Family Partnerships at Seattle Public Schools
Family partnerships is a capacity building department whose purpose is to support the district and schools to effectively build strong family partnerships and advocacy to improve student success and school culture through 3 key bodies of work: coaching, consulting, and professional development.
We work to serve
- Parent and Family Groups
- School Leaders Community Groups
- Community-based Organizations
- District Staff
Through the combined work drawn from the landscape analysis that was completed in 2016 and the community Family Engagement Task Force, and district policies, we rest our work on the foundation of four pillars.
Four Pillars of Family Engagement
- Share Power and Responsibility
- Facilitating Positive Interactions
- Welcoming Environments
- Two-Way Communication
Read more about Four Pillars of Family Engagement.
Family engagement work is done through the Dual Capacity Building Framework and 6 standards of family engagement. To find out more about this work, please visit our resources page.