
November 16, 2022
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Family Engagement
Publication
Family Engagement Matters
Students do better in school and in life when their families are engaged. A strong body of evidence is clear that family engagement, from birth through adolescence, contributes to a range of positive student outcomes.
November 16, 2022
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Family Engagement
Guidance
Challenging Assumptions Reflection Tool
Examining our beliefs about families is a critical component of REAL Family Engagement. When educators operate with asset-based beliefs about families, they are more likely to build successful academic partnerships with families. Conversely, when educators operate with deficit-based beliefs about families, they are more likely to limit communication and information sharing, thus limiting a families’ ability to...
November 16, 2022
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Family Engagement
Guidance
Family + Student Wellness Check-In
No matter who you are or where you live, we are all feeling this global crisis in difficult and unique ways. At Flamboyan, we know that educators and families have felt the challenge of maintaining strong relationships to support student success in a time of physical and social distancing. We also know that these strong relationships are key to not just supporting students, but supporting one another through anxiety...
November 16, 2022
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Family Engagement
Guidance
Strategies to Engage Unreached Families
As schools have pivoted into remote learning modalities during the COVID-19 pandemic, a key priority of school communities has been ensuring that all families are reached. This outreach ensures that every family has access to the resources needed to support their child’s learning and that they have the supports to sustain their household’s wellness - physically, emotionally, mentally, and economically - during...
November 16, 2022
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Family Engagement