Asking Questions about Decisions: The Framework for Accountable Decision-Making (FADM)
You can use this resource to prepare parents to ask better questions about decisions made about their children’s education. This…
Three Roles Parents Can Play in Their Children’s Education: Support, Monitor, and Advocate
This resource includes: A PowerPoint presentation: Use this Power Point to facilitate an activity for parents to parents learn about…
Template Compilation – A Simple and Powerful Strategy to Build School-Family Partnerships
In this packet, you will find templates for facilitating the Right Question School Family Partnership Strategy: Supporting, Monitoring, and Advocating: Use…
Are You Really Listening? How Asking Questions Can Make Us Better Listeners
We’ve all experienced the difference between being heard and being listened to. Good listeners validate, focus, check assumptions, and respond thoughtfully. Above all, good listeners ask good questions.
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[Video] Three Roles Parents Can Play in Their Children’s Education
Effective partnerships between schools and parents are more likely when parents play three key roles: supporting their child’s education, monitoring their progress, and advocating for them when necessary. In this video, parents in New Hampshire and Los Angeles reflect on the support, monitor, and advocate model.
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[Video] Using the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) in Groups
A team of teachers in Los Angeles and a facilitator in New Hampshire lead groups of parents through all the steps of the Question Formulation Technique (QFT) to think together about two scenarios: “Your child might be held back in the same grade for one more year” and “your child’s school environment.” The facilitator in New Hampshire describes the QFT to parents in this way: “You’re going to see how simple it is and how powerful it is as well.”