This November 19, 2019 GLR Learning Tuesday webinar -- the second in the Productive Parent/Teacher Partnerships series co-sponsored by the Carnegie Corporation of New Year -- provided a deep dive exploration of the history and current state of parent/teacher relationships. Helen Westmoreland of National PTA reviewed and summarized 50 years of research on parent/teacher partnerships […]
Gina Martinez-Keddy of the national nonprofit organization Parent-Teacher Home Visits (PTHV) shared the history of PTHV and presented PTHV’s Five Non-Negotiable Core Practices: visits are voluntary for all; educators are trained and compensated; we share hopes, dreams, and goals; we don’t target students; and educators go in pairs and reflect. Carmen Avila, a parent of […]
During this webinar, we discussed how communities can use human-centered design to ensure that programs and services meet families’ needs and help them succeed. Sheetal Singh and Mansi Kakkar of Early Learning Lab (ELL) shared how ELL developed and piloted the Parent Innovation Institute in Oakland, Ca., and Jenny Bogoni of Read by 4th and Jennifer […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvLhIWZIGn0 During this webinar, Roberto Rodríguez of Teach Plus moderated a conversation with Maria Paredes and Meaghan Wells as they described innovative new approaches to increasing family engagement in children’s learning. Paredes of WestEd shared how her experiences in the classroom and as director of family and community engagement in her previous school district informed […]
Helen Westmoreland kicked off the conversation, stressing how home-school communications are more important than ever with schools remaining closed for months. She also encouraged attendees to reflect on the many types of behaviors that schools ask families to take in their communications, including turning in forms, reading with their children, and attending meetings. By being […]
In this special GLR webinar, Dr. Jacqueline Jones of Foundation for Child Development moderated a conversation exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young children and strategies and resources that can help support children’s emotional well-being. Dr. Pamela Cantor, the Founder of Turnaround for Children, discussed the “COVID paradox” in which the physical distancing […]
In this May 26, 2020 GLR Learning Tuesdays Learning Loss Recovery Challenge webinar, Lisa Guernsey of New America moderated a rich conversation to help attendees understand the scope, extent and dimensions of the digital inequities made even more visible by the pandemic, particularly for children and families from low-income communities. Noting that online learning only […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOauO1XVLQI During this webinar, one of a seven-part series focused on the Learning Loss Recovery Challenge, Johanna Edens Anderson of the Belk Foundation moderated a conversation exploring a range of programs that are reaching children and families where they are. These programs are providing families with the resources to support their children’s learning and social-emotional development […]