Overview
We create capacity building materials for professionals and organizations that avoid prescriptive solutions.
We tailor materials for our webinars, workshops, and keynote presentations to meet the specific interests of school, afterschool, library, and early education leaders.
Educators gain skills and competencies to work with families through problem solving, empathy, and reflection. Our materials are available through our website, professional journals, and book publishers.
Cases
It Opened My Eyes: Perspectives from Teaching a Leadership Course on Family and Community Partnerships
Jenny Tuten from Hunter College School of Education describes what she has learned from teaching a new leadership course on family-school- and community relationships.
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Family Engagement Schools Capacity Building
Using Case Studies in a Family-School Partnering Course
Case studies are a powerful way to prepare educators for family engagement. Learn how Darcy Hutchins at University of Denver uses them in her courses.
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Family Engagement Schools Capacity Building
How to Use Interactive Family Cases
Global Family Research Project’s interactive family cases are a great professional learning tool to help you hone your family engagement practice.
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Afterschool Early Childhood Education Libraries Family Engagement Capacity Building
Pandemic Puts Libraries in the Forefront as Public Health Partners
With social workers and blood pressure screenings, Long Island library becomes ‘that community center that libraries are striving to be.’
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Early Childhood Education Family Engagement Capacity Building
Sustaining a Human-Centered Design Approach to Engaging Families
This guest blog post by Sheetal Singh is the second in a two-part series about the Early Learning Lab’s Parent Innovation Institute.
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Family Engagement Capacity Building
Human-Centered Design: An Innovative Tool for Professional Learning in Family Engagement
Human-centered design is a powerful tool for promoting family engagement.
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Early Childhood Education Family Engagement Capacity Building
Parent Innovation Institute: Co-creating Solutions with Parents
This post by Aida Mariam is the first in a two-part series about The Early Learning Lab’s Parent Innovation Institute.
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Afterschool Early Childhood Education Libraries Family Engagement Capacity Building
Pandemic Puts Libraries in the Forefront as Public Health Partners
With social workers and blood pressure screenings, Long Island library becomes ‘that community center that libraries are striving to be.’
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Libraries Family Engagement Research
Living Ideabook
The Living IDEABOOK is a digital extension of IDEABOOK: Libraries for Families.
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Learning from Library Leaders: Strategies for Coaching and Consulting
Sharon Morris of the Colorado State Library shares her ideas about the art of consulting to create change.
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Family Engagement Schools Research Capacity Building
Powered By Families: Co-Creating Professional Learning Through Family Engagement Summits
Teach to Lead’s innovative family engagement summit provides a new model for co-creating professional development with families.
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Afterschool Early Childhood Education Libraries Family Engagement Capacity Building
Pandemic Puts Libraries in the Forefront as Public Health Partners
With social workers and blood pressure screenings, Long Island library becomes ‘that community center that libraries are striving to be.’
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