Family Engagement Jan 2023
January 2023
January is National Mentoring Month!
This month, the focus is on Mentoring and the positive effect it can have on young lives. Read how mentoring offers a wealth of benefits for both the mentor and the mentee. Does your organization have a mentoring program? Do you have a student or colleague who could benefit from your sharing the skills and experience you have gleaned? Are there family members of your students who would be good mentors for other families, especially those new to the special education process? Or would you like to be mentored? Ask a PaTTAN consultant about the Pennsylvania Attract-Prepare-Retain (APR) Mentoring Project and how to become a mentee.
The Educator Preparation Framework for Family and Community Partnerships presents new processes and ideas for reimagining how educators are prepared for family and community engagement. The report includes:
- Extensive research on the importance of preparing educators for family and community engagement
- A series of ideas and levers to spark inspiration, innovation and change
- 30 field case studies highlighting how families, educator preparation programs, schools, and policymakers are making ideas work on the ground
- Ten recommendations for how educator preparation programs, families, schools, and communities, as well as state agencies and associations, can join together and make systemic change
The mission of the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN) is to support the efforts and initiatives of the Bureau of Special Education, and to build the capacity of local educational agencies to serve students who receive special education services.