National Association for Family, School and Community Engagement (NAFSCE)

Description:

NAFSCE is the first membership association focused solely on advancing family, school, and community engagement (FSCE).

NAFSCE endorses the family engagement definition developed in 2010 by the National Family, School and Community Engagement Working Group (now the NAFSCE Policy Council).

• Family engagement is a shared responsibility in which schools and other community agencies and organizations are committed to reaching out to engage families in meaningful ways and in which families are committed to actively supporting their children's learning and development.
• Family engagement is continuous across a child’s life and entails enduring commitment by changing parent roles as children mature into young adulthood.
• Effective family engagement cuts across and reinforces learning in the multiple settings where children learn- at home, in prekindergarten programs, in school, in after school programs, in faith-based institutions, and in the community.