Principal Leadership Promoting Family and Community Engagement

Catalog description

Investigation into family and community engagement models that support inclusive school systems serves as the foundation for this course as candidates develop the knowledge and skills to design and implement engagement strategies built on specific local demographic characteristics and needs. Specific strategies included in this course are ways to identify and engage external stakeholders; cultivating collaboration among staff and stakeholders; and developing two-way communication tools with diverse community members, partners, and other constituencies around shared goals. The course has a dual prong focus-an overview of needs/cultures and tangible learning/application on how to do the work of the school principal.