• The committees of the PAC are organized based on work by Dr. J Epstein et al.
     
    From the National Network of Partnership Schools, here are some excerpts:
     
    The framework of six types of involvement helps educators develop more comprehensive programs of school-family-community partnerships. 
     

    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.

    COMMUNICATING: Communicate with families about school programs and student progress through effective school-to-home and home-to-school communications.

    VOLUNTEERING: Improve recruitment, training, work, and schedules to involve families as volunteers and audiences at the school or in other locations to support students and school programs.

    LEARNING AT HOME: Involve families with their children in learning activities at home, including homework and other curriculum-linked activities and decisions. 

    DECISION MAKING: Include families as participants in school decisions, governance, and advocacy through PTA/PTO, school councils, committees, and other parent organizations.

    COLLABORATING WITH THE COMMUNITY: Coordinate resources and services for families, students, and the school with businesses, agencies, and other groups, and provide services to the community.