Empowered Families and Caregivers

a. Recruitment and enrollment processes ensure that families and caregivers have sufficient understanding of the school model to act as partners in supporting their learners prior to their child starting school.

b. Families and caregivers not only understand their child’s goals, progress toward those goals, and their role in helping learner progress toward their goals, but are also engaged in the co-creation of the learner's individualized learning plans.

c. Families, caregivers and educators have regular contact with each other and appreciate their respective roles in the learner's life.

d. All families and caregivers have meaningful channels to partner with school faculty and ensure the unique needs and passions of their children are being met and fostered in school.

e. Families and caregivers feel welcome and included in school culture and life because the school values their cultures, identities, belief systems, and what they and caregivers bring to the community (particularly for families and caregivers who may be traditionally marginalized).