The California State PTA School Smarts Family Engagement Program consists of seven two-hour sessions designed to promote long-term family engagement. By participating in the academy sessions, parents and caregivers invest in their students’ education through active involvement. Additionally they are able to connect with the school community and with each other.
Each of the seven sessions focuses on a single topic: parent/caregiver involvement, preparing for a lifetime of learning, understanding California’s education system, understanding your local school system, becoming an effective communicator, standing up for quality education, and taking action.
Every School Smarts session has an art component, and the curriculum is available in multiple languages to ensure accessibility for the diverse communities we serve.
This award-winning, research-based program is specifically designed to assist schools with their state and federal family-engagement requirements, as well as to support Local Control Accountability Plan (LCAP) implementation.
For more information, visit our School Smarts page to find out how to bring this program to your school or district, email programsupport@capta.org today.