“This new comprehensive, easy-to-read guide to understanding how to engage families in after school programs is a critical resource for after school providers looking to create or expand an existing family engagement program. Program leaders, local decision makers, funders, and others interested in promoting good family involvement practice in many different settings will also find the guide vital to their work. The guide, produced in partnership with BOSTnet [Build the Out-of-School Time Network] and United Way of Massachusetts Bay, offers a research base for why family engagement matters, concrete program strategies for engaging families, case studies of promising family engagement efforts, and an evaluation tool for improving family engagement practices.” – Publisher’s description CONTENTS About This Guide and Its Collaborators Acknowledgements Introduction I. Why Engage Families? II. Promising Practices to Engage Families III. Profiles of Programs That Engage Families Greenwood Shalom After School Program Hyde Square Task Force After School Program at the Kennedy Elementary School East Boston YMCA After School Program at the Curtis Guild Elementary School IV. Using Evaluation to Improve Family Engagement Efforts V. Additional Resources
