You know parents matter.
Does your school have a plan for partnership?
Catholic school leaders spend countless hours responding to parent questions, solving problems, sending communication, and planning events.
But without an intentional strategy, parent partnership can become reactive and disconnected from your mission.
Your relationship with families is too important to leave to chance.
Parents are partners in formation.
Catholic schools flourish when they recognize parents as the primary educators of their children and intentionally build a community of collaboration.
Parent partnership is not another program. It's a mission-first approach to integral formation of the whole person that strengthens relationships with families and fortifies school culture.
A practical framework for Catholic school leaders
The Familiaris Framework helps school leaders move from good intentions to sustainable systems for building extraordinary relationships with families.
Through consulting, coaching, and professional formation, Dr. Jaime Madison Vasquez helps Catholic schools leaders welcome, communicate with, and partner with parents in ways that strengthen their mission and honor parents as primary educators of their children.
Build Your Parent Partnership Plan
In two hours, jumpstart parent partnership with four questions.
Clarify Your Vision
Does our school have a vision for parent partnership, and do we share it with families?
✅ Your core beliefs about parents and families
✅ How families encounter your mission & vision
✅ Ways to communicate your vision from admissions to graduation
Communicate Clearly
Does ongoing school-family communication illustrate our mission in action and invite families into dialogue?
✅ Strategies to amplify school newsletters
✅ Key moments to build trust throughout the year
✅ Fruitful foundations for problem-solving with parents
Build Community & Form Parents
Does our school community inspire, guide, and accompany parents through parent formation, friendship, and fellowship?
✅ Actionable parent formation structures
✅ Recruiting & guiding volunteers
✅ Nurturing real friendships and community
Align Your Team
Is parent partnership a priority in faculty and staff roles, responsibilities, and professional formation?
✅ Strategies for faculty and staff formation
✅ Cultivating parent partnership as professional practice
✅ Leadership structures for sustainability
FAQ
Q: Will the workshops be recorded?
A: Yes, we will record the workshop. It's best to schedule it at a time convienient for your team to facilitate live participation, but I get it that that leading a school can be unpredictable.
Q: Who should attend?
A: The workshop is geared towards school heads/principals, assistant heads/principals, deans, advancement staff, or other staff members who oversee parent partnerships or formation.
Q: What if I can't find a time that works for me?
A: Email Jaime at hello@familiaris-consulting.com and we can find a mutually convenient time to schedule the workshop.
Q: Can I receive continuing education credits?
A: Participants will receive a certificate of completion for 3 clock hours of professional development learning.
Q: When will the coaching occur?
A: We will schedule the coaching follow up at a mutually convenient time.
Q: What if I have more questions?
A: No problem! Email Jaime at hello@familiaris-consulting.com
