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July 26, 2022

Quick Reference Guides for Schools Registering Students with Non-English Names

In this helpful document from REL Northwest, you will find printable 1-pagers and 1/4 page reference cards explaining naming conventions for a variety of languages. “This set of naming conventions reference guides can help...

Early Childhood / Elementary School / Family Engagement Planning / For Schools / Middle & High School / Recommended Reading / Uncategorized / Whole Child 7 - Family Engagement

May 25, 2022

Core Competencies for Family Engagement Professionals

Between 2020-2022, the National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement (NAFSCE) worked with a variety of education practitioners, family engagement leaders, and researchers to create a nationally agreed-upon and unifying set of eight...

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April 15, 2022

Brookings Report: Collaborating to Transform and Improve Education Systems

This 300-page report from the Brookings Institute offers education leaders at the state, regional, and local levels ways of understanding the full landscape of family-school engagement strategies; so that you can learn from what...

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

April 15, 2022

Journal Article: Texting – A simple path to building trust

In this journal article published in Phi Delta Kappan in March 2022, Hadley Bachman (Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center) and colleagues share about two high-impact family engagement strategies at the middle school level that have...

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

March 28, 2022

Journal Article: State leadership to strengthen family engagement programs

In this journal article published in Phi Delta Kappan in March 2022, Dr. Joyce Epstein and Dr. Barbara Boone share about state leadership for family engagement, including examples from Ohio’s Statewide Family Engagement Center.

Just Schools, Building, Equitable, Collaborations with Families and Communities, Ann M. Ishimaru, Multicultural Education Series

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

March 7, 2022

Discussion Guide for Book: Just Schools by Ann M. Ishimaru

Use this Discussion Guide, prepared by Ohio’s Family and Community Engagement Network, to guide your school, district, or other group’s discussion of the book, “Just Schools: Building Equitable Collaborations with Families and Communities,” by...

adult walking with young child in front of a school

Elementary School / Family Engagement Planning / For Schools / Middle & High School / Recommended Reading

February 16, 2022

Engaging Families in Afterschool and Summer Learning Programs: A Review of Research

Engaging families in afterschool and summer learning is a critical component of the 21st Century Community Learning Centers initiative. This short article opens with a definition of family engagement in afterschool and then presents...

Early Childhood / Elementary School / Family Engagement Planning / For Schools / Middle & High School / Recommended Reading / Social Emotional / Uncategorized

February 1, 2022

Report: How Schools Can Support Basic Needs of Grandfamilies

In this 2021 report from Generations United, you will find many ideas for increasing awareness of and supports for grandparents and other kinship caregivers raising children in your school community In contrast to children...

Voices from the field report cover, a regional snapshot of practices

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October 12, 2021

Voices from the Field: A Snapshot of Ohio’s Regional Supports for Family Engagement

Each year, Ohio’s Statewide Family Engagement Center produces a report to highlight work being done by educational consultants in each of Ohio’s 16 State Support Team offices to support successful partnerships between families, schools,...

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