Learn more about building relationships with families, supporting them in tracking children’s development, connecting to play-based home activities, and hosting family events. Incorporate these ideas and practical resources right into your family engagement plans!
This professional development series features four courses aligned to the CLI Engage Family Engagement Toolkit. Learn more about each course below.
This professional learning session (PLS) covers valuable strategies and resources that help teachers and school leaders build and strengthen partnerships between home and school, promote positive communication, and minimize barriers that get in the way of family engagement.
1 hour of training
This PLS covers valuable strategies and resources that help teachers encourage play-based learning and responsive interactions at home, with a particular focus on the Circle Activity Collection: Family.
1 hour of training
This PLS covers valuable strategies and resources that help teachers promote two-way conversations with families to individualize student support, with a particular focus on gathering family input and helping families with understanding their child’s assessment results.
1 hour of training
This PLS covers valuable strategies and resources that help make family events fun and meaningful for all, with a particular focus on the Teaching Together family workshop curriculum.
1 hour of training
Our family engagement resources, including this training for early childhood professionals, were developed through a research project focused on identifying effective strategies and helpful tools that support ongoing family engagement. The Family Engagement Toolkit is the result of these efforts.
Explore our Family Engagement Toolkit for tools and resources to support your efforts partnering with families and supporting children’s development at home and school.
