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 * Read the Case Study regarding Family Involvement on page 35 of the NSDC Standards text handed out in class. In your PLC discuss Discussion Questions 1, 3, & 4. Have a record keeper in your group synthesize your group's responses to these questions. If your group needed more information, describe what you need to know and how you would go about discovering this information.**

1. Why do you suppose community and family involvement is a content standard? Different types of partnerships require different sets of knowledge and skills. Teachers must be able to communicate clearly and respectfully with family members and demonstrate a genuine interest in the welfare of the child and family.

3. When it comes to successful student learning, what are the most essential knowledge and skills we want educators to possess in relation to this standard? Educators who wish to strengthen the bonds among those individuals and organizations who contribute to the education and welfare of a community's youth must be knowledgeable about various ways in which families and community members can be involved meaningfully in the affairs of the school for the benefit of students.

4. How can staff development be restructured to include families and communities? Staff development can put a focus on including families and community members by communicating targeted areas of weaknesses that have been addressed by the staff and provide opportunities for involvement within the classroom and at home. Providing structured time for parent and community workshops to give strategies and make and take activities for the parents to use with their children at home.