Agenda
Overview: The 2024 Family Engagement Symposium is an impactful learning opportunity to provide educators and administrators with the opportunity to gain best practices, new strategies, and evidence-based techniques to support equitable family and school partnerships.
Session Contents / Attendees will gain:
- Reflective practices using the National Standards for Family-School Partnerships / Center for Family Engagement
- Best practices for culturally-responsive family engagement strategies
- New family engagement strategies and evidence-based programs that show improved outcomes for diverse student populations
- Access to free tools and resources to advance more equitable and impactful family engagement efforts
- Techniques to enhance communication to establish effective two-way communication between the home and school
- Approaches to build trust and collaboration with families
- Methods to create inclusive environments to encourage productive family and school partnerships
- Impactful strategies to engage with diverse families to foster inclusive partnerships
- Innovative approaches to connect families with community resources to support students’ academic and social-emotional development
- Creative ways to leverage technology to enhance family engagement and communication
- Evaluation strategies to assess current practices and foster continuous improvement in family engagement approaches
- New ideas to support the holistic approach to family engagement
- Valuable new connections with colleagues in the field
Wednesday - April 24, 2024
6:00pm – 10:00pm – Registration / Networking / Check In
6:00pm – 10:00pm – Vendor Set–Up
Thursday – April 25, 2024
7:30am – 8:30am – Breakfast / Networking / Exhibitor Visits
8:30am – 10:00am – Opening Ceremony / Featured Keynote - Joseph Washington
10:00am – 10:15am – Networking Break
10:15am – 11:15am – Breakout Session
11:15am – 11:30am – Networking Break
11:30am – 12:30pm – Breakout Sessions
12:30pm – 1:30pm – Lunch Break (on your own
1:45pm – 2:45pm – Breakout Sessions
2:45pm – 3:00pm – Networking Break
3:00pm – 4:00pm – Panel of Experts facilitated by USDE
4:00pm – 4:15pm – Networking Break
4:15pm – 5:15pm – Breakout Sessions
7pm – Family Engagement Awards Gala / Special Presentation – US Department of Education / National PTA
Friday, April 26, 2024
7:30am – 8:30am – Breakfast / Networking / Exhibitor Visits
8:30am – 9:30am – Opening Remarks / Featured Keynote - Dr. Eric Davis
9:30am – 9:40am – Networking Break
9:40am – 10:40am – Breakout Session
10:40am – 10:50am – Networking Break
10:50am – 11:50pm – Breakout Session
11:50am – 12pm – Networking Break
12:00pm – 1:15pm – Featured Keynote – Dr. J.T. Taylor / Closing Remarks
