The Dual Capacity Framework for Family-School Partnerships

Essential Conditions

The Challenge

Policy and Program Goals

Capacity Outcomes

Process Conditions

Educators

Educators are empowered to

Build and Enhance the capacity of educators and families in the "4 C" areas

Effective partnerships that support student and school improvement

Families engage in diverse roles

Organizational Conditions

Families

The Challenge

Educators

• Have not been exposed to strong examples of family engagement
• Have reveived minimal training

• May not see partnership as an essential practice
• May have developed deficit mindsets

Dual Capacity Framework for Family-School Partnerships

Essential Conditions

Process Conditions

• Relational: built on mutual trust
• Linked to learning and development
• Asset-based
• Culturally responsive and respectful
• Collaborative
• Interactive

Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships

Capacity Outcomes

Families engage in diverse roles:

• Co-creators
• Supporters
• Encouragers
• Monitors
• Advocates
• Models

Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships

Capacity Outcomes

Educators are empowered to:

• Connect family engagement to learning and development
• Engage families as co-creators
• Honor family funds of knowledge
• Create welcoming cultures

Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships

Essential Conditions

Organizational Conditions

• Systemic: embraced by leadership across the organization
• Integrated: embedded in all strategies
• Sustained: with resources and infrastructure

Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships

Policy and Program Goals

Build and enhance capacity of educators in the 4 C's areas

• Capabilities (skills + knowledge)
• Connections (networks)
• Cognition (shifts in beliefs and values)
• Confidence (self-efficacy)

Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnership

The Challenge

Families

• Have not been exposed to strong examples of family engagement
• Have had negative past experiences with schoold and educators
• May not feel invited to contribute to their children's education
• May feel disrespected, unheard, and unvalued

Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships