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For Educators: High School
 

Nebraska Department of Education, Continuous Improvement Process Toolkit on Family and Community Engagement 
According to the Commissioner, the CIP model was developed with the help of many people and is a collection of resources and tools aimed at creating an effective, streamlined process that requires leadership and the involvement of school staff as well as those outside your classroom walls.

Harvard Family Research Project
Information for educators that strives to promote more effective educational practices, programs, and policies for disadvantaged children and youth by generating, publishing, and disseminating our and others’ research. Information on complimentary learning.

National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools
The Center links people with research-based information and resources that they can use to effectively connect schools, families, and communities. It emphasizes connections that directly impact student achievement in reading and mathematics, as well as connections that contribute to the students' overall success in school and in life. The Center reviewed emerging findings and research to develop an online database, annual conferences and annual reports to help advance procedural knowledge and to link research findings to practice.
Nebraska State Title I Office
This web page provides the current information on the Title I program.
Parental Involvement Rubric
The Commissioner's Parents Advisory Council (CPAC), a group that advises the Kentucky education commissioner on policy issues, has issued a ground-breaking report that sets a state standard for family and community involvement focused on improving student achievement. The report, The Missing Piece of the Proficiency Puzzle , contains six standards-based objectives, a sweeping set of recommendations, and a comprehensive rubric.