#PTchat Archives and Resources

2014

10/29/2014 - Home Visits
10/22/2014 - Addressing Differences - Race, Culture & Class
10/15/2014 -Empowering Student Voice (#StuVoice)
10/8/2014 - Engaging ESL/ELL Families
10/1/2014 - Engaging Dads
9/24/2014 - Engaging New Families From The Start
9/17/2014 - Engaging Families Through The Arts w/ Ethan Clark
9/10/2014 - Parent PD & #ParentCamp
9/3/2014 - Building Relationships
8/27/2014 - Back-to-School Night Ideas
8/20/2014 - First Day/Week of School Family-Community Engagement Ideas
8/13/2014 - Family & Community Engagement
8/6/2014 - Back to School Communication Ideas
6/11/2014 - Best of #PTchat & 2014-15 Topic/Guest Planning
5/28/2014 - Education Uprising: Taking Back Our Public Schools with YES! Magazine
5/21/2014 - Strategies for the Final Six Weeks of School
5/14/2014 - Engaging Families in the Student-Placement Process
5/7/2014 - Using STEAM to Engage Families and Community
4/30/2014 - Social Lives of Networked Teens with Danah Boyd (@Zephoria)
4/23/2014 - Engaging Fathers in Education with J. Michael Hall (@StrongFathers)
4/16/2014 - LIVE "Scenario-Based" #PTchat from Kansas City: Using Hashtags to Engage Families & the Community
4/8/2014 - @ArneDuncan shares new FCE Framework
4/2/2014 - Creating an Idea Bank for Using Humor in Education
3/26/2014 - Leadership, Cybercivility & Assessment with @mcssuper
3/19/2014 - Challenges & Strategies of Using Twitter with @TonySinanis & @LisaODavis
3/12/2014 - Difference Between Parent Involvement and Engagement with @LarryFerlazzi
3/5/14 - How to successfully support and promote literacy with @NCFL
2/26/14 - How to Provide for Introverts with@JessLahey
2/19/2014 - The Whole Child - Wrap Around Services for Kids with @YanaizaGallant
2/12/2014 - Supporting the Needs of Today's Boys with Rosalind Wiseman
2/5/2014 - Debriefing Digital Learning Day for Families
1/29/2014 - Telling Your School's Story: School Branding with Dr. Joe Sanfelippo
1/22/2014 - National Standards for Family-School Partnerships with @NationalPTA
1/15/2014 - Best Practice Twitterfeeds for Teachers and School Leaders
1/8/2014 - Using Edmodo at Home and at School

2013

12/18/2013 - Helping Families Get "Core-Ready" with Literacy Expert Pam Allyn
12/11/2013 - Parent Advocacy with Zakiyah Ansari
12/4/2013 - Leveraging Museums & Libraries to Engage Families
11/27/2013 - Leveraging Holidays To Build Home-School Relationships with Judie Haynes
11/20/2013 - Engaging Families in Mentoring Programs with Patricia Gill
11/13/2013 - The Australian Ed System & Innovative Family Engagement Efforts LIVE from Melbourne
11/6/2013 - Activating the Bystander in Bullying Situations
10/30/2013 - What Parents Want Teachers to Know
10/23/2013 - How to Use Student Individualized Learning Plans (ILPs)
10/16/2013 - Parent-Teacher Conferences w/ @HFRP
10/9/2013 - Blogging to Engaging Families w/ @MattGomez
10/2/2013 - Sharing High School Data With Families w/ D'Lisa Crain (@4crains)
9/24/2013 - Balancing a Warm, Welcoming Environment with School Safety with Newtown HS Principal Chip Dumais | BAM Radio Podcast
9/18/13 - Balancing Academics & Leisure in Today's Kids
9/11/13 - How To Teach Children About 9/11 & Other Tragedies
9/3/13 - Student-Centered Home and School Meetings
8/30/13 - School and Home Design for Student Learning
8/21/13 - Planning Your Back to School Night to Engage All Families
6/5/13 - Debriefing the Parent Camp Experience
5/29/13 - Summer Reading Ideas for Students, Teachers, Familie
5/15/13 - Parents & Teachers Team Up to Cultivate Soft Skills in Today's Children
5/8/13 - Open Mic Night - Bring Your Family Engagement Challenges
5/1/13 - Google Hangout Discussion w/ #PennFinn13 Team: Teacher Appreciation By Default
4/25/13 - Recapping Student Voice LIVE w/ Zak Malamad from #StuVoice (@ZakMal)
4/17/13 - Engaging Special Education Families w/ Dr. Scott Roth
4/10/13 - Parent Optout of Standardized Tests
4/3/13 - How to Deal with a Difficult Teacher As A Parent?
3/27/13 - The core beliefs behind the world's #1 educational system - Finland
3/20/13 - Creating a Positive Learning Environment at Home
3/13/13 - School Secretary as Family Engagement Deal Maker
3/6/13 - Engaging ESL Families w/ author/expert @JudieHaynes
2/27/13 - Empowering Student Voice w/ Student Voice Leader @ZakMal
2/20/13 - Mobile Apps and Website that Encourage Two-Way Communication with Families
2/13/13 - EduJargon-Creating a Glossary for Parents - Shared gDOC Glossary created to simplify for parents
2/6/13 - Digital Learning Day Takeaways for the Home
1/30/13 - Encouraging a Love of Reading Outside of What's Required w/ Penny Kittle & Aliscia Lee
1/23/13 Student Learning Plans (SLPs) w/ Dana Sirotiak
1/16/13 Parent-Teacher Appy Hour w/ Steven Anderson @web20classroom
1/9/13 - Parenting Well in a Media Age w/ Gloria DeGartano
1/2/13 - New Year's Edu-lutions A Goal-Setting Conversation Amongst Students, Parents, Teachers & Leaders

2012

12/19/12 - How Can Parents & Schools Partner to Make Schools Safest?
12/12/12 - Longer School Days w/ Parenting Mag's Melissa Taylor, Sam Chaltain & others
12/5/12 - Helping Families Understand the Common Core
11/28/12 - Recognizing Students During the School Year for In & Out of School Accomplishments
11/21/12 - Building Real Partnerships: Putting Henderson & Mapp's (2006) Four Core Beliefs into Practice
11/14/12 - What makes for a positive learning environment?
11/7/12 - Effective Home Visits w/ Jimmy Casas & Dr. Steve Constantino
10/31/12 - Hurricane Sandy Outreach Ideas, Going Green & Family Engagement Impact, Upper Admin Support & More
10/24/12 - Education Policy Through the Eyes of Presidential Candidates w/ Student/Author Nikhil Goyal
10/17/12 - Planning a Conference/In-Service/ParentCamp Opportunity for Parents
10/10/12 - The Connected Parent - What it means for kids
10/3/12 - Creating an Educational Climate in the Home
9/26/12 What Engaged Means-Do Engaged Families Need Support?
9/19/12 Raising Student Self-Esteem, Self Efficacy, Self Awareness, Self Efficiency in the Classroom & at Home w/ Angela Maiers
9/12/12 Parents & Teachers Discuss Digital Citizenship & Internet Safety At Home & At School
9/5/12 - Dr. Michele Borba offers Back to School Tips for Parents to Help Kids Get Off to Best Start Ever!
8/29/12 Planning Your Best Back to School Night Yet!
8/22/12 Students join our chat to share impact of parent involvement growing up
8/15/12 How to Engage Families of Students Affected By Autism w/ @NationalAutism leader & parent @WendyFournier
8/8/12 What's in your Welcome Back to School Letter to Families? gDOC Resource
8/1/12 Principal As Family Engagement Deal-breaker
7/25/12 Helping Families Cope During Tragedy
7/18/12 Engaging Grandparents & Family Friends in Our Schools
7/11/12 Creation of a 2-Way Home-School Communication Idea Bank for Teachers, Leaders & Parent Groups
6/27/12 Debriefing the Karen Klein Bus Bullying Tragedy & How Schools Can Provide Learning Opportunities Moving Forward
6/20/12 Awards Assemblies - Good for Kids?
6/13/12 Planning to Engage More Parents in 12-13 - Open Planning Session
6/6/12 - Raising Kids to be Good Cyber Citizens w/ Annie Fox
5/30/12 - What Parents & Teachers Can Do to Combat Summer Learning Loss
5/23/12 Engaging Dads in Our Schools w/ Mike Hall
5/16/12 Summer Reading Opportunities for K-12 Students
5/9/12 Combo chat w/ #NTchat (New Teacher Chat) Parents Provide Mock Interview to Teachers on what they most look for in prospective teachers.
5/2/12 Middle/High School Family Engagement Efforts
4/25/12 Flipped Classroom Model & Home-School Implications
4/18/12 Educational Hashtags and Hashtags Chats for Educators and Parents
4/11/12 District Leadership's Role in Creating Home-School Partnerships
4/4/12 Planning a Comprehensive Parent & Community Volunteer Program at Your School
3/28/12 Sharing Your New Learning w/ Parents
3/21/12 Creating a Family Resource Center in your School Lobby
3/14/12 Meaningful Report Card Comments to Engage Parents
3/7/12 Meaningful Homework that Engages Parents
2/29/12 Parent-Teacher Conferences for Partnerships - From both the parent & the teacher perspective.
2/22/12 Schools & Families: Strategies for Showing Appreciation
2/15/12 How Can Schools Partner with ESL/ELL families w/ Larry Ferlazzo
2/13/12 John Halligan tells Ryan's Story - cyber-bullying, youth depression, suicide
2/8/12 Most innovative/outside the box ideas on communicating w/ parents
2/1/12 When Teachers & Parents Disagree
1/25/12 Parent Leadership Opportunities w/ Karren Dunkley
1/11/12 Promoting a safe school bus- Strategies for schools/parents to prevent bus bullying w/ Jim Dillon
1/4/12 Steps parents & teachers must take to put an end to school bullying w/ Dr. Michele Borba

2011

12/14/11 Goals/Strategies Schools are employing to raise level of family engagement
12/ 7/11 @ 9PM EST - Supporting Parents at home w/ web resources.
11/18/11 #FinnEdChat - Report on Finnish Family Engagement Efforts

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