La Sopa de la Abuela: Special Education Telenovela for Families
What is La Sopa de la Abuela? This video series, made by Arlington Public Schools in Virginia, is kind of like a soap opera TV show. It is for families AND schools. For families,...
Academics / Communication / Communication with Schools / Elementary School / For Families / For Schools / Middle & High School / School Choice / Social Emotional / Transitions
What is La Sopa de la Abuela? This video series, made by Arlington Public Schools in Virginia, is kind of like a soap opera TV show. It is for families AND schools. For families,...
Communication with Schools / Early Childhood / Elementary School / Family Engagement Planning / For Families / For Schools / Middle & High School / Social Emotional / Transitions / Whole Child 10 - School Climate and Culture / Whole Child 7 - Family Engagement
The Family-Friendly Partnership School Walk-Through is a document that explains how to have a team do a tour and evaluation of your school building. It can be conducted by a team of representatives selected...
Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Schools / Grandfamilies / Middle & High School / Social Emotional / Whole Child 6 - Behavioral Health Services
Over 200,000 Ohio students come from kinship families. This important population of caregivers holds families together when faced with challenges of unexpected parental death, addiction, incarceration, neglect, or other serious challenges. Kinship caregivers such...
Early Childhood / Elementary School / Family Engagement Planning / For Schools / Middle & High School / Recommended Reading / Spotlight / Whole Child 7 - Family Engagement
This 300-page report from the Brookings Institute offers education leaders at the state, regional, and local levels ways of understanding the full landscape of family-school engagement strategies; so that you can learn from what...
The School Community Journal is a great, free source of research articles and field reports related to family engagement in education. The journal has been published twice annually since 1991—Spring/Summer and Fall/Winter.
Child Well-being / Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Families / For Schools / Middle & High School / Remote Learning for Fams / Remote Learning for Schools / Social Emotional / Whole Child 3 - Social Emotional Learning / Whole Child 9 - Staff Wellness and Self Care
This school wellness toolkit created by the Ohio Department of Education provides teachers, administrators, students, families, and communities with support to assist in responding to mental health and wellness challenges amplified by the COVID-19...
Communication / Early Childhood / Elementary School / Family Engagement Planning / For Schools / Middle & High School / OhSFEC School Resource / Whole Child 7 - Family Engagement
What are Cultural Models? Cultural models are shortcuts our brains take to help us understand information. They are the assumptions and beliefs we create through years of experience and expectations. They help us to...
Communication / Family Engagement Planning / For Schools / Middle & High School / OhSFEC School Resource / Recommended Reading / Social Emotional / Whole Child 9 - Staff Wellness and Self Care
In this journal article published in Phi Delta Kappan in March 2022, Hadley Bachman (Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center) and colleagues share about two high-impact family engagement strategies at the middle school level that have...
Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Schools / Middle & High School / OhSFEC School Resource / Recommended Reading
In this journal article published in Phi Delta Kappan in March 2022, Dr. Joyce Epstein and Dr. Barbara Boone share about state leadership for family engagement, including examples from Ohio’s Statewide Family Engagement Center.
Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Schools / Grandfamilies / Middle & High School / OhSFEC School Resource
The following webinar (1 hour) is for schools and community partners wanting to better understand: Who kinship families are, How they are formed, Common strengths and challenges of kinship families, Caregivers’ stories, Existing resources...
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