Maine Department of Education Launches a Family Engagement Framework on November 6: A Nine Step Guide, With a Friday Lunch and Learn Series From November 13 Through April 2027
AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine Department of Education highlighted new resources for Family Engagement Awareness Month on November 6, centred on a newly released framework titled Building Bridges: A Framework for Family Engagement in Maine. The framework gives guidance for building strong relationships between schools and families, including shared terminology, the benefits and foundational principles of family engagement, strategies for connecting families to student learning, a continuum of family leadership development, and a nine step approach schools can use to develop and strengthen family engagement strategies.
The department Office of School and Student Supports will offer a Friday Lunch and Learn series for educators beginning November 13. Each 45 minute session runs from noon to 12:45 p.m. and includes a brief presentation followed by breakout discussions where participants share ideas and practices from their schools and districts. The series runs from November 2026 through April 2027.
The department is also inviting Maine parents and caregivers to take the 2026 Maine Family Engagement Survey, offered with the Consortium for Engaging Families Across Maine. The survey takes about five minutes and is available online in six languages: English, Arabic, Brazilian Portuguese, French, Somali and Spanish. The department says the results will inform statewide work to give schools resources and services that strengthen partnerships among families, schools and communities.
来源链接：缅因州教育厅新闻室 2026 年 11 月 6 日发布（mainedoenews.net）： https://mainedoenews.net/2026/11/06/maine-doe-launches-framework-for-family-engagement-in-maine/
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