-Parents are participants and helpers -Parents are partners and leaders
-School aims for parents to attend activities and events
-Communication with parents is passive and impersonal, mainly through fliers and emails
-Occasional participation from a PA or SLT parent leader, without broader involvement from the larger parent body
-Parents attend recreational, vocational and academic classes and school-wide gatherings, especially student performances
School aims:
-For parents to attend activities and events
-For parents to be active partners in school decisions and leadership
-Communication with parents is active and personal including street outreach, visiting parents where they are at the playground, church, beauty shop, laundromat; making phone calls, visiting parents at home, community tours, etc.
-Strong core of parent leaders are involved on an ongoing basis in decision-making, and broad participation from the larger parent body
-Parents mainly contribute their volunteer time
Parents attend:
-Recreational, vocational and academic classes
-School-wide gatherings, including student performances and town hall meetings to learn about and weigh in on key school decisions
-Leadership training that builds their capacity to engage other parents and participate meaningfully in school decisions
Parents contribute:
-Volunteer time
-Skills and knowledge that enhance curriculum, support teachers and advance the school’s goals
-Relationships and social capital that help mobilize neighborhood institutions, leaders, and parents to support the community school
-Advocacy for sustained and increased resources for school and district