Through a series of four engaging, self-paced modules, this seminar equips youth-serving out-of-school-time professionals with the expertise to implement high-quality, evidence-based strategies to engage families in their programs.
Module 1: Foundations of Family Engagement for OST Programs
Learn why family engagement matters and how to describe the conditions of family engagement.
Module 2: Building Relationships with Families
Learn how to build trust and meaningful engagement, how to apply universal design principles, the five key roles in multi-tiered family engagement, and how to utilize a funds of knowledge inventory to discover the unique strengths and preferences of diverse families.
Module 3: Specialized Topics in Family Engagement
Learn more about research-based family engagement strategies for your topic of choice- Adolescent Development, Literacy, Student Mental Health, Workforce Readiness, Special Education, or Improving Student Attendance.
Module 4: Multi-Tiered Family Engagement Planning
Learn to design and implement a multi-tiered family engagement plan by describing different levels of support, utilizing data to determine the need for change, and recognizing specific indicators that signal a necessary adjustment in frequency, intensity, or practice.
Seminar Learning Goals:
• I can explain why family engagement matters and why families choose to engage.
• I can develop informal leadership skills to reframe the conversation about family engagement within my spheres of influence.
• I can describe the roles for families in multi-tiered family engagement.
• I can identify strategies and resources to engage families in a selected area of specialized focus.
• I can describe different tiers of support for family engagement.
• I can create a multi-tiered family engagement plan to support students and families in identified sub-groups.
Outcome: The outcome of this seminar is to create a multi-tiered plan for family engagement to support student learning and development in your out-of-school time program.
Contact Hours: 20 per module, equivalent to 2 Continuing Education Units (CEUs)