Communication is Key

Building relationships with families in a hybrid learning model

Communicating with families has always been a valuable part of my practice. In previous years, this communication was primarily designed to build relationships and provide insight into student’s progress and our...

Author: Kasey Short
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Topics: Family and Community Teaching

Tags: Parent Involvement

Zoom In on Parents and Students

We interviewed families of middle school students to get a closer look at how the pandemic is affecting their educational experience and their day-to-day lives. Hear what students all over the country are struggling...

Author: AMLE
Number of views (2803)/Comments (1)/

Topics: Family and Community

Tags: Parent Involvement Distance learning COVID-19

Promoting Resiliency and Helping Families Thrive While Sheltering at Home

After helping more than 18,000 families navigate cancer, Pat shares 10 themes of family resiliency he’s learned that apply to navigating all of life’s unplanned obstacles.

Over the past eight weeks, families have been tested in ways they never thought imaginable. Amidst the pandemic, we’ve been forced to learn new ways of navigating obstacles pertaining to every aspect of our...

Author: Pat Colleluori, HEADstrong Foundation, CDO & Nick’s Brother
Number of views (2563)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Family and Community Health, Wellness, Guidance

Tags: COVID-19 coronavirus

Caring for the Parent-Teacher Relationship during COVID-19

Setting positive, caring intentions to meet our shared goal of nurturing students

I remember the first Back to School Night as a principal. I introduced the teachers and invited them to leave for a few extra minutes in their classrooms. I shared with parents our plans for the year, adding a...

Author: Jen Cort
Number of views (15607)/Comments (1)/

Topics: Family and Community Health, Wellness, Guidance

Tags: Parent Involvement

8 Ideas for Engaging Families and the Community

Strong family and community relationships are critical components of positive school culture

The importance of building strong relationships with parents and community members cannot be underestimated; these stakeholders must be an integral aspect of a school's culture. School leaders must also recognize that...

Author: Randy Jensen, Tyler Shafer
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Topics: Family and Community

Tags: Parent Involvement Community Involvement

No More Assemblies

How to make engaging with outside professionals count

An exploding mixture! A cloud in a bottle! Every student's hand in the air to volunteer. Everyone's laughing. Sounds like an educator's dream. But when the dust (or simulated volcano) settles, it is often difficult to...

Author: Vanessa Scanfeld, Vincent Dotoli
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Topics: Family and Community Teaching

Tags: Career Exploration Community Involvement

Service-Learning and Community Partners Bring Academic Rigor

Developing a service-learning project pays off with increased student engagement and empowerment

If you ask many of our middle school students what service-learning is, they often come up with an image of someone on the side of the road in an orange jumpsuit. We are not talking about forced service due to a legal...

Author: Ryan Steuer
Number of views (7677)/Comments (1)/

Topics: Curriculum Family and Community

Tags: Service Learning

Let's Make a Video

Developing communication and leadership skills through community engagement

During the middle school years young adolescents not only become aware of the changes associated with physical and emotional maturity, but they also adjust to new learning standards and expectations. The goals of...

Author: Paulina Rodgers
Number of views (10509)/Comments (1)/

Topics: Curriculum Family and Community Technology

Tags: Student Engagement Student Motivation Community Involvement

Going Beyond School

Connecting school and community in project-based learning

It's easy to stereotype "kids these days." Always on their phones, always taking selfies, tethered to a virtual world but disconnected from the real one. If you don't work with kids, or know what is happening in...

Author: Rachel Mark, Katy Farber
Number of views (11186)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Family and Community Teaching

Tags: Project Based Learning Parent Involvement Community Involvement

Building Bridges to the Past

Oral history project engages students and builds family and community connections

Using a microfilm machine for the first time… Watching a local news broadcast from the mid-nineties about the Blizzard of '93... Holding an authentic newspaper from 1941… Facetiming across the Pacific...

Author: Joe Welch, Vicki Truchan
Number of views (11935)/Comments (0)/

Topics: Family and Community Teaching

Tags: Parent Involvement Social Studies Community Involvement

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Communication is Key

Building relationships with families in a hybrid learning model

Zoom In on Parents and Students

Promoting Resiliency and Helping Families Thrive While Sheltering at Home

After helping more than 18,000 families navigate cancer, Pat shares 10 themes of family resiliency he’s learned that apply to navigating all of life’s unplanned obstacles.

Caring for the Parent-Teacher Relationship during COVID-19

Setting positive, caring intentions to meet our shared goal of nurturing students

8 Ideas for Engaging Families and the Community

Strong family and community relationships are critical components of positive school culture

No More Assemblies

How to make engaging with outside professionals count

Service-Learning and Community Partners Bring Academic Rigor

Developing a service-learning project pays off with increased student engagement and empowerment

Let's Make a Video

Developing communication and leadership skills through community engagement

Going Beyond School

Connecting school and community in project-based learning

Building Bridges to the Past

Oral history project engages students and builds family and community connections

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Building relationships with families in a hybrid learning model

After helping more than 18,000 families navigate cancer, Pat shares 10 themes of family resiliency he’s learned that apply to navigating all of life’s unplanned obstacles.

Setting positive, caring intentions to meet our shared goal of nurturing students

Strong family and community relationships are critical components of positive school culture

How to make engaging with outside professionals count

Developing a service-learning project pays off with increased student engagement and empowerment

Developing communication and leadership skills through community engagement

Connecting school and community in project-based learning

Oral history project engages students and builds family and community connections

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