Community Connections and Your PLC at Work®

“Provencio provides practical tools, resources, and strategies that can be adopted by any school, regardless of demographics. A necessary guide for all schools.”

“Families are most often the missing piece within our PLCs, even though they are the most important. This book is an essential read for every school leader.”

“Finally, a step-by-step guide for how to engage families and promote rock-solid community involvement in your school!”

“In the epilogue to his book, Nathaniel Provencio states that his hope for the book is to create for school leaders ‘a pragmatic resource to assist them in growing parent, family, and community involvement and engagement in their schools.’ Wow, did he succeed! He articulately weaves together a story of his journey toward success with his school, Minnieville Elementary, that is laced with strategies, researched theories, and documented results. He includes barriers encountered, tools to use, and reproducible materials that make the story easy to follow and entirely possible to replicate. I found the chapters on family-engagement coalitions, culture of customer service, and his guidance for parents on what learning is and looks like to be especially enlightening. By including the next-step questions at the end of each chapter, Provencio leads his readers through the processes and simple strategies that, when systematically applied, lead to ultimate success. For any leader looking to reshape or enhance the parent, family, and community involvement in his or her school through the PLC process, let Nathaniel Provencio be your guide.”

“Building on his own experience with success, Nathaniel Provencio lays out an easy-to-use road map to engage your school’s community to provide this critical added layer in support of educators and students. During these challenging times, it has never been more important to support our families at home. Focusing on the three big ideas of a PLC, this book provides powerful insights, research-based strategies, and effective resources and tools to help you better connect with your school community.”

“Attention, educators: Please purchase this book now! Nathaniel Provencio, a nationally recognized educator, aligns the PLC at Work research and process with best practices in family engagement. The big ideas from the chapters can be implemented immediately with ready-to-go reproducibles, tools, and reflective questions. The chapter on achieving a customer-centric culture is a must-read for all educators in every school across the country, with tips on creating first impressions that last a lifetime, serving families with a smile, and building relationships. I highly recommend this book and already plan on ordering one for every member of our family engagement guiding coalition—another strategy in the book.”