1. Relationships for Learning: Family-School Partnerships
Molly Colling
Darcy Heath
Tierra Stennis
Teresa Lopez Tovar

2. Superintendents’ Plan
Omaha districts and the Buffett Early Childhood Institute school as hub for early learning and family partnership systems, birth to third grade.

3. Learning Objectives/Outcomes:
Participants will examine how early educators’ intentional and non-intentional language and actions matter when seeking to partner with young children’s families
Participants will enhance their understanding of the value and importance of family partnerships

4. Creating Family Partnerships: Words Matter
Words have value and power
Value and power of words are influenced by our culture, beliefs, and experiences
Choice of words creates intentional and/or unintentional rules
Word Sort
Handout with additional titles to think about in individual work places

5. From Family Engagement to Family Partnership
Think for a minute about what comes to mind when you consider the term “Family Engagement.” Write down some words, phrases and thoughts. Now take a minute to think about what comes to mind when you consider the term “Family Partnership.” Write down some words, phrases and thoughts. Share at your tables your thoughts and what differences might be made for the school, community providers, families and children if a stance of family partnerships were developed.

6. Intentional and Unintentional Messages
Activity with pictures

7. Family Partnership Functions
Personalized Relationships with Families
Trust
Funds of Knowledge
Understanding Family Culture
Flexible, effective two-way communication
Teresa or Tierra story demonstrating funds of knowledge, culture, or 2 way communication?

8. Personalized Family Partnerships Create Strong Foundations for Relationships for Learning
Molly Colling )
Darcy Heath )
Tierra Stennis
Teresa Lopez Tovar )