Kathy Beth Grant & Julie A. Ray 
Home, School, and Community Collaboration 
Culturally Responsive Family Engagement

Built around the culturally responsive family support model, the fifth edition of 
Home, School, and Community Collaboration prepares teachers to work empathetically and collaboratively with all families.  Through case studies, vignettes, and reflective connections, authors Kathy B. Grant and Julie A. Ray guide readers through changing trends in family engagement. The authors emphasize a strengths-based approach to families throughout the text. This book offers powerful ways to connect with families through online communication, community engagement, and suggestions from parents, in their own words, to improve parent-teacher collaboration.

The fifth edition highlights the national and global shifts in family engagement. Each chapter now features an ’Impact of a Pandemic’ textbox, highlighting a key effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on children and families and offering resources and support for teachers. Additionally, each chapter now includes learning objectives tied to key topics and new end-of-chapter assessments to match each learning objective. Chapter 10, Teacher as Family Communication Facilitator, is now Chapter 3 in the text to prepare readers earlier to take on this crucial role. Throughout, the latest data, policies, models, and citations give readers up-to-date information and the latest thinking on working with students and families alike.

Innehållsförteckning

Section I • Understanding Family Engagement: Building a Knowledge Base for Culturally Responsive Family Engagement

Chapter 1 • Family Engagement and the Responsive Educator

Chapter 2 • Theories and Models for Family Engagement in Schools

Chapter 3 • Teacher as Family Communication Facilitator

Section II • Appreciating Families: Today’s Diverse Families

Chapter 4 • Structurally Diverse Families

Chapter 5 • Culturally Diverse Families

Chapter 6 • Students of Families in Transition

Chapter 7 • Families Overcoming Obstacles

Chapter 8 • Families in Abusive Situations

Section III • Family Engagement: Putting Knowledge and Skills Into Action

Chapter 9 • Engaging Families in Their Children’s Learning at Home

Chapter 10 • Working With Families of Children With Exceptionalities

Chapter 11 • Teacher as a Family Resource and Advocate

Chapter 12 • Family Engagement Activities

Om författaren

Julie A. Ray (Ph.D., University of Missouri, Columbia) is a professor of Education and Department Chairperson at Southeast Missouri State University. She has been in the field of early childhood and elementary education for over 31 years. As a primary grades teacher and librarian, she worked hard to develop positive relationships with the families of her students. As a teacher educator in Early Childhood Education at two different four-year universities, she has taught both undergraduate and graduate level courses in family engagement, as well as done numerous presentations and publications on collaborating with diverse families.