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Gathering Family Feedback on Edtech Usage
Edtech tools can serve as a channel to involve families in their students’ lives, strengthen the home-school connection, and provide access to teachers for better communication. School leaders should seek to gather family feedback to ensure all...
Families as Learning Partners
West Belden connects learning at school and home by engaging parents.
Student-Led Family Conferences at Dallas ISD
Kristen Watkins, Director, Personalized Learning at Dallas ISD explains how and why Henry B. Gonzalez Personalized Learning Academy launched student-led conferences.
Accessing Student Data as a Family or Community Member for Advocacy
The ability to access and utilize data for families and community members is critical for advocating for students. While, accessing data as a family or community member may seem overwhelming or complex, there are public sources that are openly...
Parent Example: Competency-Based Learning at Trailblazer
Mrs. Vasquez, a teacher and a parent at Trailblazer, discusses the benefits of competency-based learning for parents of students.
Locust Grove Habits of Work Parent Letter
Locust Grove Middle School also prioritizes building students' soft skills, called 'Habits of Work.'
Creating Additional, Multilingual Supports for Families
Meriden Public Schools explains the systems they put in place with the shift to remote learning to support multilingual parent/guardian communication.
Building Multilingual Systems of Support and Engagement for Parents/Guardians
With the shift to remote learning, Meriden Public Schools launched multilingual technical support and provided multiple ways to connect with parents/guardians virtually to help them engage in and support their child’s remote learning experience.
ParentSquare Rollout at Meriden Public Schools
Meriden Public Schools’ training schedule and sample communications plan for their two-way communication tool rollout of ParentSquare.
ParentSquare for Two-Way Communication
To support parent/guardian and school communication in a virtual setting, Meriden Public Schools adopted ParentSquare, a digital platform for two-way communication.
Communicating about Reopening Measures with Families Toolkit
This practitioner toolkit from the Parabola Project developed in partnership with Learning Heroes and Edge Research offers strategies for school leaders to understand family concerns and needs, define clear messages, and use effective communication...