5 Ways to Build Strong Relationships with Families

As professionals in the field of afterschool and expanded learning, it is important to remember that we need to actively build strong engagement with families when they can come to the school or program. Understanding that families are busy and frequently overwhelmed can help us think about how we can build stronger connections with families when they pick up or drop off their children at your program. Here are five quick techniques that help to build strong relationships in a fast-paced culture. Request your free eBook here! //ENTER ALL THE REQURED FIELDS NAMES HERE var rfnames=new Array("CI_email"); var rfdesc=new Array("Email Address"); var val_email_names=new Array("CI_email"); var val_email_desc=new Array("Email Address"); var val_phone_names=new Array(); var val_phone_desc=new Array(); var val_zipcode_names=new Array(); var val_zipcode_desc=new Array(); var val_numeric_names=new Array(); var val_numeric_desc=new Array(); // isEmail (STRING s [, BOOLEAN emptyOK]) // whitespace characters var whitespace_CI = " tnr"; // // Email address must be of form a@b.c ... in other words: // * there must be at least one character before the @ // * there must be at least one character before and after the . // * the characters @ and . are both required function isValidEmail_CI(s) { if (isEmpty_CI(s)) return false; // is s whitespace? if (isWhitespace_CI(s)) return false; // there must be >= 1 character before @, so we // start looking at character position 1 // (i.e. second character) var i = 1; var sLength = s.length; // look for @ while ((i = sLength) || (s.charAt(i) != "@")) return false; else i += 2; // look for . while ((i = sLength - 1) || (s.charAt(i) != ".")) return false; else return true; } function isValidPhone_CI(s) { if (isEmpty_CI(s)) return false; // is s whitespace? if (isWhitespace_CI(s)) return false; // there must be at least one character after the . var regexObj = /^(?([0-9]{3}))?[-. ]?([0-9]{3})[-. ]?([0-9]{4})$/; if (regexObj.test(s)) { return true; //var formattedPhoneNumber = subjectString.replace(regexObj, "($1) $2-$3"); } else { return false; } } function isValidZipCode_CI(s) { if (isEmpty_CI(s)) return false; // is s whitespace? if (isWhitespace_CI(s)) return false; // there must be at least one character after the . var regexObj = /(^d{5}$)|(^d{5}-d{4}$)/; if (regexObj.test(s)) { return true; //var formattedPhoneNumber = subjectString.replace(regexObj, "($1) $2-$3"); } else { return false; } } function isNumeric_CI(s) { if (isEmpty_CI(s)) return false; // is s whitespace? if (isWhitespace_CI(s)) return false; return !isNaN(parseFloat(s)) && isFinite(s); } // Check whether string s is empty. function isEmpty_CI(s) { return ((s == null) || (s.length == 0)) } // Returns true if string s is empty or // whitespace characters only. function isWhitespace_CI(s) { var i; // Is s empty? if (isEmpty_CI(s)) return true; // Search through string characters one by one // until we find a non-whitespace character. // When we do, return false; if we dont, return true. for (i = 0; i < s.length; i++) { // Check that current character isnt whitespace. var c = s.charAt(i); if (whitespace_CI.indexOf(c) == -1) return false; } // All characters are whitespace. return true; } function checkForm_CI() { var message = ""; //if (!isValidEmail_CI(document.CI_subscribeForm.elements[''EmailAddress''].value)) { // document.CI_subscribeForm.elements[''EmailAddress''].style.backgroundColor="yellow"; // //alert("Please enter a valid Email Address. (yourname@domain.com)"); // message = "Please enter a valid Email Address. (yourname@domain.com)nr" ; // document.CI_subscribeForm.elements[''EmailAddress''].focus(); // // } for(var i=0; i