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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.
7 Ways to Demystify a Kindergarten Readiness Assessment for Families
A kindergarten readiness assessment offers helpful information to educators, but they can confuse families. ParentPowered demystifies these tools for families.
4 Ways to Cultivate Excellent Middle School Family Engagement
Middle school family engagement is central to cultivating positive adolescent health and learning outcomes. Discover how ParentPowered supports these critical family-school partnerships.
Reimagining 6 Classic Parent Engagement Strategies, from Birth through High School
Parent engagement strategies are rapidly evolving across schools and districts. Reimagine these common family involvement strategies, and learn how ParentPowered can help!
5 Strategies That Boost Decoding Skills in Reading At Home
Decoding skills in reading are foundational to successful literacy development. Share these 5 strategies from ParentPowered to help your families and students practice decoding at home.
Family Math: Facing the Mathephant in the Room
Family math is one of the most important ways to increase student achievement. It can also be the most challenging for families to support. In this article, ParentPowered's...
Family Engagement in Education: Transform These 4 Assumptions Into Assets
Rebecca Honig, Chief Content and Curriculum Officer of ParentPowered, recently joined Jessica Webster, Senior Family Engagement Specialist at MAEC, Inc in an engaging panel discussion to unpack why understanding the most common assumptions about family engagement can actually help educators move these partnerships towards a more promising future.
What future exactly? Read on to learn more!
The More (Words), the Merrier! Strong Vocabulary Development Needs Families
Vocabulary development is essential for student reading and writing. Discover how ParentPowered brings everyday literacy moments to families to boost word knowledge!
Case Study: Supporting Kamehameha ‘Ohana Where They Are
By Mary Westervelt, director of marketing & communications Dr. Wai‘ale‘ale Sarsona has a mission: to increase access to early learning for families in Hawai'i. Like school...
Six Comprehension Strategies Families Can Practice Together At Home
These reading comprehension strategies for families boost student literacy at home. Discover how ParentPowered can support this component of the science of readi
A Guide for Administrators on Engaging Parents in Kindergarten Readiness
Uncover strategies effective for engaging parents in kindergarten readiness and how ParentPowered’s family engagement curricula can help.
A Little Bit of Science, A Little Bit of Light
Hands-on (low-lift) science activities are a great way to inspire curiosity. Get 10 easy science activity ideas for your families to spark learning moments.
To Solve Equity Issues in Education, Schools Need Family-School Partnerships
When educators and families partner together, they can tackle the biggest equity issues in education. Discover how to cultivate family engagement with ParentPowered’s everyday learning moments.
How Families Boost Critical SEL Competencies by Grade Level
Social emotional learning is crucial for student success in the classroom and beyond. Discover how families help educators build students’ SEL competencies by grade level.
Research: Innovative Family and Community Engagement In Schools
Resources, articles, and professional development opportunities to support school family engagement from birth to 12th grade.
Want To Unlock Student Literacy? Bring Multisensory Teaching Home
Multisensory teaching can offer a boost for student literacy. Learn how ParentPowered brings home multisensory techniques for literacy through family engagement!
How We Build Math Moments at Home
By Françoise Lartigue, ParentPowered content manager We’ve been trying to follow a chore chart in my house. I resisted for a while, mostly because I liked the idea of being...
Feelings First: A New Path to Student Mental Health
Student mental health is essential to learning. Here are insights on supporting students so they can come to school ready to learn.
Improving School Climate: How To Bring It Home
Family engagement is necessary for improving school climate. Deepen family-school partnerships by building everyone’s active listening skills with ParentPowered communication resources.
How to Harness PFCE Data and Amplify Your Head Start Family Engagement, Part 1
PFCE data is critical for a Head Start program’s success. Discover how Parent Gauge™ and ParentPowered Trauma Informed help educators catalyze a data-informed approach to family engagement.
4 Best Practices for Connecting Families to Community Resources
Community resources can be a game-changer for family engagement. The lessons we’ve learned will help you with connecting families to community resources critical to meet their most pressing needs.
Families Count! Nurturing Early Numeracy Skills for Kindergarten Readiness
Early numeracy skills develop well before kindergarten. Discover how ParentPowered supports little learners with math fundamentals at home!
Same Ocean, Different Boats: Eight Common School Planning Themes
By Curran Mahowald, ParentPowered partnerships manager When you sit down to dinner after a long day at work, do you immediately begin to unpack your day to a captive audience of...
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