The Ohio Family Engagement Leadership Summit was a two day, virtual event on September 18-19, 2025. The Summit provides professional learning and networking with those dedicated to advancing effective family-school-community partnerships across Ohio and beyond. Our Summit brings research to action by providing schools, families, and community partners with the tools they need to work together to launch all children to success from birth to high school graduation. If you are a teacher, leader, family liaison, or community partner looking for new ideas for family engagement in education, this Summit is for you!
Event Summary
- Over 20 engaging, interactive sessions on important areas of family engagement: Attendance, Mathematics, Literacy, Career Development, Artificial Intelligence and more.Â
- Access to recordings of all summit sessions for six months.Â
- Practical tools you can use immediatelyÂ
- Inspiring examples from across Ohio and beyondÂ
- Networking with passionate family engagement leadersÂ
- Earn up to 10 contact hours
Keynote Speakers
Jasmine Hood Miller of Common Sense Media, the nation’s leading nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of kids and families through technology and media education, will kick off our Summit with a keynote on artificial intelligence and building digital trust and connection between families, schools, and students.
Dr. Rebecca Winthrop, Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution, will challenge us to rethink how family-school-community partnerships can reignite student engagement by putting young people’s voices, needs, and aspirations at the center. Drawing from her groundbreaking research, including The Disengaged Teen: Helping Kids Learn Better, Feel Better, and Live Better, Dr. Winthrop will share bold ideas and real-world examples for how schools and families can co-create learning environments where students feel connected, capable, and inspired.
- Dr. Hadley Bachman, Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center
- Zack Batsaikhan, Center on Education and Training for Employment
- Stephanie Bell-West, State Advisory Council Member for the Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center
- Dr. Barbara Boone, Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center
- Thomas Capretta, Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center
- Dr. Ana-Paula Correia, Center on Education and Training for Employment
- Sarah DeShon, Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center
- Bunmi Esho, STEM Next
- Dr. Meredith Wellman, Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center
- Dr. Annie White, Fred Rogers Institute
- Jasmine Hood Miller, Common Sense Media
- Wesley Owens, Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center
- Joshua Preece, Ohio State Support Team Region 2
- Dr. Holly Kreider, Center for Family Math
- Dr. Stephen Sturgill, Lorain City Schools, OH
- Dr. Yesenia Alvarez Padilla, Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center
- Lacy Wood, NAFSCE Board member and Independent Consultant
- Dr. Rebecca Winthrop, Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution
- Chris Yaluma, Moritz College of Law, OSU
… and more!