There's much more to parenting than just genetics.

Congratulations, Steve Constantino! Well-deserved!

In Denver with the #NAFSCEAssembly24 - celebrating national thought leadership in Family & Community Engagement - with GIANTS in the field. Where you find GREAT SCHOOLS and improved student outcomes - you find ENGAGED FAMILIES and communities. Research continually supports this

Any priority area in schs requires resourcing – time, money, PD, & resources such as physical & emotional commitments. It won’t happen otherwise. Same is true of #parentengagement. It can’t be an add-on to tchrs’ loads, but integral to their core work. Tobi Anne Lyons

"If educators and school system leaders want to provide what each student needs to thrive, parents offer critical insights to support the learning of every student inside and outside of the classroom."

Excellent article by Ester Ehiyazaryan-White Creating translanguaging affirmative space through artifactual literacies: towards addressing power imbalance with multilingual parents journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

Another look back at 2024 parent engagement webinar series at School of Education - in May, Eszter Salamon had a great talk "Open Arms, Open Hearts" on engaging immigrant and refugee parents youtu.be/OEhQOZ4Df04?li…

Here is a look back at our September parent engagement webinar at School of Education, when Monisha Bajaj is now at @monishabajaj.bsky.social talked about Family Engagement for Immigrant and Refugee Students youtu.be/03YzWDJ-otA?li… based on Humanizing Education for Immigrant and Refugee Youth tcpress.com/humanizing-edu…

Music benefits us at any age! Improve language and physical skills; build connections to family and community. Reuse items to make instruments at home (pots and spoons, boxes and rubber bands)! Ideas: discover.hubpages.com/art/Music-Inst… #FamilyLiteracyDay #FamLitHub #FLD2025 #SaskLiteracy

Are you a teacher, school leader, educator? Still time to register for our Jan 22 parent engagement webinar School of Education with Ari Gerzon-Kessler bit.ly/4f1zZdc On the Same Team: Deepening Relationships, Trust, and Community with Underrepresented Families

Such powerful takeaways! Definitely, take a look, everyone! OhioFamiliesEngage Walk Alongside Forum CoConstructED

Hey teacher friends, here is a great opportunity to talk parent and family engagement! CoConstructED Dr. Debbie Pushor

Interested in teacher preparation for parent engagement? Our webinar is coming up tomorrow! Still time to register bit.ly/428bC98

"We don’t have an attendance problem. We have an engagement problem, a relationship problem, we have a trust problem."

Love the distinction: involvement is leading with your mouth, engagement is leading with your ears. Captures the difference between a schoolcentric approach and a familycentric approach. Dr. Debbie Pushor Walk Alongside Forum

Yes! I invite everyone to read the EdWeek article linked in the tweet. Really valuable points made clearly and concisely. #familyengagement #parentengagement

Thanks so much for sharing, Max Antony-Newman! I hope everyone will have a look at these wonderful articles and, please know, there are more to come!! Walk Alongside Forum CoConstructED U of Saskatchewan USask Education

Dr. Debbie Pushor Walk Alongside Forum CoConstructED U of Saskatchewan USask Education That's great that even more articles are coming! The familycentric approach to parent engagement is really important!

In T Emily Fɾαɳƈιʂ's practice, family outreach is "built on acknowledging families’ strengths!" #SchoolCulture

Saskatchewan, teachers, many of you have deep and long held practises of engaging with parents. Please consider contacting Max and participating in his study. This is important research! Walk Alongside Forum CoConstructED