Building Family Partnerships through Home Visits: Dual Capacity-Building Meets Pacific Islander Relational Reciprocity

• In Event: Divison G VP Grad Student Early Career Poster Session

Abstract

This poster advances a practice-centered redesign of a Family School Partnerships course that prepares in-service teachers to conduct home visits as sustained, equitable collaborations rather
than one-off outreach. Grounded in Mapp and Bergman’s (2019) Dual Capacity-Building Framework (v2), the design operationalizes the framework’s process and organizational
conditions through Pacific Islander relational reciprocity. Specifically, it draws on CHamoru chenchule’ (ongoing mutual obligation) and inafa’maolek (restoring harmony) and is informed
by Native Hawaiian concepts of kūkākūkā (relational dialogue) and pilina (union and connection). The design emerged from practitioner inquiry in a university ESL-endorsement
course structured around Critical Learning Communities, small-group inquiry, case study discussion, and state-aligned home-visit planning.

Author

• Roberto Jacob Laanan, University of Utah