Understand why family engagement matters
Examine the research connecting family engagement to student outcomes — and build the conviction and language to make it a school-wide priority.
Self-Paced Course · Family Engagement
Dr. Steve Constantino combines research and personal experience with concrete examples, case studies, and practical exercises to help you build trust with families and develop strong relationships — leading to better attendance, fewer disruptions, and improved student outcomes.
What You'll Learn
Examine the research connecting family engagement to student outcomes — and build the conviction and language to make it a school-wide priority.
Learn Dr. Constantino's seven foundational principles that distinguish schools with genuine family partnerships from those with surface-level involvement programs.
Understand the barriers — historical, cultural, and practical — that cause families to pull back, and develop strategies to meet them where they are.
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Meet your instructor
Dr. Steve Constantino is one of the nation’s foremost experts on action-oriented family engagement. As a best-selling author, college professor, and career educator, he combines research and personal experience with concrete examples and practical exercises to help school leaders build genuine trust with families — turning engagement from a checkbox into a catalyst for student success.
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Everything you need to know before enrolling - or to share with your team. Talk with the RocketPD team.
This is a self-paced video course. You can start the moment you register and work through the modules on your own schedule.
Principals, district leaders, and teachers who want to move beyond surface-level parent involvement and build genuine, trust-based partnerships with families.
Yes. Dr. Constantino's framework applies across elementary, middle, and high school. The principles of trust-building and reaching disengaged families are universal.
Yes. RocketPD supports school and district team access. Contact us and we will help map the best option for your team.
Give every family a reason to engage — with a proven, research-backed framework that turns family engagement from a checkbox into a catalyst for student success.