VIDBE-Q Volume 66 Issue 4
take home and school partnership from the classroom level to the school level.
This is a great opportunity to begin to think how you and your school colleagues
can collaborate to identify best practices and ideas to strengthen home and school
collaborations at the school level.
Benefits of Involving Families with Learning at School and Home
Educators that ask families about what they want to know more about and
how they want to engage at school are able to personalize information, resources,
and experiences to meet the varying needs of their families. You as an educator
have expertise about how to make content accessible for children and you know
quality resources that can support families in learning more about specific topics
and ideas to support their child. Families will feel validated in being asked about
their opinions and students will benefit from the support of their teachers and
families at home and at school. Developing a strong home and school collaboration
can increase student understanding of content in the classroom and reduce student
anxiety, while also creating partnerships with parents to support learning outside of
the classroom (Josilowski, 2019).
