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Family Engagement Professional Development

Below is a sampling of professional development sessions and workshops available through the Carolina Family Engagement Center (CFEC) on topics related to family engagement in education. All are available at no cost and can be scheduled by emailing the contact person listed at the end of the session description or CFEC Project Director Karen Utter at utter@email.sc.edu. Unless otherwise noted, all sessions can be delivered virtually or in-person and are available statewide.

All of our sessions are grounded in the SC Family Engagement K-12 Framework (SC Department of Education 2019); the Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships Version 2.0 (K. Mapp et al. 2019); the Framework of Six Types of Involvement (Epstein et al.); current research; and the rich experience of CFEC’s Regional Family Engagement Liaisons in the field.

Renewal credits for certified administrators and teachers are available as indicated at the end of each session description. 

If you don’t see what you are looking for, please let us know. We can work with you to develop a professional development opportunity that is designed especially for your needs.

 

Professional Development Sessions and Workshops

Foundations of Effective School-Wide Family Engagement

This session addresses how to use family engagement as a powerful strategy for increasing student achievement and school improvement. We will review the basic concepts underlying family engagement at the school level, with an emphasis on adapting and implementing the five core strategies in the SC Framework: Building  Relationships/Welcoming Schools, Communication, Linking to Learning, Collaboration, and Community  Partnerships.  Examples of innovative practices from the field will be presented.

Length: 90 minutes. 

Audience: All K–12 school personnel.

Facilitator and Contact: Karen Utter, CFEC Project Director

Renewal credits: 1.

Foundations of Effective Family Engagement at the District Level

This session will focus on key steps that districts can take to support schools in developing the type of family-school partnerships that can have a positive impact on student outcomes and school performance indicators. We will also review  how districts can help schools transform federal and state family engagement mandates from items on their compliance check-off list to meaningful opportunities to engage families.

Length: 90 minutes. 

Audience: All district personnel.

Facilitator and Contact: Karen Utter, CFEC Project Director

Renewal credits: 1

 


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