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Chapter 5: Establishing Partnerships with Families . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />

The Diverse Characteristics of School Newcomer Families . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1<br />

The Four Stages of Immigrant Parent Involvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2<br />

Addressing Cultural Barriers to School-Newcomer Family Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . . . 3<br />

Processes and Strategies to Facilitate Effective Newcomer Parent Engagement. . . . . . . . . . 4<br />

Core Components of Parent Engagement Programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7<br />

Stories From the Field: Four Blog Posts on Innovative Newcomer Family Engagement . . . . .9<br />

Schoolwide Tools<br />

Conceptual Model for Parent Involvement in Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />

Engaging Newcomer Families: Five Examples From the Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />

Assessing the Effectiveness of Family-School-Community Partnerships . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />

Professional Reflection and Discussion Activity Guide<br />

“The Three A’s”: Academics, Advocacy, and Awareness—Core Components<br />

of Strong Family Engagement Programs (Planning Tool) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />

Resource List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23<br />

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION | <strong>NEWCOMER</strong> <strong>TOOL</strong><strong>KIT</strong> | iii<br />

No official endorsement by the Department of any product, commodity, service, enterprise, curriculum, or program of instruction<br />

mentioned in this publication is intended or should be inferred. For the reader’s convenience, the tool kit contains information about<br />

and from outside organizations, including URLs. Inclusion of such information does not constitute the Department’s endorsement.

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