Category: For Schools

White father and son each playing with a small robot

Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Schools / Middle & High School / Social Emotional

June 11, 2021

STEM and SEL: A Formula to Enrich At-Home Learning

For a long time, advocates of STEM education have worked to bring STEM learning closer to students’ lives outside of school. This year, though, COVID has made STEM learning a part of students’ lives...

Screenshot of the Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center's Statement on Using the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds for Family Engagement

Early Childhood / Elementary School / Family Engagement Planning / For Schools / Middle & High School / Recommended Reading / Remote Learning for Schools

June 8, 2021

How can I use the American Rescue Plan Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Funds for Family Engagement?

We provide five recommendations on how to integrate family engagement into your plans.

Early Childhood / Elementary School / Family Engagement Planning / For Schools / Middle & High School / Uncategorized

June 1, 2021

Measurement Tool: How should I assess my school’s family and community engagement practices?

This needs assessment tool developed by the Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center is designed to assist school leaders and leadership teams in measuring the quality of their current family engagement practices. Each item is...

school building with many cars in line to pick up kids

Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Schools / Middle & High School / Recommended Reading

May 21, 2021

Article: The Development and Sustainability of School-Based Parent Networks in Low-Income Latinx Communities

When families have strong social networks, children are more likely to succeed in school. The following are selected recommendations and results from a research study of a program called Families and Schools Together. Families...

Family Engagement Through PBIS by Linda Blanch

Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Schools / Middle & High School / Social Emotional

May 19, 2021

Video: How schools can engage families within their PBIS framework

Recorded on September 17, 2020, as part of the inaugural Ohio Family Engagement Leadership Summit. Featuring Linda Blanch of the Educational Service Center of Northeast Ohio. To learn more about this presenter and access...

Jhuma Acharya, a member of our State Advisory Council

Communication / Community Partnerships / Early Childhood / Elementary School / Family Stories / For Schools / Middle & High School / Uncategorized

May 7, 2021

Ohio Community Partner Story: The vital role of cultural brokers for strong family-school partnerships

The following text is from an interview with Jhuma Acharya, a parent representative on our State Advisory Council. Describe yourself and your work with the Bhutanese-Nepali community in Ohio. I am a former refugee...

two hands coming together with trust-related words written on them

Early Childhood / Elementary School / Family Engagement Planning / For Schools / Middle & High School

May 7, 2021

Article: Building trust among parents/caregivers and teachers is key to reopening schools

Trust in school safety varies among communities. The theory of relational trust suggests that schools need to build respect and bring the community into school operations and decision-making. This article from theconversation.com offers ideas...

Community Partnerships / Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Families / For Schools / Grandfamilies / Middle & High School / Organizations for Families

May 7, 2021

OhioKAN: Connecting Kinship Caregivers to Resources

Do you have grandparents or other kinship caregivers raising children in your school community who have outstanding needs? Research suggests that when the financial and social needs of grand and kinship families are met,...

Communication / For Schools / Middle & High School / Transitions

May 5, 2021

Family Survey: How well does our school support families of students with disabilities for the transition to life after high school?

The Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center developed a Family Survey in Spring/Fall 2020 for a school to use in assessing the quality of services provided to families of students with disabilities for planning for...

Cover of A Third-Grade Teacher's Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills

Academics / Elementary School / For Schools

April 23, 2021

A Third Grade Teacher’s Guide to Supporting Family Involvement in Foundational Reading Skills

The Regional Education Laboratory (REL) has developed this teacher’s guide to support families in practicing foundational reading skills at home. The Teacher’s Guide includes a snapshot of each recommendation, how-to steps, language teachers can...