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Voices from the field report cover, a regional snapshot of practices

Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Schools / Middle & High School / OhSFEC School Resource / Recommended Reading / Uncategorized

October 12, 2021

Voices from the Field: A Snapshot of Ohio’s Regional Supports for Family Engagement

Each year, Ohio’s Statewide Family Engagement Center produces a report to highlight work being done by educational consultants in each of Ohio’s 16 State Support Team offices to support successful partnerships between families, schools,...

Early Childhood / Elementary School / Family Engagement Planning / For Schools / Middle & High School / Uncategorized / Whole Child 7 - Family Engagement

June 1, 2021

Measurement Tool: How should I assess my school’s family and community engagement practices?

This needs assessment tool developed by the Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center is designed to assist school leaders and leadership teams in measuring the quality of their current family engagement practices. Each item is...

Jhuma Acharya, a member of our State Advisory Council

Communication / Community Partnerships / Early Childhood / Elementary School / Family Stories / For Schools / Middle & High School / Stories From Ohio / Uncategorized / Whole Child 8 - Community Involvement

May 7, 2021

Ohio Community Partner Story: The vital role of cultural brokers for strong family-school partnerships

The following text is from an interview with Jhuma Acharya, a parent representative on our State Advisory Council. Describe yourself and your work with the Bhutanese-Nepali community in Ohio. I am a former refugee...

Grandma with three high school aged kids standing outside on a sunny day smiling and looking at the camera.

Family Stories / Grandfamilies / Stories From Ohio / Uncategorized

November 24, 2020

Ohio Family Story: Grandfamilies…You Are Not Alone

“I got the phone call from the hospital that my baby was born,” said Pandora Pandora, a 2-time cancer survivor is a 65-year old mother to many. Pandora raised her children, then in her...

Portrait Of Grandparents Sitting With Baby Granddaughter Around Table At Home

Family Stories / Grandfamilies / Stories From Ohio / Uncategorized

October 29, 2020

Ohio Family Story: From Grandparents to Grandfamily

This story captures the experiences of an Ohio grandfamily. Due to the sensitive nature of the story, the name Brenda will be used in place of the grandmother’s real name. Forming Grandfamily A year ago, Brenda Moore and her husband...

Academics / Elementary School / For Families / Learning at Home / Uncategorized

August 12, 2020

Videos for Families: Grade-level Expectations in Elementary School

These milestones videos from Greatschools.org explain what your child is expected to know by the end of first, second, third, fourth, and fifth grades. The videos above are a small sample of what you...

Milestones What does kindergarten writing look like? coversheet

Academics / Early Childhood / For Families / Learning at Home / Uncategorized

August 12, 2020

Videos for Families: Grade-level Expectations in Kindergarten

These milestones videos from Greatschools.org explain what your child is expected to know by the end of Kindergarten. While we know that not all kids are exactly the same, by watching these videos, we...

Why is parent involvement important? coversheet

Early Childhood / Elementary School / For Schools / Middle & High School / Recommended Reading / Uncategorized

August 12, 2020

The Process Through Which Family Engagement Leads to Positive Student Outcomes

Dr. Kathleen Hoover-Dempsey and Dr. Howard Sandler from Vanderbilt University developed a visual to explain their theory about the process through which family engagement leads to positive student outcomes. This visual is based on...

Front Cover of Flamboyan Foundation Beginning of Year Relationship Building Strategy Guide for Educators

Early Childhood / Elementary School / Family Engagement Planning / For Schools / Middle & High School / Recommended Reading / Remote Learning for Schools / Uncategorized

August 11, 2020

Four Ways to Build Relationships with Families At the Beginning of the School Year

In order to support families in their “5 essential roles to accelerate learning,” the Flamboyan Foundation has developed a 23 page guide focusing on four big ways educators can build strong relationships with families...

Child Well-being / Early Childhood / Learning at Home / School Stories / Stories From Ohio / Uncategorized

July 28, 2020

Ohio Regional Story: Talk First Stark encourages “language nutrition” as the foundation of healthy growth and brain development

The Ohio Department of Education’s State Support Team 9 has been working in collaboration with Great Start for Great Futures – Talk First Stark to encourage “language nutrition” as the foundation of healthy growth...

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