What is Family Engagement?

“Helping children and youth facing mental health problems includes making it easier for families and caregivers to embrace their roles as partners in the treatment process.”

How can parents communicate and know what to expect? This is helpful for parents who just had their first kid or are from a different culture and are not sure how to create a relationship with the teacher or what is important to tell them about the child.

Megan Olivia Hall, Science Teacher (2013 Minnesota Teacher of the Year) “Megan Olivia Hall teaches science and service at Open World Learning Community, an intentionally small Expeditionary Learning school in Saint Paul Public Schools. She founded Open's first Advanced Placement program, recruiting students from all walks of life to college prep classes. She is a leader in character education, providing professional development, curriculum and mentorship. In 2013, Hall was named Minnesota Teacher of the Year.”

Academic Parent-Teacher Teams will help you transform the way families participate in the education of their children. You will learn how to engage families as true partners in their children's education and academic success.

“Schools can create purposeful partnerships with families”

“Parents can maximize student learning through practicing academic skills at home”

“Teachers can share data with families to drive student performance”

The Whole Child Podcast

Partnership Between Home and School: the Real Missing Link?

“Engaging with families can inform, complement, reinforce, and accelerate educators' efforts to educate the whole child. Without strategic and continual connections between families and educators, we cannot ensure that students are healthy, safe, engaged, supported, and challenged.”

http://engagingparentsinschool.edublogs.org/2014/02/17/infographic-tips-for-teachers-on-family-engagement/

PDF of Bulletin for Professionals