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

September 3, 2021

Great Meetings for Schools and Families: A Professional Resource for School Staff

Over the years we have heard families say, coming into meetings can be intimidating and overwhelming resulting in team members having their guards up. We want families to walk into meetings ready to collaborate...

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

July 20, 2021

Book: Beyond the Bake Sale

“Our goal has been to make this book easy to read and easy to use. The chapters are short and full of tools, tips, stories, research briefs, and advice from colleagues. Each one ends...

Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Families / Learning at Home

May 29, 2019

Ways for Families to Engage Children in Nature

by Theresa Lutz and Kimberly Anderson, IDEALS Institute Share this resource with families to encourage learning outdoors with children. Item shared via Maryland Families Engage.

Child Well-being / Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Families / Middle & High School

May 22, 2019

‘Sesame Street’ introduces Karli, a Muppet in foster care

“Sesame Street” has introduced a new character named Karli — a young Muppet in foster care, and her “for-now” parents, Dalia and Clem.” Karli’s debut is part of an initiative from the “Sesame Street in...

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

May 15, 2019

The Essential Conversation: What Parents and Teachers Can Learn from Each Other

Each year there are more than one hundred million parent-teacher conversations across the United States. This book by Sara Lawrence-Lightfoot illuminates the emotions many families and teachers bring with them into the parent-teacher conference...

Early Childhood / Elementary School / Family Engagement Planning / For Schools / Middle & High School / Organizations for Families / Recommended Reading / Spotlight

May 15, 2019

Book: Engage Every Family

This book provides teachers and school leaders five simple steps to building a stronger school community by engaging every family. Emphasis on “every family”. Family engagement increases student achievement, but how do schools connect...

For Schools / Organizations for Families

May 15, 2019

The Family Engagement for High School Success Toolkit

The Family Engagement for High School Success Toolkit is designed to help those seeking to develop an informed and targeted family engagement project for high school students. It is important to note that this...

For Schools / Organizations for Families

May 15, 2019

8 Ways to Encourage Family Engagement in Secondary Schools

When a school makes the decision to actively engage its diverse community of families, the benefits far outweigh the effort. Check out these eight ways to do it.

For Schools / Organizations for Families

May 14, 2019

Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships

Partners in Education: A Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships presents a new framework for designing family engagement initiatives that build capacity among educators and families to partner with one another around student success....

For Schools / Organizations for Families

May 14, 2019

Ohio’s Parent-Teacher Partnerships Model

The Parent-Teacher Partnership Model brings together a small group of family members and school staff a few times per year to discuss such topics as respect, communication, equality, and supporting student learning using a...

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