Family and Community Engagement (FACE) Proudly Partnering With Visit NNPS Website View 2023 Promising Partnership Practices Resources for Building Better Partnerships Type 1:Parenting Assist families with parenting and child-rearing skills, understanding child and adolescent development, and setting home conditions that support children as students at each age and grade level. Assist schools in understanding families. Type 2:CommunicatingCommunicate with families about school programs and student progress through effective school-to-home and home-to-school communications. Type 3:VolunteeringImprove recruitment, training, work, and schedules to involve families as volunteers and audiences at school or in other locations to support students and school programs. Type 4:Learning at HomeInvolve families with their children in learning activities at home, including homework and other curriculum-related activities and decisions. Type 5:Decision MakingInclude families as participants in school decisions, governance, and advocacy through PTA/PTO, school councils, committees, action teams, and other parent organizations. Type 6:Collaborating with the CommunityIdentify and integrate resources and services from the community to strengthen school programs, family practices, and student learning and development. Other FACE Series Resources and Recordings Katie's Blog Volume #1: Parenting Volume #2: Communicating Volume #3: Volunteering Upcoming Events in our Brown Bag Series: