The Parent Connection: An Educator’s Guide to Family Engagement

by Dr. Joni Samples

Dr. Joni shares her Parent-Teacher A-G (P-TAG) system for helping school personnel engage parents in the education of their children in this practical, but research supported book. The A-G system represents a cycle of assessing attitude, building parent capacity for instruction, collaborating for success, developing site-specific plans, evaluating progress, following-through, and going for great success.

Dede Alpert, Former California Senator and sponsor of the California Master Plan for Education says, “The Parent Connection is a real “how to” from a school practitioner’s standpoint for getting home and school working toward the same education end: to create well-educated citizens for the future.”

Joni Samples is the Chief Academic Officer of Family Friendly Schools. She is a popular keynote speaker and trainer in the area of family engagement. Her background combines academic credentials with practical service as a lifelong educator. She has served as a superintendent of schools, special education administrator, curriculum and instruction director, CEO for early childhood programs, coordinator of career and technical programs, and a teacher for regular and special education, as well as teaching at the university level.