Home, School, & Community Relations

Home, School, Community Relations supports pre-service and in-service teacher development of skills, techniques and attitudes needed to form successful collaboration with families. The text recognizes and addresses issues of diversity of contemporary families and of settings in which teachers work. The author emphasizes not only the theoretical but also the practical. Gestwicki takes a positive approach to the subject, while acknowledging and discussing inherent difficulties. Case studies of typical families and teachers, and descriptions of real programs' efforts in working with families, attract and keep the student's interest. Highly readable and well illustrated, the text regularly refers to the National Association for the Education of Young Children's professional standards for teachers in the important role of working with families.