So excited to be at Harvard this week learning from Dr. Karen Mapp and others how we can strengthen our family engagement efforts to support student learning and success.

Honored and excited to be attending the Family Engagement in Education Institute at Harvard this week.

Lesson from Harvard: instead of having families opt in to receive information about their child’s learning have them opt out to not receive information. Little shift in our work that can have a positive impact. We need to make getting information easier for our families.

Do you know of any 6-12 grade math/science teachers looking to have a rewarding, fulfilling, challenging and fun time teaching in a small rural remote school in Goodnews Bay, AK? We have some cool projects happening here in our school. #AkEdChat

Family night at Fairview. Children welcoming families w songs, followed by activities for kids and engaging workshops for parents. Families + school staff = student success

Future landscape architect learning through play in our PreK program. Play is critical for a child’s development.

Developing healthy eating habits at an early age. Who ever said it’s not ok to play w ones food?

115 kids at Fairview celebrating perfect attendance for the month of February...setting good habits early in life.

Future designer for the Academy Awards? One never knows. Play is critical to a child’s development.

Need a house built? This child might be your person in 20 years. Play allows children to explore and learn.

Excited girls at Willow Crest as they get ready to participate in Girls on the Run. Physical active children tend to do better in school. Thank you staff for providing this opportunity to our students.

Girls in science rocks! What happens when one puts raw quail eggs in vinegar for 2 days? The shells gets rubbery. I wanted to pop it...but I didn’t.

I learned from these budding scientists that one can make edible slime and different Alaskan mammals have different family structures. Girls in science rocks!

Making slime. Did you know slime is a polymer? That’s what these kids are learning.

Family science night at Airport Heights. Come see science fair projects, short eared owl presentation, learn about bees and explore building LEGO structures and robots. Thank you school staff for giving families this opportunity to learn together.

Thanks for the live music at Westchester today Quinn. Good luck w your NPR Tiny Desk Contest entry! #NPR

LEGO robotics at Taku on Saturday of spring break. This young programmer taught me how to create a program for the robot to move. Thank you to 21st Century After-school Program for providing this great opportunity for our future engineers.

What did your after work workout look like? This was mine. Anchorage, a great place to live, work and play! #AncParksandrec

ASD Title I teachers give up a Saturday to continue to develop SEL tools. Thank you teachers and facilitators.

Learning how to understand conflicts as a means to support children.