Engage Families

By understanding the purpose and structure of the i-Ready Diagnostic and Personalized Instruction, families can be empowered to support their student’s learning. Teachers can explain how the Diagnostic works and how students are placed within a personalized instructional pathway by sending home a letter to families or hosting a family night at the school.

Resources:

• Family Guides: English | Spanish | Additional Language Translations
• Video: Introduction to i-Ready for Families: English | Spanish
• Family Night Invitation
• i-Ready Family Center
• Communication Templates to Families
• Social Media Kit to use for district and/or school social media accounts
• CLE: Family Engagement to use to plan for family engagement events throughout the year
• Additional Family Resources in Multiple Languages

When you approach families as partners, you can help support your students’ learning so much more. To make families part of the goals and growth conversations you have with your students, take the time to share student Diagnostic data with family members and discuss ways to support remote learning. 

Resources:

• FAQ: What domains are covered by the i-Ready Diagnostic?
• Family Resource: Understanding Your Student’s i-Ready Diagnostic Results
• Family Data Chats 

Beyond understanding i-Ready and their students’ data, providing families with tools to support Personalized Instruction is also helpful. Teachers can offer self-reflection templates and progress-tracking sheets for families to use with their children at home.

Resources:

• At-Home Student Data Trackers
• i-Ready Vacation Flyer
• Fridge Tips for i-Ready Lessons at Home
• Video: i-Ready Lessons at Home
• At-Home Learning Weekly Schedule: English | Spanish