Here are the six types of involvement:
1) Parenting: Here, schools help families with parenting and child-
rearing skills, child development knowledge, and creating home conditions that support
children at each grade level. Reciprocally, schools have to learn to understand families.
2) Communicating: The school involves parents by communicating about school
programs and student progress through effective two-
way channels that may include memos, notices, conferences, newsletters, phone calls, and
electronic messages.
3) Volunteering: Schools work to improve recruiting, training, and schedules to involve
families and community members as volunteers and as audiences to support students and
school programs.
4) Learning at home: Schools involve families with their children in learning activities at
home and in the community, including homework and other curriculum-related activities.
5) Decision making: Schools include families as participants in school decisions and
governance through the PTA, advisory councils, committees, and other leadership
opportunities.
6) Collaborating with the community: Schools coordinate services and resources for
families and the school with businesses, agencies, and other groups. Schools also
provide services to the community (Epstein, 2011; Epstein et al., 2009).