Home, School, and Community Collaboration: Culturally Responsive Family Engagement

by Kathy B. Grant, Julie A. Ray

Built around a culturally responsive family engagement model, the fifth edition of  Home, School, and Community Collaboration  prepares teachers to work empathetically and collaboratively with all families.  Through case studies, vignettes, and reflective connections, authors Kathy B. Grant and Julie A. Ray guide readers through changing trends in family engagement. The authors emphasize a strengths-based approach to families throughout the text. This book offers powerful ways to connect with families through online communication, community engagement, and suggestions from families, in their own words, to improve home-school collaboration. The fifth edition highlights the national and global shifts in family engagement. Each chapter now features an "Impact of a Pandemic" textbox, highlighting a key effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and families and offering resources and support for teachers. Additionally, each chapter now includes learning objectives tied to key topics and new end-of-chapter assessments aligned with each learning objective. Chapter 10, Teacher as Family Communication Facilitator, is now Chapter 3 in the text to prepare readers earlier to take on this crucial role. Throughout, the latest data, policies, models, and citations give readers up-to-date information and the latest thinking on working with students and families alike.

Genres: Nonfiction, Textbooks

416 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

Reviews

[Lynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is an excellent textbook for social workers, counselors. administrators and any educational professionals interested in working with families, communities and outreach in order to help kids achieve in school. There are plenty of good points in this textbook and I thought most was very good. There is one major flaw however, covering g the Common Core Standards as it they were thought up by great thinkers and professionals without reservation is very concerning. This textbook is used mainly in education preparatory programs so it is doesn't mention that law can be wrong and contradict what is basically the educational law of the land. Without looking at the educational law and curriculum and focusing on educational problems as being within children, families, and communities is just wrong. The section on the Common Core reads like an advertisement for them. That is disturbing.

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I wish I had a class covering this topic and this book in my teacher preparation program. I knew the biggest weakness of my program was not preparing me to work with parents and families as a crucial part of being an educator and this book not only answered all my questions but provided ample resources, and all from a culturally responsive teaching framework. I would highly recommend this book to all pre-service and new teachers especially. I feel so much more prepared now going into my first year of teaching.

[Etta G · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read four chapters of this textbook at my boyfriend’s parents’ kitchen table towards the beginning of the semester and then never opened it again. Learned a lot from those four chapters though!

Shoutout to Prof. F and his lack of weekly assignments.