Summit Schedule

8:00-8:30 Sign In | Meet & Greet

8:30-9:30 Welcome, Opening Remarks from Dr. Regina Robinson, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, and Family Partners Panel

9:40-10:40 Partnership Workshops (see descriptions)

• How Can You Serve Me If You Can't Relate to Me?

• Promoting a Culture of Literacy: Engaging and Empowering Families for Student Success

• Bedtime Stories, Backyard Fun, and Book Swaps, Oh My!

• Grandparents and Other Caregivers Raising Students

• For Families: Developing Your Leadership Skills

• Parenting the Developing Child

• What Do Families Want? Results and Recommendations from a Northampton Public Schools Study

• What Teachers Can Do: Teacher Reflections on Family and Community Engagement

• Using Technology and Social media to Promote Family and Community Engagement

• Families and Schools Rising Together: Creating Brave and Safe Spaces for Meaningful Conversations

10:50-11:50 Partnership Workshops (see descriptions)

• Understanding the Impact of Stress on the Overall Health and Learning of Children and Youth

• Southeastern Regional Speaks Families' Languages... And You Can Too!

• Connecting Families to Food Resources

• The Wonderful World of Our Family Liaisons

• It’s Time to Reframe Family Engagement!

• Multilingual Families Rights and Opportunities at School

• Understanding US and MA Schools (conducted in Spanish)

• Using Family Engagement to Improve Systems: Early Adopters in the IEP Improvement Project

• MyCAP: Engaging Family in Student Career Planning

• The Family Institute for Student Success: Strengthening Families and Schools Together

11:50-1:00 Lunch and Entertainment: Lawrence High School Dance Company

1:00-1:30 Remarks from Jeffrey Riley, Commissioner, Department of Elementary and Secondary Education

1:40-2:40 Partnership Workshops (see descriptions)

• School on the Move!: Academic Family Engagement at James Otis Elementary

• Share Your Feedback! Family-Friendly Communication Guide

• Barbershop and Backyard Book Talks: Families as Literacy Advocates

• Collaboration to Support Multilingual Families

• The Future of Learning in Massachusetts: Shaping the Academic Vision for Our State

• Understanding Career Pathways

• Supporting the Well-Being of LGBTQ+ Students

• School Librarians as Community Builders

• NEW! Social Media Toolkit for Family-Led Groups and District Staff

2:50-3:50 Partnership Workshops (see descriptions)

• Unidad en la Comunidad / Unity in the Community

• Play to Learn Workshops for PK and Kindergarten Families: Growing Partnerships for Early Learning

• Family Engagement Core Competencies: Equipping Staff to Engage for Impact

• Adult Education: Opportunity Knocks!

• Building Data Literacy for Family Engagement

• How’s It Going? Ask Your Families, Students, and Staff!

• What Should Students Be Learning in School?

• Family Partnership and the Teacher's Educational Journey

4:00-4:15 Closing Session