Practice-Based Methods for Family and Community Involvement

This 3 session course with online components provides teachers with strategies to increase student learning by developing strong partnerships with their families and the school’s community. Participants learn about the Framework for 6 Types of Family and Community Involvement (Parenting, Communicating, Volunteering, Learning at Home, Decision-Making, and Collaborating) and how to utilize it in their practice. Attendees will learn how and why to involve family members (and guardians and caregivers) as partners with both school and home-based activities; how to break the barriers that hinder family and community involvement in school; strategies for 2-way interactive communication with families that advance student learning; and why and how to be responsive to families and their cultures and needs. Teachers also learn to effectively engage more community stakeholders in their instruction, how and where to seek community resources, and ways to best make use of them. This offering is aligned with the CPS Framework for Teaching Components 4c and 4d.

Instructor: Michael P. Moriarty, NBCT – (312) 329-6275

Dates: 6/5, 6/12, and 6/19/2017

Time: 5:00 – 8:30 PM

Tuition: $125 – 15 ISBE PD Hours

$175 – 15 ISBE PD Hours and 1 Lane Placement Credit

Parking: Free parking available

Hybrid courses require participants to attend face-to-face sessions at the designated location as well as participate in the online activities, assignments, and discussions in order to receive credit. Each participant will receive a registration request for Canvas, our online course management system, at the email address they provided at registration prior the start date of the professional development offering.

The course instructor will provide additional information about the process, and requirements at the first face-to-face meeting and assist you in logging into your Canvas account for the first time.

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In order to receive credit, participants must attend the entire session. Please note that while you are welcome to stay, late arrivals and early departures cannot receive ISBE PD Hours.

The CTU Quest Center reserves the right to cancel a course/workshop due to low enrollment. Refunds for participant cancellation will be issued up to one day before the course/workshop begins.