For Schools - Elementary - Community Partnerships - Ohio's Statewide Family Engagement Center

Thank you for visiting our Community Partnerships Resources Hub. Click a topic below to find ideas and resources for working with community organizations to support student success! You can also click the search button at the top and type in a topic you are interested in. Have questions? Contact us at OhioSFEC@osu.edu.

Cover of Promising Partnership Practices Guide 2021

Ohio Partnership School Story: Passport to Partnership at Noble Elementary School in Cleveland Heights

This story was first published in the Promising Partnership Practices Guide from the National Network of Partnership Schools at Johns ...
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Charting the LifeCourse Training and More from the Family Resource Network of Ohio

The Family Resource Network of Ohio (FRNO) provides training for parents/caregivers, groups, schools, and agencies/providers on the Charting the LifeCourse ...
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Cover of Book "Exchange to Engage" by Rachel Kimbrow

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

Jhuma Acharya (red sweater) at our 2019 State Advisory Council Meeting The following text is from an interview with Jhuma ...
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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 ...
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Video: How community organizations, schools, and families can work together to support early childhood literacy

The Regional Educational Laboratory (REL Midwest) and Chicago public broadcasting station WTTW produced "a 19-minute documentary about how community organizations ...
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Before...Meetings in school. After...Meeting families where they are. Let's change the way we think about family engagement.

Toolkit: How to “Reframe” family engagement in your communications

After three years of research, 72 focused interviews, and more than 6,000 participants, the research conducted by FrameWorks Institute provides ...
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Podcast: Fam Jam from South Dakota’s Statewide Family Engagement Center

The Fam Jam is a fun, energetic podcast created by the South Dakota Statewide Family Engagement Center bringing together schools, ...
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