RESOURCES TO SUPPORT THE FRAMEWORK FOR FAMILY-SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS IN NEW MEXICO

Use these tools to support your work. They are categorized by general resources and each of the six focus areas. They are designed for the following:

Reflection on practice
Inclusion in school websites and newsletters
Use with families and students
Professional development
Planning and implementing an action plan

General Resources

For Families in New Mexico

Guide to State and Federal Program Requirements in New Mexico

Parents’ Guide to Student Success, Grades K-12

New Mexico Parent Teacher Association (NMPTA)

New Mexico Out-of-School Time Network (NMOST)

Family Leadership Institute

Academic Parent Teacher Teams

Abriendo Puertas

Focus Area Resources

Welcoming All Families Into the School Community

1. Reflection Rubric: Welcoming All Families

2. Quick Tips: Practices for Welcoming All Families

3. Family Friendly School Walk Through Checklist (English and Spanish)

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4. What is Your Experience? New Ways to Look at Family-School Partnerships

5. Sample Customer Service Standards

6. Developing Positive Relationships with Families

7. Overcoming Obstacles to Parent Involvement

8. Key Strategies and Resources for Engaging Underrepresented Groups

9. Ten Ways to Get Fathers and Men Involved in Schools

10. Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (English and Spanish)

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11. Guidelines for Volunteers and Volunteer Survey (English and Spanish)

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12. School-Based Family Resource Centers: Characteristics of Successful Family Centers and Family Liaisons

13. Power Point: Welcoming All Families Into the School Community

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Communicating Effectively

1. Reflection Rubric: Communicating Effectively

2. Quick Tips: Practices for Communicating Effectively

3. Positive Ways to Talk With and About Children (English and Spanish)

4. Positive Outreach Makes a Difference

5. Social Media for Teachers: Guides, Resources, and Ideas

6. For Families: Tips for Communicating with Teachers Effectively (English and Spanish)

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7. Half and Half Letters (English and Spanish)

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8. What’s Missing From Your School Website?

9. Planning for Parent-Teacher and Student-Led Conferences (English and Spanish)

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10. Conflict Management: Creating Partnerships for Solutions

11. Power Point: Communicating Effectively

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Supporting Student Success

1. Reflection Rubric: Supporting Student Success

2. Quick Tips: Practices for Supporting Student Success

3. National PTA Parents’ Guide to Student Success K-12 (English and Spanish)

4. Parents’ Guide to New Mexico Assessments (English and Spanish)

en español
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5. Linking Your School’s Family-School Partnerships Practices to Student Learning

6. Family-School Compacts: Linking to Learning

7. Bilingual and Multicultural Education Programs in New Mexico: Key Considerations and Resources for Educators and Families

8. Planning for Parent-Teacher and Student Led Conference for Principals, Teachers, and Families (English and Spanish)

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9. Engaging Families in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM)

10. Media Literacy for Families: Movies, APPS, TV, Video Games, Websites, Music and More

11. For Families in New Mexico: Links to Resources and Services

12. Power Point: Supporting Student Success

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Power Point

Speaking Up for Every Child

1. Reflection Rubric: Speaking Up for Every Child

2. Quick Tips: Advocacy Practices

3. Advocacy Toolkit

4. Special Education Toolkit for Parents and Educators

5. Stop Bullying in New Mexico Schools

6. Working with the Media

7. The Every Child Succeeds Act is Law: What does that mean for my child?

8. What You Can Do to Advocate for Family-School Partnerships

9. Power Point: Speaking Up for Every Child

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Power Point

Sharing Leadership

1. Reflection Rubric: Sharing Leadership

2. Quick Tips: Practices for Sharing Leadership

3. I Have a Question: What Parents and Caregivers Can Ask and Do to Help Children Thrive at School

4. Title I Parent Involvement: Policy Templates and Checklists for Parent Involvement Requirements

5. Bilingual Multicultural Educational Programs (BMEP) Technical Assistance Manual: BMEP Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) Requirements and Parental Notification & Program Placement for BMEP

6. Title III: LANGUAGE INSTRUCTION FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS AND IMMIGRANT STUDENTS

7. Serving English Learners

8. Indian Education Family Engagement Requirements

9. A Diversity and Inclusion Worksheet

10. Power Point: Sharing Leadership

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Power Point

Collaborating with the Community

1. Reflection Rubric: Collaborating with the Community

2. Quick Tips: Practices for Collaborating with the Community

3. Community Assets Mapping

4. New Mexico Out-Of-School Time Network (NMOST)

5. Mission Graduate

6. Power Point: Collaborating With Community

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Power Point