Built for the realities schools are facing.
Grounded in what works.
School Programs
Home Works partners with schools to make family engagement both deeply human and highly effective. We give teachers the structure, training, and support to build meaningful relationships with families—and we’ve shown that this connection drives real results for students.
Home Visits:
Teachers visit students and their families at home—on their terms and turf—to build trust and open communication. Together, families and educators review key learning benchmarks and individualized student data to set shared goals for the year, reinforced across both school and home. Families receive tailored strategies and materials to extend learning beyond the classroom, while teachers gain deeper insight into each child’s context and needs. The process is a true partnership: educators bring classroom expertise, and families bring lived knowledge of their child. Together they create a 360-degree community of care that supports the whole child’s academic, social, and emotional development.
Family Learning Workshops
Hosted at school with food, childcare, and translators to remove barriers and ensure access. Families and teachers sit side by side, reviewing progress reports, activity guides, and learning supply packs. Family members practice strategies and learning games with teacher guidance and adapt them for home routines. This shared work builds relationships and ensures families are not just informed but equipped as active partners in driving student progress. Families leave with actionable tools to reinforce learning at home, and teachers leave with stronger ties that make classrooms more responsive and effective.
Family Dinners:
Informal, welcoming events that bring families and school staff together around a meal to create belonging. Using parent café-style discussions—structured small-group conversations where parents and caregivers share experiences, ideas, and hopes—families help shape engagement priorities at their school, signaling that their voices are central. The dinners also deepen educator understanding of family perspectives, break down communication barriers, and build trust.
Proudly partnering with your local community schools
Boonville
School District
Pilot Grove
School District
Confluence
Academies
Cooper County
School District
Jennings
School District
Let’s build something that lasts
If you’re a school leader or educator looking for more than a one-off event—if you want to build meaningful, measurable family engagement into the fabric of your school—we’re ready to help.
Our program is designed to align with your goals, not pile onto your plate. From planning to training to rollout, our team partners with you every step of the way.
Educators report improvements in student behavior and engagement as trust builds between families and schools.
Families spend more time supporting learning at home—and feel more confident doing it.
Schools see stronger attendance, more open communication, and a learning environment where students feel supported from all sides.
Home Works students meet academic growth goals at rates higher rates than their peers.
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This year has been an amazing year because I have been able to create deeper relationships with my students and their families. It helps build the trust and respect between teachers and the families of the children they teach, love, and care for!
—Aspire Academy 2nd Grade Teacher
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I love the bond that we get with our students, and it is especially rewarding when they invite us into their lives and their homes. Taking time out of the busyness of life to be reminded of how much we care for their scholar, and it is amazing to see how much they love hosting us.
— Nance Elementary School 4th Grade Teacher
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I’m not one of those Superintendents that hangs my hat on a lot of programs, but when I do, I truly stand by it. When we talk about family engagement, that’s the core tenet of Home Works, it’s how we bridge the gap between home and school.
— Jennings Superintendent Dr. Paula Knight
Tools and Resources
Not ready to partner yet? We get it. That’s why we share practical, ready-to-use tools, success stories, and insights for educators and administrators—no sign-up required. Whether you're looking for ideas to improve family engagement tomorrow or research to inform your school’s long-term strategy, our blog is built for you.
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FAQs
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Yes, of course! Certified teachers and participating staff receive stipends for completing training, hosting Family Dinners, conducting Home Visits, and leading Family Learning Workshops. This recognizes their time and effort and supports sustainable implementation.
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Home Works is a nationally recognized, evidence-based family engagement program that partners with schools to improve student outcomes by building strong, authentic relationships between families and educators. Through Home Visits, Family Learning Workshops, and Family Dinners, teachers and other school staff partner with families to support learning. Our impact includes measurable academic growth, improved student behavior and engagement, improved teacher-family relationship quality, and a stronger sense of belonging among students.
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We use multiple methods:
Academic progress is measured by comparing Home Works students’ fall and spring math & reading assessments (STAR, iReady, etc) against students in the same school who didn’t participate in Home Works.
We track changes in student behavior, attendance, and engagement.
Surveys and qualitative feedback from families and educators are collected throughout the year to assess impact and improvement areas.
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Any trained school staff member may participate. Home Visits are conducted in pairs: the lead visitor must be a certified teacher, while the co-visitor can be any trusted staff member who has a relationship with the student—such as a social worker, school counselor, gym teacher, or attendance aide.
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Home Works staff work year-round to support implementation, but program activities begin with intentional planning and collaboration in the summer. Implementation then spans the full academic year. School partnerships are designed to grow over multiple years, giving school teams time to strengthen their family engagement practices. As capacity builds, veteran Home Works teachers often support incoming staff, enabling the school to eventually implement the program independently. Each year, we collect key metrics and outputs to support continuous improvement and measure impact.
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Yes. Our model is grounded in the Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships (developed by Dr. Karen Mapp and collaborators). This nationally recognized framework guides our evidence-based approach to building meaningful family-school partnerships. Home Works is one of the few education interventions that uses this approach to simultaneously build capacity in both educators and families. Our program trains teachers, principals, and other school staff to engage families in ways that are relationship-centered and outcomes-driven—resulting in measurable improvements in student achievement, behavior, and belonging.
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No. While much of our work is in K–5 settings, Home Works has also been successfully implemented in early childhood centers, middle schools, and high schools.