We provide professional learning experiences to help schools and districts create effective, data-driven family engagement practices tailored to diverse needs. Our services are centered on student learning and build educator expertise through continuous improvement, fostering sustainable, evidence-based approaches.
How We Help
We take a whole-child approach to family engagement, aligning initiatives, resources, and supports across programs. Our three signature services—Academic Parent–Teacher Teams, a data-driven model connecting family engagement to student success; Family Engagement Essentials, workshops fostering foundational partnerships; and Family Champions for Learning, empowering families to support learning and collaboration—enable schools to scale and tailor effective family partnerships.
We help you
- increase knowledge, skills, and understanding of research and evidence-based family engagement practices;
- design an integrated family engagement plan that aligns identified family learning needs 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; and,
- measure, analyze, and disseminate lessons learned through stories of impact
Our suite of flexible services can be utilized individually or in combination to enhance your team’s performance and outcomes.
Service Delivery
- Onsite and online
Who Will Benefit
- District and school leaders
- Teachers
- Coaches
- Counselors
- Family-facing professionals
- Pre-service teacher training programs
- Early childhood professionals
- County Office of Education administrators
- State Educational Agency administrators
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
Featured Experts
Maria Paredes
Connecting Research With Practice
Guided by research from foundations, our work transforms family involvement into intentional, data-driven engagement that fosters emotional connections, sets high expectations, and drives academic and personal success for every student
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