4 Factors That Foster Families’ Trust in Teachers and Leaders

Module 5, Session 2 of the TALE Academy is about building trust, transparency, and capacity with students’ families. In a post for Education Trust, Dr. Marissa Alberty writes that the key to mitigating unfinished learning from the 2020-2021 school year is family engagement. Dr. Alberty advises us to focus on building trust, transparency, and capacity to move into the real action of family engagement centered on student learning. This infographic provides a sneak peek at the first principle of family engagement – how to build trust with families. Adapted from ASCD’s Trust in Schools: A Core Resources for School Reform, we can use our TALE mindset to look at four factors that generate trust in teachers and leaders in any learning environment (in-person, remote, or hybrid)!