We provide professional learning experiences for schools and districts to design and implement family engagement practices and strategies. These are data-informed, family-centered, linked to student learning priorities, and meaningful for educators and families. Through continuous improvement cycles, our services are designed to develop school and district experts with the skills, knowledge, and mindsets required to grow, sustain, and innovate evidence-informed practices.
How We Help
We take a whole-child approach to family engagement that aligns identified needs, initiatives, resources, and supports across programs. This forms an integrated strategy that is shared and owned by every educator and family in the school and district. Our two signature services, Family Engagement Essentials and Academic Parent–Teacher Teams (APTT) enable schools to differentiate their path and approach to partnering with families effectively.
We help you
- increase knowledge, skills, and understanding of research and evidence-based family engagement practices
- design an integrated family engagement plan that aligns with school improvement goals and priorities
- cultivate meaningful relationships and collaboration with families through two-way communication
- develop strategies that engage families to support their child’s learning, including sharing and discussing data
- measure, analyze, and disseminate lessons learned through stories of impact
Our services include the following offerings that can be used independently or together to help your teams improve outcomes.
Introductory Family Engagement Essentials
This series paired offers coaching and technical assistance to help educators build family engagement foundational knowledge based on research and evidence. We offer:
- Family engagement institutes
- Improvement of home/school compacts
- Parent liaison professional development
Academic Parent–Teacher Teams (APTT)
Academic Parent–Teacher Teams (APTT) are based on a comprehensive and integrated classroom model that links family engagement to student learning and school improvement priorities using data. We offer:
- APTT professional development, coaching, and technical assistance
- Implementation of the training model for APTT (for experienced schools/districts)
- Support for the development of districtwide family engagement plans
Download our brochure for detailed information about APTT.
Service Delivery
- Onsite and online
Who Will Benefit
- District and school leaders
- Teachers
- Coaches
- Counselors
- Family and community engagement specialists
- Early childhood professionals
Implementing the Academic Parent–Teacher Teams (APTT) model at Park and Hulet Elementary Schools has been a transformative experience that has significantly strengthened the partnerships between our families and schools….Families are now more informed, involved, and empowered to support their child’s learning and growth outside the classroom.
— Kevin Fosburgh, Principal
Holbrook School District, Arizona
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Connecting Research With Practice
APTT was developed in response to a growing need for families to understand how to support their children’s learning. After two years of practice with 247 families and students in nine classrooms along with data collection, analysis, and evaluation, the model was formalized and scaled.
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