Family and Community Engagement
Dr. Karen Mapp’s Family Engagement Workshop Series Scholastic has partnered with Dr. Karen Mapp of the Harvard Graduate School of Education to create a comprehensive workshop series that helps educators strengthen home-school relationships. Inspire your teams to engage families in a community that celebrates and empowers student achievement! Session 1 : Reframing Family Engagement This session provides foundational family engagement training to district and school teams. We’ll introduce you to the research and practices that lead to effective family engagement. Learning outcomes: • Understand the link between family and community engagement and student achievement • Involve families as trusted partners who offer insights into their children’s needs • Link family engagement to student learning and school improvement Session 2: Redesigning Family Engagement Events This session will introduce you to the Dual-Capacity Framework through a series of expert-guided interactive exercises. We’ll explore how to integrate the framework’s five process conditions and effective practices into any family engagement event. Learning outcomes: • Understand the purpose and components of the Dual-Capacity Framework • Apply the Dual-Capacity Framework to design and implement family engagement strategies • Repurpose a family engagement event to incorporate best practices Session 3: Engaging Families in Learning throughout the Year This session will help your school teams design and implement a yearlong plan for family engagement by evaluating your recent outreach initiatives and determining the next steps that will best serve your students.
Recommended for: School-based action teams consisting of school staff, family/ community members, district leaders, and other educational partners who are available for all three full-day training sessions Time: Three full days of training Item #: 813681 Participants: Up to 30
Learning outcomes: • Integrate family engagement activities with student learning goals • Develop a family engagement plan • Evaluate your family engagement efforts
Recommended Reading: Powerful Partnerships by Karen L. Mapp, Ilene Carver, and Jessica Lander
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