Focus on FACE - Family & Community Engagement

How Do We "Listen" to Families? Try a Human-Centered Design Approach

Posted on October 3, 2017
Tags: design, Family Engagement, harvard, human-centered
Categories: Family News & Resources

The following article is taken from the Harvard Family Research Project. Although years of research confirm the important role of families in student achievement, we continue to struggle with HOW to engage families in meaningful and effective ways. Human-centered design (also called design thinking) opens new possibilities for closing the gap between research and practice....

Tips for Teachers: Building Relationships with Families

Posted on October 2, 2017
Tags: building relationships, families, Teachers, tips, tools
Categories: Featured FACEs

In honor of Family Engagement month, we wanted to not only focus on families who are engaged in their schools, but the teachers whom they support! Engaging families can be difficult for teachers, who already work very hard to ensure that our young people are getting the quality education they deserve, so we have assembled...

Get to Know FACE: Who We Are, What We Do

Posted on October 2, 2017
Tags: Community Engagement, family and community engagement coordinator, Family Engagement, family engagement liaison, get to know, SAC, volunteering
Categories: Multilingual Family Support

We're dedicated to creating and supporting partnerships among schools, families, and communities. As a central resource for family engagement, FACE staff strive to engage and inform parent leaders and families as essential partners in helping students achieve academic proficiency and college and career readiness. FACE is here to assist families in navigating the School District,...

SAT/PSAT Testing Day: Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Posted on October 2, 2017
Tags: College and Career, PSAT, SAT
Categories: Family News & Resources

Dear High School Parents and Guardians, The School District of Philadelphia will be administering the SAT as well as the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) to all high school students in grades 9 through 12 on Wednesday, October 11th, 2017, at their high school. This opportunity will be at no additional costs to parents...

FACEtime with Our Staff: LaShaé Spratley

Posted on October 2, 2017
Tags: FACE staff, FACEtime, family and community engagement coordinator
Categories: Family News & Resources

LaShaé Sprately has been the Family and Community Engagement Coordinator for Network 3 and the Autonomy Network since October 2016 and doesn't see herself leaving any time soon. After receiving a Bachelor's degree in criminal justice, Ms. Spratley worked with children who had behavioral health issues at several social service agencies throughout Philadelphia. Shortly after,...

Family Engagement Around the World: Tanzania

Posted on October 1, 2017
Tags: Family Engagement Month, Multilingual Families, SAC, tanzania
Categories: Multilingual Family Support

Different societies and cultures have different ideas of what family engagement looks like in their communities. Check out the video below, which features fathers in Tanzania who are part of a parent group—which functions similarly to School Advisory Councils in Philadelphia—that meets regularly to discuss their daughters’ progress in school and address any issues as...

Family Engagement Around the World: India

Posted on October 1, 2017
Tags: Family Engagement, india, language
Categories: Multilingual Family Support

Indian Pre-Primary School children at Divine Orchids International Preschool in Jawhar. India is an incredibly diverse country with a rich mixture of different cultures, religions, and languages, and education in India is as diverse as its people. More rural areas, such as villages and farms, tend to have single-room school houses that educate several grade...

Mr. McKnight in front of his favorite mural at William Dick School.

Family Engagement Superstar: Andrew McKnight, William Dick School

Posted on October 1, 2017
Tags: grandfather, McKnight, SAC, William Dick
Categories: Featured FACEs

When Andrew McKnight walks down the hallways of William Dick School in North Philadelphia, nearly every person he passes knows who he is, grins, and gives a warm greeting. He chats informally about what's going on with them, how their day is going, or when the next School Advisory Council (SAC) meeting is. Mr. McKnight...

Listening and Learning as a Way to Improve Communication with Multilingual Families

Posted on September 7, 2017
Tags: Engaging Families, language, learning, listening, Multilingual Families
Categories: Multilingual Family Support

Signing forms, talking to teachers, checking up on homework, and registering for school are all part of helping your child succeed academically. English-speaking parents often grow overwhelmed with the seemingly endless number of small tasks that must be completed for back to school season. While being a parent—no matter the circumstances—is difficult, it is important...

Code for Philly Builds App for Philly Students to help with College Applications

Posted on September 6, 2017
Tags: app, applications, College and Career, yadaguru
Categories: Family News & Resources

Code for Philly is a local civic tech organization of volunteer developers, designers, and civic stakeholders who use technology as a means of civic and community engagement. Recently Code for Philly has built YadaGuru which reminds high school seniors about all the things they have to do for college applications, from filling in Naviance to...

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