Nurturing Instructional Leadership
From ASCD: “In this podcast: When students are engaged in learning that is meaningful and relevant, they are more likely to enjoy school and experience success. In this special episode of ASCD Connect developed by the Ohio Whole Child Network, education leaders in Columbiana County, Ohio, discuss their efforts to coordinate school and community partnerships …
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This online resource library, developed by the grassroots Parent Teacher Home Visits organization, offers tools for educators to lead home visits. Resources include: Home visit logs, checklists, and certificates Home visit interest survey Sample letters to send to caregivers Conversation starters Reflection tools and more!
This quick 8-page report discusses how 21st Century Community Learning Centers support family and community collaboration with school districts. This article highlights examples of effective school-community partnerships and resources that educators can use to strengthen their own partnerships. This article is an excerpt from the book, Expanding Minds and Opportunities: Leveraging the Power of Afterschool …
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Building Your School-wide Approach to Family Engagement When family engagement gets REAL, educators and families become true allies in educational excellence, schools foster a sense of belonging for everyone, and students succeed in schools and beyond. Though it is essential to student success, family engagement is not always an easy or clear task. The School …
This presentation from the CARPE College Access Network and HTH School of Graduate Education walks educators through the process of co-designing with students. Co-designing with students in the equity process and why it is an important part of the improvement for equity.
When working to improve human-centered outcomes like those in education and healthcare, a critical aspect of improvement is partnership with those who are most impacted by the system. While there is a range of roles that students and families may choose to play, schools should strive to create the conditions for authentic partnership. Intentionally building …
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When working to improve student-centered outcomes, a critical aspect of improvement is partnering with those you seek to serve. This requires a disposition that those most affected by the system are best placed to help design and improve it. While there is a range of roles that students and families may choose to play, school …
“These updated National Standards for Family-School Partnerships are designed for multiple audiences, but especially: –School, district, and state education leaders who wish to ensure that their family-school partnership efforts are adequately implemented, funded, and monitored –PTA and other family and community leaders who want to know how to support and push their schools to better …
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“This project began with a forthright question. Amidst racism, historical trauma, poverty, unstable neighborhoods, and systemic inequities in education, what will it take for nondominant students, families, and their communities to thrive? he Family Leadership Design Collaborative (FLDC) is a national network of scholars, practitioners, and family and community leaders who seek to center racial …
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In this ethnographic case study, Ann M. Ishimaru examines how a collaboration emerged and evolved between a low-income Latino parent organizing group and the leadership of a rapidly changing school district. Using civic capacity and community organizing theories, Ishimaru seeks to understand the role of parents, goals, strategies, and change processes that characterize a school …
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