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Engaging Diverse Families

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The NAEYC Engaging Diverse Families project identified policies and practices exemplary programs use to engage diverse families successfully. Learn more about the project. »
Effective Family Engagement Principles
What does effective family engagement look like in action? There’s no one formula, but all 15 programs recognized by NAEYC’s Engaging Diverse Families project acts on the six principles of family engagement with many best practices in common. Principle 1: Programs invite families to participate in decision making and goal setting for their child Principle 2: Teachers and programs engage families in two-way communication Principle 3: Programs and teachers engage families in ways that are truly reciprocal Principle 4: Programs provide learning activities for the home and in the community Principle 5: Programs invite families to participate in program-level decisions and wider advocacy efforts Principle 6: Programs implement a comprehensive program-level system of family engagement
Profiles of 10 Exemplary Programs
Children’s Village Child Care Center - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Community Renewal Team’s (CRT) Locust Street Early Care and Education Program - Hartford, Connecticut Iowa State University Child Development Laboratory School - Ames, Iowa Montgomery County Community College Children’s Center - Blue Bell, Pennsylvania Rainbow School - Stanford, California School for Friends - Washington, DC Sheltering Arms Early Education and Family Center—International Village - Atlanta, Georgia Sunnyside Child Care Center at Smith - Northampton, Massachusetts The Family Schools, Inc. - Brewster, Massachusetts YWCA of Minneapolis Downtown Children’s Center - Minneapolis, Minnesota
Developed for NAEYC's Engaging Diverse Families Project through a generous grant from the Picower Foundation. © National Association for the Education of Young Children.

Project Overview

Principles of Effective Practice

Exemplary Programs

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About Engaging Diverse Families

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