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by Luz Santana, Dan Rothstein and Agnes S. Bain
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This ASCD Study Guide is meant to enhance your understanding of the concepts and practical ideas presented in Partnering with Parents to Ask the Right Questions: A Powerful Strategy for Strengthening School-Family Partnerships, an ASCD book written by Luz Santana, Dan Rothstein, and Agnes Bain. You are encouraged to use this study guide as you finish each chapter. The questions are designed to help you make connections between the text and your professional situations and experiences, plus apply what you learn. Although you may think about these questions and tasks on your own, you might consider pairing with a colleague or forming a study group with others who are reading Partnering with Parents to Ask the Right Questions.
You can use the study guide before or after you have read the book, or as you finish each chapter. The study questions and tasks provided are not meant to cover all aspects of the book, but, rather, to address specific ideas for implementation and discussion.
Question Focus: There is a resource for making the development of strong school-family partnerships easier.
Reflection
Question Focus: The Right Question Strategy
The Question Formulation Technique (QFT)
Framework for Accountable Decision Making
Support, Monitor, and Advocate: A Model for Parent Participation
Question Focus: Teachers can easily integrate a simple process into their work that builds partnerships with parents.
__ shared your contact information
__ sent reminders
__ provided updates
__ sent letters or special notes
__ followed up on requests for information
__ checked in
__ invited parents to meetings
__ gave advice on how to help at home
__ gave parents a list of questions to ask
__ other:
Question Focus: Integrating the Right Question Strategy into existing school activities to engage parents in problem solving.
Question Focus: Building parents skills to participate more effectively in decisions affecting their children.
Question Focus: Schools can engage parents and the community to increase equitable outcomes.
Question Focus: The role of community organizations in equipping ELL parents to partner with their children's schools.
Question Focus: One year after we began to use the Right Question School-Family Partnership Strategy.
Partnering with Parents to Ask the Right Questions: A Powerful Strategy for Strengthening School-Family Partnerships was written by Luz Santana, Dan Rothstein, and Agnes Bain. This 233-page, 7" x 9" book (Stock #117011; ISBN-13: 978-1-4166-2267-3) is available from ASCD for $21.95 (ASCD member) or $29.95 (nonmember). Copyright © 2016 by Right Question Institute. To order a copy, call ASCD at 1-800-933-2723 (in Virginia 1-703-578-9600) and press 2 for the Service Center. Or buy the book from ASCD's Online Store.
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