Sentences with phrase «focusing on family engagement»

She has also served in various educational roles at two separate charter schools focusing on family engagement, academic mentoring, and student services.

In the midst of the annual Teaching and Learning Week at the Harvard Graduate School of Education — a series of events dedicated to exploring how to effectively teach and learn through demonstrations of powerful and innovative practices — the Harvard Family Research Project (HFRP) is bringing attention to its collection of case studies focused on family engagement in schools.

For example, Head Start has been and continues to be a leader in its focus on family engagement and comprehensive services, on children with disabilities, and on children from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds; in its commitments to accountability for program quality; in its investments in the professional development of the early childhood education workforce that led to the development of the Child Development Associate (CDA) credential; and in its commitment to and investment in research and evaluation to strengthen quality, improve child outcomes, and reduce the achievement gap.

The new mandates under Title I of the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 focuses on family engagement and it emphasizes two - way communication.

Ellis, whose work focuses on family engagement, offers strategies in her COSA session that schools can use to effectively engage families in their children's education.

Fellows will participate in a professional learning community with colleagues from around the country to learn, collaborate and develop organizational blueprints focused on family engagement.

The 2015 Bay Area Community Schools Network (BACSN) annual forum focused on family engagement in community schools.

While these places are exemplars of the work community schools can do, they demonstrate what is possible with a thoughtful plan, strong leaders, a focus on family engagement, embedding themselves into the community, and taking part in it.

Dr. Sheridan's research focuses on family engagement and family - school partnerships to support young children's behavioral, social - emotional, and academic functioning.

Not exact matches

Focus on the Family and the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission (ERLC) are hosting a new conference just before the rally «aimed at increasing the level of engagement in the pro-life cause among evangelical Christians.»

They are also creating or purchasing training focused solely on cultural competence with families of young children, relationship - building, and family engagement.

If you focus only on district - level work, high - level leaders won't develop a vivid vision of how family engagement policies actually affect families and students.

Titles within the 16 - document series — which focuses on program design and implementation, assessments, professional development, family engagement, and curriculum — include:

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This summer Mapp led her first Program in Professional Education (PPE) institute, «Family Engagement in Education: Creating Effective Home and School Partnerships for Student Success,» which focused on designing family engagement practices connected to student learning, and increasing the capacity of educators, families, and community members to develop and sustain partnerships that improve student outFamily Engagement in Education: Creating Effective Home and School Partnerships for Student Success,» which focused on designing family engagement practices connected to student learning, and increasing the capacity of educators, families, and community members to develop and sustain partnerships that improve student outfamily engagement practices connected to student learning, and increasing the capacity of educators, families, and community members to develop and sustain partnerships that improve student outcomes.

«It's no longer enough to focus family engagement solely on what happens in school,» says Heather Weiss, HFRP's founder and director.

«This program will focus on the unique aspects of educating immigrant children by examining current research on language education, socio - emotional well - being of immigrant youth, and family engagement that truly supports learning.»

Revitalizing Family Engagement in the Transition Years Through our extensive research on family engagement, and with the support of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Harvard Family Research Project is undertaking a new project that will focus on increasing understanding and implementation of the expanded definition of family engagement at a key time in the life of a child and the family: the transition to sFamily Engagement in the Transition Years Through our extensive research on family engagement, and with the support of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Harvard Family Research Project is undertaking a new project that will focus on increasing understanding and implementation of the expanded definition of family engagement at a key time in the life of a child and the family: the transition to sfamily engagement, and with the support of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Harvard Family Research Project is undertaking a new project that will focus on increasing understanding and implementation of the expanded definition of family engagement at a key time in the life of a child and the family: the transition to sFamily Research Project is undertaking a new project that will focus on increasing understanding and implementation of the expanded definition of family engagement at a key time in the life of a child and the family: the transition to sfamily engagement at a key time in the life of a child and the family: the transition to sfamily: the transition to school.

For the home piece, we talk about parenting — where we focus on the Fundamental Five early - childhood caregiving practices and on school - age interventions — and about parent engagement, or what schools can do to build community with families.

Strategies for improvements across these indicators include promoting community and family engagement, demystifying higher education access and procedures, building mentoring and navigation supports throughout the higher education experience, and focusing on accountability for institutions in providing appropriate experiences and supports for young men of color.

Based off work CEELO engaged in with states, this brief focuses on approaches to family engagement in state funded pre-K programs.

About the Program Family Engagement in Education: Creating Effective Home and School Partnerships for Student Success focuses on helping educational leaders develop and sustain effective family engagement strategies that unite the efforts of school staff, families and community meFamily Engagement in Education: Creating Effective Home and School Partnerships for Student Success focuses on helping educational leaders develop and sustain effective family engagement strategies that unite the efforts of school staff, families and community mefamily engagement strategies that unite the efforts of school staff, families and community members.

Her goal is to use her school nursing expertise and education in assisting with the national agenda and national policy to shift the juvenile justice process from a punitive reform to one that includes a focus on physical / behavioral health and family engagement.

This laser focus on broader districtwide goals means Boston has avoided the pitfalls of similar family - related offices in many other districts, where schools become caught up in what experts call «random acts of family engagement,» says Karen L. Mapp, a lecturer at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the director of its education policy and management program.

The Secretary's remarks will focus on the Administration's plan to improve school safety and the importance of parent and family engagement in education.

Other common elements include a focus on the total child, a commitment to equity and access, family and community engagement, and a relationship - oriented school climate — all of which require demonstrable guidance and support from principals as well.

Family engagement activities focus on student success.

Prior to joining Educators for Excellence, Princess served as the executive director of Democracy Builders, a parent advocacy organization focused on authentically engaging parents in school advocacy issues, and as the senior director of family & community engagement for the Democracy Prep Public Schools network, where she was responsible for recruiting and engaging thousands of families on education initiatives.

Multiple levels of leadership are encouraged to attend and participate in a leadership track focused on effective strategies to support the success of Site Coordinators, K - 12 and expanded learning partnerships, partnerships supporting SEL, family engagement, and alternative funding sources.

a. Using the video's from Activity # 5, information gained from the review of the article in Activity # 1b and the process of the school scan described in Activity # 3 develop and lead a faculty meeting focused on parent / family engagement.

These sessions focused on the Departments» joint policy statement, respective family engagement frameworks, and the ways in which systemic engagement practices can act as a lever for improving transition and alignment from cradle to career.

A holistic family engagement strategy combines community building events with actions that focus on student learning.

Amber left the classroom to pursue a Ph.D. in Education Leadership and Policy Studies, with a focus on family and community engagement and network analysis at the University of Washington in Seattle.

In November, district leaders from across the country gathered in Nashville, Tenn. a learning lab focused on family and community engagement practices and strategies.

Conference participants will be able to choose from 70 workshops sessions focused on examples of high - impact, evidence - based family and community engagement strategies from across the country.

Veronica Palmer, Co-Founder and CEO, RISE Colorado in Aurora, CO, for an innovative family engagement model focused on creating strong partnerships between schools and families, with the goal of improving academic outcomes for low - income students and students of color in Aurora, CO..

The group focused on six key issues: balancing school accountability and collaboration among school employees; transforming schools into community centers; supporting parent engagement and family services; building strong «cradle - to - career» models; funding; and promoting higher education.

In contrast to more traditional mentoring, the Success Mentor model is much more integrated into the school environment, focused on attendance and attendance data, and dependent upon family engagement for success especially in the early elementary years.

With a focus on increasing achievement for city students, the Abell Foundation supports efforts to provide quality instruction in all content areas, provide a broad portfolio of effective schools, create successful transitions to and through college and work, increase family engagement, and promote literacy enrichment.

A Focus on Families Family engagement is critical to each student's success.

In addition to a focus on poverty, the issue also features articles on a range of issues important to school leaders, including response to intervention, family engagement, and English - language learners.

In particular, they have focused in on the improving their engagement with families and communities.

This highly interactive session highlights Hispanic family engagement focused on supporting their children and their school.

Focused on clinical advances emerging from a new understanding of the brain, its unique approach combines evidence - based interventions with compassionate family engagement.

«We are excited to welcome teams to Washington, D.C. in March for the kickoff, where they'll focus on team building, understanding effective family engagement, including the role race and equity play, and planning for their landscape assessment,» said Diana Suarez, Managing Director of Training and Knowledge Management.

Organizations applying for grants will be encouraged to focus on strategies that increase parent and family engagement and student learning time; improve school safety, attendance, and discipline; address students» social, emotional, and health needs; accelerate students» acquisition of reading and mathematics knowledge and skills; and increase graduation and college enrollment rates.

A panel discussion focuses on ways in which library practitioners can advocate for family engagement opportunities on a policy level.

ADI's work focuses on district and school improvement, including school turnaround; state recognition systems, accountability, and support; family and community engagement; and change leadership and innovation.

With ESSA's increased focus on whole child education, programs are developing and implementing innovative approaches to collecting and using data to measure family engagement and target areas for improvement.

This recent blog post focuses on authentic community engagement being critical to student success — by collaborating with and learning from all stakeholders, including district leaders, teachers, families, civic leaders, students, and others.