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Supporting families is complex. ParentPowered makes it simple. Now we’re crystallizing and sharing insights with you, our colleagues, too.
Crafting a Family Engagement Program? You’ll Need These Principles
An effective family engagement program cultivates strong family-school partnerships. ParentPowered explores six key principles guiding their success.
Evolving From Parent Involvement to Parent Engagement in Early Childhood Education
ParentPowered shares examples of ways early childhood educators in Head Start programs can up-level parent involvement into parent engagement.
4 Strategies To Partner With Families That Support Equity In Early Childhood Education
To cultivate equity in early childhood education, programs need their families! Explore four strategies for developing partnerships that uplift all children and caregivers (and why ParentPowered is a great ally in this quest).
Take the Moment: Resources For This Year’s Mental Health Awareness Month
As Mental Health Awareness Month arrives, ParentPowered reflects on the importance of self care and shares key resources for families, educators, and children to nurture their mental wellbeing.
High School Family Engagement: The Key To Success With Career & College Readiness Standards
Career and college readiness standards are quickly becoming a tool to help prepare today’s students for tomorrow’s world. Learn how ParentPowered turns families into allies to nurture postsecondary success!
3 Inspiring Stories of Cultural Competency Boosting Student Attendance and Engagement
Cultural competency has a huge impact on student attendance. ParentPowered shares stories from the field of educators successfully partnering with families and students in culturally competent ways to boost engagement.
Beyond Empty Seats: The Wide-Ranging Impact of Chronic Absenteeism & How Families Make a Difference
The ripple effects of chronic absenteeism impact multiple facets of student learning. ParentPowered explores why attendance is essential for students to thrive and practical ways to engage families as allies in learning.
What Is Equitable Family Engagement for Black Parents? One Study Offers Insights To This Complex Question
ParentPowered shares six lessons learned from a recent study asking this complex question: What is equitable family engagement for Black caregivers? The article explores feedback provided by Black families through surveys, interviews, and focus groups conducted as part of this research.
5 Essential Ways Families Support With Engaging Disengaged Students
Engaging disengaged students can feel like a daunting task for educators. Fortunately, they have critical allies in this effort: families! ParentPowered shares 5 ways to tap into the power of family-school partnership to boost attendance and learning.
Navigating Schools: Strategies to Help Newcomer Families
NOTE: This article was originally published by edWeb based on content shared during a webinar about successful newcomer support strategies for K12 educations. Settling into the...
4 Ways To Leverage Technology & Family Partnership For Student Attendance
With technology student attendance can flourish. Better still, when tech combines with the power of family engagement, the entire school community can thrive. ParentPowered shares 4 strategies to leveraging technology to reduce absenteeism.
Attendance and Engagement: 4 Tips For Family Partnership To Reduce Absenteeism
Family engagement and absenteeism have an inverse relationship – the more families are partners in learning, the lower absenteeism is! ParentPowered shares 4 strategies for collaborating with families to boost attendance and engagement at all ages.
From Awareness to Action: Utilizing Student Mental Health Resources
Student mental health resources are essential supports for learning. ParentPowered shares insights on how to loop in families to support students, so they can come to school ready to learn.
Want to Boost Literacy? Try These 12 Evidence-Based Reading Strategies For Families
Evidence-based reading strategies are those demonstrated to empirically impact student literacy. ParentPowered shares how its activities empower families to use these methods to boost learning – no specialty knowledge needed!
The Top 5 Essential Components of a Family Engagement Toolkit
Every family engagement toolkit is unique to its school, district, or program. Yet many contain key ingredients that increase the toolkit’s impact on learning. ParentPowered explores the five essential components, offering educators videos, guides, and more along the way!
Communication vs. Engagement: The Power of Family Engagement Platforms in Education
Family engagement solutions offer far more comprehensive support to schools than simple communication apps. Discover how ParentPowered programs set up everyone for successful partnership to serve students.
5 Key Questions to Ask When Selecting Your Family Engagement Software
Family engagement software is more available than ever before. But how do administrators select the right program for their needs? ParentPowered offers five questions steeped in research to guide your selection process.
Family and Community Engagement in Schools: A Deep Dive
Family and community engagement in schools cultivates a learning environment in which all students can thrive. Discover how ParentPowered connects key players that enable children’s learning from birth through high school.
Examining the Best Family Engagement Programs of 2024
Looking for the best family engagement programs? Discover why ParentPowered stands out from the pack, thanks to its balance between cultivating family-school communication and guiding families with hands-on engagement in learning.
Navigating the Crossroads Together: How Families Support Career Planning for High School Students
Career planning for high school students can feel daunting. Learn how families and schools can collaborate to support kids’ futures with ParentPowered.
5 Inspirational Practices Highlighting the Importance of Equity in Education
Want to understand the importance of equity in education? Explore how five equitable practices and programs like ParentPowered catalyze equitable, positive student outcomes.
How to Evolve Family Engagement Strategies Today for a Better Tomorrow
Family engagement strategies evolved greatly in the last century. Discover how educators up-level family engagement for a better future with ParentPowered.
Parental Scaffolding: The Key to Successful Family Engagement
Parental scaffolding is critical to set families up for success in a school partnership. Discover how educators can apply their existing knowledge of scaffolding to family engagement and ways ParentPowered can help.
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