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2015

6/17/2015	Serving Gifted Families (Coming Soon)
6/10/2015	Summer Reading – How to Navigate for Special Education/English Language Learners? (Coming Soon)
6/3/2015	Graduation: What’s Next for Parents? Transition from Elementary to Middle to High Schools and Beyond (Coming Soon)
5/27/2015	Summer Activities? What Should Our Kids Be Doing to Prevent Summer Slide? (Coming Soon)
5/20/2015	Collaborative “Mock Teacher Interiew” with Family-Community Engagement Focus (#NTchat)
5/6/2015	Planning for Summer Learning (Coming Soon)
4/29/2015	Summer #PTcamp Planning Session (Coming Soon)
4/22/2015	Featured FCE Conference Session: Teaching for Change (Coming Soon)
4/16/2015	Family & Community Engagement on the Pine Ridge Reservation (Coming Soon)
4/15/2015	Mental Health (Coming Soon)
4/1/2015	Live Scenario in Family and Community Engagement (Coming Soon)
3/25/2015	Using Humor in Education with @LaughWithChad (Coming Soon)
3/18/2015	Engaging Families in #ArtsEd with @ClarkEthan
3/11/2015	Digital Citizenship
3/4/2015	High and Low Tech Strategies for Family-Community Engagement
2/25/2015	Black Lives Matter – Schott Foundation’s New Report on Public Education & Black Youth
2/18/2015	#FutureReady Community Partnerships
2/11/2015	Families Supporting Postsecondary Success of Young Adults with Disabilities with @USDOL
2/4/2015	School Counselors’ Role In Engaging Families with @StephanieStamba
1/28/2015	Open Mic Night: Greatest Family-Community Engagement Challenges LIVE from @Boone_County, KY
1/21/2015	Building Your “To Be Read” (TBR) List with @JoEllenMcCarthy
1/14/2015	How Libraries Help Parents and Students with @skjohns
1/7/2015	Using VOXER with Students, Teachers, Parents, and Leaders

2014

12/17/2014	Setting Your Child Up For Success with @BethSteiner
12/10/2014	Parents & Teachers As Lead Dreamers with @Sallomé
12/3/2014	Talking to Students About Race with @DrMChatelain – #FergusonSyllabus
11/26/2014	#GiveThanks: Building Your Professional Learning Network
11/19/2014	National Family and Community Engagement Framework
11/12/2014	Starting Your Own School-Parent-Twitter Chat with @Jackson_Carrie
11/5/2014	Holidays in Schools
10/29/2014	Home Visits from the Parent Teacher Home Visit Project (@PTHVP) Conference
10/22/2014	Addressing Differences: Race and Culture with @Ed2BeFree
10/15/2014	Empowering Student Voice with @ZAnsari8
10/8/2014	Engaging ESL Families with @LarryFerlazzo
10/1/2014	Engaging Dads
9/24/2014	Engaging New Families From The Start
9/17/2014	Engaging Families through the Arts with Ethan Clark
9/10/2014	Parent PD & #ParentCamp
9/03/2014	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
8/06/2014	Back-to-School Community 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
5/07/2014	Using STEAM to Engage Families and Community
4/30/2014	Social Lives of Networked Teens with Dana 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
4/08/2014	@ArneDuncan Shares New FCE Framework
4/02/2014	Creating an Idea Bank for Using Humor in Education
3/26/2014	Leadership, Cybercivility, & Assessment with @mcssuper
3/19/2014	Challenges and Strategies of Using Twitter with @TonySinanis and @lisaodavis
3/12/2014	Difference Between Parent Involvement and Engagement with @larryferlazzo
3/05/2014	How to Successfully Promote Literacy with @NCFL
2/26/2014	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
2/05/2014	Debriefing Digital Learning Day for Families
1/29/2014	Telling Your School’s Story: Storybranding with Dr. Joe Sanfelippo
1/22/2014	National Standards for Family-School Partnerships with @National PTA
1/15/2014	Best Practices Twitter Feeds for Teachers and School Leaders
1/08/2014	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
12/04/2013	Leveraging Museums and 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 and Innovative Family Engagement Efforts LIVE from Melbourne
11/06/2013	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 with @HFRP
10/09/2013	Blogging to Engage Families with @MattGomez
10/02/2013	Sharing High School Data with Families with D’Lisa Crain (@4crains)
9/24/2013	Balancing a Warm, Welcoming Environment with School Safety with Newtown HS Principal Chip Dumais
9/18/2013	Balancing Academics and Leisure in Today’s Kids
9/11/2013	How to Teach Children about 9/11 and Other Tragedies
9/03/2013	Student-Centered Home and School Meetings
8/30/2013	School and Home Design for Student Learning
8/21/2013	Planning Your Back to School Night to Engage All Families
6/05/2013	Debriefing the Parent Camp Experience
5/29/2013	Summer Reading Ideas for Students, Teachers, Families
5/15/2013	Parents & Teachers Team Up to Cultivate Soft Skills in Today’s Children
5/08/2013	Open Mic Night – Bring Your Family Engagement Challenges
5/01/2013	Google Hangout Discussion w/ #PennFinn13 Team: Teacher Appreciation By Default
4/25/2013	Recapping Student Voice LIVE w/ Zak Malamad from #StuVoice (@ZakMal)
4/17/2013	Engaging Special Education Families w/ Dr. Scott Roth
4/10/2013	Parent Optout of Standardized Tests
4/03/2013	How to Deal with a Difficult Teacher As A Parent?
3/27/2013	The core beliefs behind the world’s #1 educational system – Finland
3/20/2013	Creating a Positive Learning Environment at Home
3/13/2013	School Secretary as Family Engagement Deal Maker
3/06/2013	Engaging ESL Families w/ author/expert @JudieHaynes
2/27/2013	Empowering Student Voice w/ Student Voice Leader @ZakMal
2/20/2013	Mobile Apps and Website that Encourage Two-Way Communication with Families
2/13/2013	EduJargon-Creating a Glossary for Parents – Shared gDOC Glossary created to simplify for parents
2/06/2013	Digital Learning Day Takeaways for the Home
1/30/2013	Encouraging a Love of Reading Outside of What’s Required w/ Penny Kittle & Aliscia Lee
1/23/2013	Student Learning Plans (SLPs) w/ Dana Sirotiak
1/16/2013	Parent-Teacher Appy Hour w/ Steven Anderson  @web20classroom
1/09/2013	Parenting Well in a Media Age w/ Gloria DeGartano
1/02/2013	New Year’s Edu-lutions A Goal-Setting Conversation Amongst Students, Parents, Teachers & Leaders