Insights from the Caregiver Community: Building Authentic School & Family Partnerships

Uploaded on: October 18, 2022

Primary Author(s): CASEL

This brief highlights key learnings from CASEL’s pilot SEL Dialogue Series for Caregiver-School Partnerships, which took place at a high school in Chicago, Ill., during Spring, 2022. It hones in on 4 insights towards creating authentic school-family partnerships, each with a corresponding set of recommendations for school leaders.

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