Family Engagement Leadership Institute
Our community of practice is for equity-minded school principals and district leaders to engage with a network of peers in leading a family engagement strategy that directly impacts student learning and well-being.
KEY COMPONENTS
Virtual trainings
Four 3-hour group sessions at key points throughout the year (includes pre-work).
Collaboration with Action Team
Apply and deepen the learning by building on existing initiatives. Existing teams can be used for this purpose (e.g. School Site Council, PTA leadership, etc) or a new team can be created.
Coaching
Differentiated 1-on-1 and small group support provided by expert leaders and cohort peers.
Artifacts of Growth
Learning is codified through high-quality videos and simple descriptions of improvement over time.
Participants can expect to:
Understand what works in family engagement
Learn what research tells us about how effective family engagement improves student learning and well-being.
Apply what works in their context
Develop an Action Plan with their team that includes a series of safe-to-fail experiments; and develop a view of their personal strengths and growth edges regarding family engagement leadership.
Re-design systems to promote what works
Evaluate which resources and structures are needed to deepen their school/district’s family engagement practice.
Embrace equity
Develop an equity-focused family engagement strategy that is integrated into existing practices, involves new or re-purposed investments, and applies existing management tools.
Joining the Cohort
Our national cohort is open to any school principal or district department leader.
We also co-design local institutes with LEAs and SEAs.
Schools and systems are using ESSER funds, as well as Title I, II, III, and relevant state funds. Local foundations with a community engagement mission are another potential source of funding.