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title: GSCT Parent Engagement
description: The Great Schools for Connecticut Project helps participating charter schools find the best ways to engage with parents and their school communities through the Parent Steering Committee.
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## **Parent Engagement**

*Helping schools find the best ways to engage with parents and families in their school communities*

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### Parent Steering Committee

We know how critical it is for public charter schools to establish strong, lasting relationships with parents and families in their school communities. Our Parent Engagement resources, offered to grant awardees through the Great Schools for Connecticut Project in partnership with Breakthrough Leadership Consulting, helps schools foster and develop these connections to help better serve their students. 

To achieve this goal, we have developed the Parent Steering Committee\*, a highly interactive, school-year-long cohort experience. Parent leaders from participating grant-awarded schools have a chance to learn best practices and how they can be applied in a variety of school settings. The committee collaborates on plans for engaging and empowering families to make their school communities stronger. The year will culminate with a presentation to school leaders that outlines an actionable plan for family engagement and support. 

###### Family Engagement Survey

Participating schools can distribute our Family Engagement Survey to their school community in order to gather insights and gauge sentiment that will better inform the school's approach. The survey is available for download in both English and Spanish.

- [Click here to download Family Engagement Survey](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ffhWdyLG2EfDLhimA_gAunhLg6VG8jXd/view)

###### Parent Steering Committee Session Materials

Use the link below to review materials from our Parent Steering Committee Sessions.

- [Parent Steering Committee Session 1 -- Kickoff Presentation](https://csp.ctcharters.org/hubfs/CT%20CSA%20Session%201%20Kickoff.pdf?hsLang=en)
- [Parent Steering Committee Session 2](https://csp.ctcharters.org/hubfs/CT%20CSA%20Session%202.pdf?hsLang=en)
- [Parent Steering Committee Session 3](https://csp.ctcharters.org/hubfs/CT%20CSA%20Session%203%20Deck.pdf?hsLang=en)
- [Parent Steering Committee Session 4 Agenda](https://csp.ctcharters.org/hubfs/CT%20CSA%20Session%20%234%20Agenda.pdf?hsLang=en)
- [Parent Steering Committee Session 5](https://csp.ctcharters.org/hubfs/CT%20CSA%20Session%205%20Deck.pdf?hsLang=en)

###### For more information

Please contact Katie Maron at [kmaron@ctcharters.org](mailto:kmaron@ctcharters.org) with any questions.

 

*\*The total cost of the Parent Engagement Programming is $11,000 and will be borne by the Great Schools for Connecticut (GSCT) Project using technical assistance dollars from the CSP federal grant awarded to CTCSA by the US Department of Education. GSCT is a competitive public charter school grant program funded under the Congressional Every Students Succeeds Act (ESSA, Public Law 114-95), which reauthorized the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965.*

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