Strengthen the school-home connection with our family engagement professional development. Our sessions provide educators with practical strategies to foster meaningful partnerships with families, enhance communication, and support student success. Caregiver-centered workshops will empower families to become active participants in their child’s learning journey and build a collaborative, supportive educational community. Sessions can be tailored for an educator audience or a parent/caregiver audience.
Most Important Teacher
Explore strategies to support children's mental, emotional, and social growth, preparing them for school while fostering a sense of wonder and joy in learning.
In this session, learners will:
Workshops can be delivered in English and Spanish.
Social-Emotional Learning
Foster authentic partnerships between schools and families by recognizing the crucial role of parents and guardians as children's first teachers. Gain practical strategies to support social-emotional development and strengthen connections between home and school, resulting in positive outcomes for students.
In this session, learners will:
Empowering Families
Equip families with effective strategies to enhance their children's learning at home. This workshop focuses on practical approaches to support student success, offering tools and techniques that families and caregivers can use to reinforce academic skills and engage in their children's education.
In this session, learners will:
Explore strategies to support children's mental, emotional, and social growth, preparing them for school while fostering a sense of wonder and joy in learning.
In this session, learners will:
Workshops can be delivered in English and Spanish.
Foster authentic partnerships between schools and families by recognizing the crucial role of parents and guardians as children's first teachers. Gain practical strategies to support social-emotional development and strengthen connections between home and school, resulting in positive outcomes for students.
In this session, learners will:
Equip families with effective strategies to enhance their children's learning at home. This workshop focuses on practical approaches to support student success, offering tools and techniques that families and caregivers can use to reinforce academic skills and engage in their children's education.
In this session, learners will:
ABCmouse.com
Dr. Rebecca A. Palacios is a National Teacher Hall of Fame inductee, National Board Certified Teacher, and leading expert in early childhood education. With over four decades of experience, she is a pioneer in the field of dual language learning and specializes in curriculum planning and instructional design. She is a Senior Curriculum Advisor for ABCmouse.com. In addition to being a founding director of The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and formerly serving as its vice-chairperson, she is also a co-founder of the Texas National Board Coalition for Teaching and serves as its Treasurer. Dr. Palacios serves as a Curriculum Board Member for Age of Learning, the leading education technology company that created ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy. Dr. Palacios has presented at the local, state, national and international levels on teacher standards, early childhood, STEAM and dual language/bilingual education. She served on the initial ELL cadre through the American Federation of Teachers that helped produce the Colorín Colorado website. Dr. Palacios is the author of Shell Education’s (a division of TCM) family engagement book, Being Your Child's Most Important Teacher: A Guide for Families with Young Children. In addition to being Corpus Christi Independent School District’s first Teacher of the Year (1987), Dr. Palacios was the first Latina to be inducted into the National Teacher Hall of Fame (2014). Most recently, Dr. Palacios received the prestigious James A. Kelly Award for Advancing Accomplished Teaching, which is the highest award bestowed by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards.
Trisha DiFazio is an education consultant, speaker, and co-author of Social-Emotional Learning Starts with Us: Empowering Teachers to Support Students. She is a former classroom teacher and adjunct professor in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California (USC). Ms. DiFazio holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Lake Forest College with a double concentration in English and Spanish, a Master of Arts in Teaching from National Louis University, an ESL Endorsement from Dominican University, and International TEFL Certification from the International Teaching Center in Madrid, Spain. Trisha was a contributing author for TCM’s Language Power: Building Language Proficiency. She is passionate about empowering teachers, parents, and students.
SV Academy
Allison Roeser, Master of Health Science (MHS) and Professional Certified Coach (PCC), is an SEL consultant and author for Teacher Created Materials (TCM). As an avid learner of mindfulness practices, Allison has seen firsthand the value of integrating self-awareness into professional and personal development. She has almost two decades of experience working with leaders in education, child welfare, and social change. With a Masters in Health Science from Johns Hopkins University, Allison’s thesis focused on increasing effective communication for early childhood educators in disadvantaged districts. Allison is currently the lead career success coach at SV Academy (voted one of the top education start-ups in 2020 by Fast Company) in addition to leading workshops and training courses for schools and Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA), a program that advocates for foster care youth in San Francisco.