When you think of parent teacher partnerships, conferences and report cards might come to mind, but what if we made family engagement more fun? Colleen Ryan, 2019 Toyota Family Engagement Teacher of the Year shares her innovative approach to building partnerships with families. She offers advice for parents and teachers on how to work together to help kids get what they need to thrive.

Resources:

• Read “6 Ways to Be Engaged in Your Child’s Education” in PTA’s Our Children online magazine
• Discover more about The Passage, the mobile classroom that Colleen and her colleague launched to bring learning to the neighborhood and follow them on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram
• For more opportunities to learn at home with your kids, check out Wonderopolis a project of National Center for Families Learning