Table of Contents

Foreword: Ready or not? Preparing future educators for school, family, and community partnerships 1. Family, school, community engagement, and partnerships: an imperative for k-12, and colleges of education in the development of twenty-first century educators 2. Educating pre-service teachers for family, school, and community engagement 3. Including all families in education: school district-level efforts to promote parent engagement in Ontario, Canada 4. Preparing educators to partner with families 5. An analysis of cultural diversity and recurring themes in pre-service teachers’ online discussions of Epstein’s six types of parent involvement 6. How is my child doing? Preparing pre-service teachers to engage parents through assessment 7. Latino parents and teachers: key players building neighborhood social capital 8. Practices in home–school cooperation – a gendered story? 9. Is the week over yet? Insight for educators about social network support among cyber mothers raising children with ASD 10. Family, school, community engagement, and partnerships: an area of continued inquiry and growth

About the Author

Reyes L. Quezada is a Professor in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences at the University of San Diego, California, USA. He has published articles, book chapters and edited journals on family, school, and community engagement, cultural proficiency and English Learning Students, international teacher education, language and cultural diversity.


Viviana Alexandrowicz is an Associate Professor in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences at the University of San Diego, California, USA. She has published in the areas of language and cultural diversity, community service learning and mentoring/tutoring.


Sarina C Molina is an Assistant Professor in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences at the University of San Diego, California, USA. She has published in the areas of Teaching English as a Second Language, internationalization, linguistics, and action research.