The Five Roles in Action

Families play Five Essential Roles in their children’s education: communicating high expectations, monitoring their child’s performance, supporting learning at home, guiding their child’s education, and advocating for their child. And while educators are experts in teaching and pedagogy, families are experts on their children. Each group has something to learn from the other to best support students’ learning and growth. Use this resource to reflect on how your families already support their child’s learning.