It shows the main findings regarding a valuable knowledge that emerges from a study focused on the managerial competencies that principals possess and mobilize to promote parental participation in elementary schools in the Province of Chiloe in Chile. Conceptions and evaluations about parental participation, practices and strategies that mobilize directors, activities and levels of participation and elements of the context that favor and hinder said participation are exposed. A qualitative interpretive paradigm approach and a descriptive-oriented Case Study methodology were used, therefore, it opted for an inductive / deductive study. The analysis of the information, allowed to obtain conclusions about the decisive importance of the directive role and leadership to work together with the parents to strengthen the formation and learning of the students.