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Connecting with families when it’s more important than ever
Presenters: Oscar Harris, Tunette Powell and Christina Armas
School-family partnerships have never been more important than they are now. Whether students are learning at home, in person, or in a remote model this year, parents and caregivers will play a big role in their children’s learning. Families need and deserve support to fulfill this role. At the same time, they should have opportunities to inform and co-create learning plans and to give voice to their needs and desires for student learning. This webinar will examine how to empower and support families at a time of enormous stress, and consider this fall as an opportunity for new kinds of connection. Participants of this webinar will: Learn strategies for connecting with parents and caregivers during remote and hybrid learning; Gain ideas for how to
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Presenters
As director of the Office of Family and Engagement, Oscar Harris directs and oversees the facilitation of Spokane Public Schools’ parental involvement strategies to families and community organizations.
Tunette Powell is an activist mama, researcher, storyteller, and educator who has been on the frontlines fighting for her village, locally and nationally, to reimagine and rebuild the village in schools.
Christina Armas is an English as a New Language teacher in Corona, Queens in New York City. In July 2020, she wrote an essay for Chalkbeat titled “During remote learning, parents became my co-teachers.
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