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REPORT TO THE
COMMUNITY
The Power of Partnerships
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PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships
A Framework for Success
When families are involved in their children’s learning both at home and at school, their children do
better in school. Moreover, research shows that specific types of family and community involvement are
especially beneficial to children’s academic success.
The National Standards for Family-School Partnerships are based on that research and provide a framework
for how families, schools, and communities can work together to support student success.
Standard 1: Welcoming all families into the school community—Families are active participants in
the life of the school, and feel welcomed, valued, and connected to each other, to school staff, and to
what students are learning and doing in class.
Standard 2: Communicating effectively—Families and school staff engage in regular, two-way,
meaningful communication about student learning.
Standard 3: Supporting student success—Families and school staff continuously collaborate to
support students’ learning and healthy development both at home and at school, and have regular
opportunities to strengthen their knowledge and skills to do so effectively.
Standard 4: Speaking up for every child—Families are empowered to be advocates for their own
and other children, to ensure that students are treated fairly and have access to learning opportunities
that will support their success.
Standard 5: Sharing power—Families and school staff are equal partners in decisions that affect
children and families and together inform, influence, and create policies, practices, and programs.
Standard 6: Collaborating with community—Families and school staff collaborate with community
members to connect students, families, and staff to expanded learning opportunities, community
services, and civic participation.
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Vision
Describe the action team’s vision for what your school will look like when it has
created an active family-school partnership and made real progress toward
connecting involvement to student success. A vision statement should be a vivid
description of a desired outcome. It should inspire by helping create a mental
picture of the future.
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community.
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community.
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Celebrating Success
Give a short overview of your success.
On the following pages, highlight your specific actions and accomplishments—
programs (e.g., special events, activities), practices, and/or policies—with respect
to each National Standard. Be sure to share results and outcomes.
Expand the sections to address as many actions as necessary (just copy and paste
the format). Classify programs, etc. under only the primary standard they address,
even if they address more than one.
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Welcoming All Families into the School Community
State the goals for this standard. Explain the interests, barriers, or other community
conditions that shaped the goals and your course of action.
Insert Descriptor of Action Taken (e.g., Family Resource Center)
Provide a brief synopsis of how you addressed the goals through your action—
programs, practices, or policies.
Results: Describe the outcomes/results of the action taken.
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possible, results.
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Communicating Effectively
State the goals for this standard. Explain the interests, barriers, or other community
conditions that shaped the goals and your course of action.
Insert Descriptor of Action Taken
Provide a brief synopsis of how you addressed the goals through your action—
programs, practices, or policies.
Results: Describe the outcomes/results of the action taken.
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possible, results.
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Supporting Student Success
State the goals for this standard. Explain the interests, barriers, or other community
conditions that shaped the goals and your course of action.
Insert Descriptor of Action Taken
Provide a brief synopsis of how you addressed the goals through your action—
programs, practices, or policies.
Results: Describe the outcomes/results of the action taken.
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possible, results.
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Speaking Up for Every Child
State the goals for this standard. Explain the interests, barriers, or other community
conditions that shaped the goals and your course of action.
Insert Descriptor of Action Taken
Provide a brief synopsis of how you addressed the goals through your action—
programs, practices, or policies.
Results: Describe the outcomes/results of the action taken.
Insert photo(s)/illustration(s) of the programs, etc. and, if
possible, results.
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Sharing Power
State the goals for this standard. Explain the interests, barriers, or other community
conditions that shaped the goals and your course of action.
Insert Descriptor of Action Taken
Provide a brief synopsis of how you addressed the goals through your action—
programs, practices, or policies.
Results: Describe the outcomes/results of the action taken.
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possible, results.
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Collaborating with Community
State the goals for this standard. Explain the interests, barriers, or other community
conditions that shaped the goals and your course of action.
Insert Descriptor of Action Taken
Provide a brief synopsis of how you addressed the goals through your action—
programs, practices, or policies.
Results: Describe the outcomes/results of the action taken.
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possible, results.
Write caption(s) for photo(s).
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Looking Ahead
Lessons Learned
Give the action team’s perspective on the experience of building successful familyschool partnerships. Talk about both the encouragements and the challenges. Then,
lay out some of the concrete lessons learned.
What Works
 Provide a quick bullet list of practices and approaches that have fostered
effective collaboration, based on the team’s observations and the community’s
feedback.
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Next Steps
Describe what the action team has determined to be the next steps in building
family-school-community partnerships. Invite your readers to get involved.
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Join Us
in Building Successful
Family-School Partnerships!
Contact:
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Get in on the planning!
Come to our next meeting:
When:
Where:
Topic:
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