1st Edition
Family, School, Community Engagement and Partnerships Theory and Best Practices
Foreword: Ready or not? Preparing future educators for school, family, and community
partnerships
Joyce L. Epstein
1. Family, school, community engagement, and partnerships: an imperative for k-12, and colleges of education in the development of twenty-first century educators
Reyes L. Quezada, Viviana Alexandrowicz and Sarina Molina
2. Educating pre-service teachers for family, school, and community engagement
Michael P. Evans
3. Including all families in education: school district-level efforts to promote parent engagement in Ontario, Canada
Catherine Hands
4. Preparing educators to partner with families
Gloria E. Miller, Cathy Lines, Erin Sullivan and Kirsten Hermanutz
5. An analysis of cultural diversity and recurring themes in pre-service teachers’ online discussions of Epstein’s six types of parent involvement
Laura Nathans and Carol Revelle
6. How is my child doing? Preparing pre-service teachers to engage parents through assessment
Lisa M. Mehlig and Lee Shumow
7. Latino parents and teachers: key players building neighborhood social capital
Elizabeth Martinez and Sharon H. Ulanoff
8. Practices in home–school cooperation – a gendered story?
Göran Widding
9. Is the week over yet? Insight for educators about social network support among cyber mothers raising children with ASD
Jayme Swanke, Judy Doktor, Sabita Shrestha and Laura Dreuth Zeman
10. Family, school, community engagement, and partnerships: an area of continued
inquiry and growth
Sarina C. Molina
Biography
Reyes L. Quezada is a Professor in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences at the University of San Diego, California, USA. He has published articles, book chapters and edited journals on family, school, and community engagement, cultural proficiency and English Learning Students, international teacher education, language and cultural diversity.
Viviana Alexandrowicz is an Associate Professor in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences at the University of San Diego, California, USA. She has published in the areas of language and cultural diversity, community service learning and mentoring/tutoring.
Sarina C Molina is an Assistant Professor in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences at the University of San Diego, California, USA. She has published in the areas of Teaching English as a Second Language, internationalization, linguistics, and action research.
