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TYPE 2 BLOG

Communicating to improve partnerships for student success


 

The NNPS Type 2 Blog will feature new research, exemplary field work, and useful resources to help NNPS members continually improve their partnership programs for student success in school.

We hope you will Blog with us!

 

Oct 17

Calcasieu Parish School Board

Lake Charles, LA Willona Jackson, Supervisor of Special Projects  willona.jackson@cpsb.org  Loree L. Smith, Federal Programs Coordinator  Loree.smith@cpsb.org  Mission to Literacy  Calcasieu Parish School Board is on an important mission—a Mission to Literacy. The district is revising and improving its reading/literacy standards and the curriculum and instruction for students in the elementary grades. Last year, the […]

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Oct 17

Brooklyn City Schools Integrated Preschool

Brooklyn, Ohio Cuyahoga Universal PreK-Starting Point Brittany Hubbell, Intervention Specialist/Coordinator brittany.hubbell@bcshurricanes.org Bubble Bash Brooklyn Preschool’s Action Team for Partnerships (ATP) and colleagues conduct some activities for families and students to enjoy learning together during the school day. This year, one activity was Bubble Bash to support a science unit on The Ocean/The Sea. Teachers used […]

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Oct 17

Columbia High School

Columbia, SC Richland County School District One Yolanda Smith, Parent & Family Engagement Specialist yolanda.smith@richlandone.org All Roads Lead Home The Action Team for Partnerships (ATP), Parent and Family Engagement Specialist, and others at Columbia High School (CHS) saw the need to develop a strong and active Alumni Association to identify the value of the school’s […]

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Oct 17

Cypress Cove Elementary School

Sulphur, LA Calcasieu Parish School Board Summer Royer, Curriculum Coordinator summer.royer@cpsb.org Butterfly Release at the Cove At Cypress Cove, the metamorphosis from caterpillar to butterfly was a dramatic and wonderful science experience for students in grades PreK-5. The Action Team for Partnerships (ATP) and teachers knew that a butterfly project would broaden students’ science skills […]

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Oct 17

Edwin Markham Elementary School

Pasco, WA Pasco School District Davina Ward-Pink and Chenyn Johnson, ATP Chairpersons dpink@psd1.org, chjohnson@psd1.org DreamBox Challenge – March Madness DreamBox is an online program to help students learn math at their own speed and monitor their own progress. The Action Team for Partnerships (ATP) and math teachers at Markham Elementary School selected DreamBox to give […]

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Oct 17

Hawthorne Elementary School

Seattle, WA Seattle Public Schools Melissa Mak, ELL Department Lead mbmak@seattleschools.org Visual Arts Showcase—A Multicultural Celebration Hawthorne Elementary School has been working for several years to continually improve outreach to and engagement of all families as partners in their children’s education. The school’s partnership team, teachers, school leaders, and parents discuss and design activities to […]

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Oct 17

Ladson Elementary School

Ladson, SC Charleston County School District Vanessa Smith, Family Service Advocate vanessa_smith@charleston.k12.sc.us Donuts and Dreams with Deputies and Dads The Action Team for Partnerships (ATP) and Family Advocate at Ladson Elementary School are working to increase the participation of students’ dads and other male figures in their lives. Last year, Donuts and Dreams with Deputies […]

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Oct 17

Mini Miracles Learning Academy

Euclid, OH Cuyahoga Universal PreK—Starting Point Chamere Davis, Administrator/Owner dpink@psd1.org, chjohnson@psd1.org PJs and Pie Day It is always a good day for pie. Pie and learning? Even better. Wearing PJs to school? Bake the pies? Wow—better still! Mini Miracles Learning Academy for PreK students is always working to strengthen connections with families. Based on a […]

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Oct 17

Francis Marion University Center of Excellence to Prepare Teachers of Children of Poverty (COE)

Florence, South Carolina Tammy H. Pawloski, Director and Professor of Education TPawloski@fmarion.edu Family and Community Engagement Lunch & Learn The Center of Excellence (COE) at Francis Marion University is a partnership place. Last year, COE leaders reviewed its activities that guide districts and schools to improve their plans and practices of school, family, and community […]

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Oct 17

Ohio Statewide Family Engagement Center at The Ohio State University

Columbus, OH Dr. Barbara Boone, OhSFEC Director  boone.32@osu.edu Professional Learning Booster Sessions  The Ohio Department of Education supports 16 regions across the state. Each one has a Regional Coach who guides district leaders to help their schools organize strong and sustainable programs of school, family, and community partnerships. Each school in this project forms an […]

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