Family & Community Engagement

1.5-hour webinar that took place on March 13, 2019.

These are the PPT handouts from the Building Meaningful Strategies for Family Engagement webinar that took place on February 19, 2019.

These are useful websites from the Building Meaningful Strategies for Family Engagement webinar that took place on February 19, 2019.

2-Hr Webinar that took place on February 19, 2019.

Participants will be introduced to a collaborative approach to engaging families in order to jointly support student learning and healthy development.   Paramount to this work is the ability to include parents in the planning, implementation, and evaluation of family engagement efforts.  This training is designed to promote personal development, improve communications, interpersonal relationships, group dynamics, team development, and inter-group relationships so that team can work effectively in cross-cultural situation.

1.5-Hour Webinar that took place on February 7, 2019.

MyPlate and the topic of nutrition can be mystery to many, especially families.  Discover simple tips and strategies to help show families how to make smart, healthful, budget-friendly food/beverage choices for their children using MyPlate as a springboard. Learn to decipher nutrition labels and how to use them as a tool for teaching.  Walk away with resources that will provide families with feasible, easy-to-implement nutrition ideas and activities.

1.5-hour webinar that took place on February 4, 2019.

This is the PowerPoint presentation from the webinar, Establishing & Using a Successful Parent Advisory Council that took place on August 29, 2018.

2-Hour webinar that took place on October 17, 2018.

During this webinar participants will review ISBE’s Family Engagement Framework, explore family engagement standards for effective practice, and discuss the 4 principles for family engagement:

1.5-Hour webinar that took place on August 29, 2018.

Parent Advisory Councils create meaningful opportunities for programs to build connection together with families. Dialogue is essential to successful family and community engagement. Learn about the power of two-way communications, collaborative decision making, and meeting facilitation.

Deepen your understanding of the enrollment pipeline in this follow up webinar. Reflect with your peers and discover next steps you will try next as your apply action learning to practice. 

This webinar was the follow-up to the More Than an MOU: Recruiting and Enrolling Children with High Needs workshop.

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