Beyond the Building: A Facilitation Guide for School, Family, and Community Connections

This multimedia toolkit will help educators and community organizers understand and learn how to facilitate family and community involvement through four key sections.

• Introduction Family and Community Connections with Schools–understand the central themes found in current research.
• Exploring the Syntheses–build an understanding of current research findings.
• Investigating the Research–learn how to make quality decisions aligned to research on effective programs.
• Moving to Practical Applications–apply your new knowledge.

The print/CD-ROM Materials include:

• activities with facilitator’s instructions.
• four of SEDL’s best-selling research syntheses on Family and Community Connections with Schools each on a different topic on CD-ROM.
• seven strategy briefs each focusing on a different aspects of family and community connections with schools in paper and on CD-ROM.
• three interactive learning modules on CD-ROM in flash format.
• referenced handouts in paper and on CD-ROM.