This series preview explains the structure, content, high leverage practices and standards related to the “Teacher Tips for Family Communication” PL Shorts and invites participants to reflect on their current practices, vulnerabilities, strengths, needs and supports related to family communication. After engaging with this video, participants will be able to identify which PL Shorts in this series are best suited to their interests and professional learning goals.

Supporting Documentation:

• Series Preview Slide Deck
• Communicating with Families Inventory
  

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After engaging in this PL Short, viewers will be able to describe the benefits of and barriers to effective communication with families and determine their next steps in overcoming a relevant barrier to communication with their learners’ families.   We recommend having the following resources readily on hand to mark up: the Communicating with Families Inventory and the PL Guide: First Things First - Benefits & Barriers.

Supporting Documentation: 

• First Things First- Benefits and Barriers Slide Deck

• First Things First- Benefits and Barriers Professional Learning Guide

• Communicating with Families Inventory

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After engaging in this PL Short, participants will be able to identify five essential roles that families play in their children’s education, describe the joining process, and determine their next steps in facilitating the joining process for their students’ families and supporting them in their essential roles.   We recommend having the following resources readily on hand to mark up: the Communicating with Families Inventory and the PL Guide: Foundational Frameworks: Family Roles & The Joining Process.

Supporting Documentation: 

• Foundational Frameworks Slide Deck
• Foundational Frameworks Professional Learning Guide
• Communicating with Families Inventory
  

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After engaging with this interactive PL Short, participants will be able to identify tools embedded in their LMS to streamline communication, describe how these tools support families’ roles in their children’s education, and determine their next steps in leveraging their LMS to promote effective family communication.  We recommend having the following resources readily on hand to mark up: the Communicating with Families Inventory and the PL Guide: Leveraging Your LMS.

Supporting Documentation: 

• Leveraging Your LMS Slide Deck

• Leveraging Your LMS PD Guide

• Communicating with Families Inventory

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After engaging with this interactive PL Short, participants will be able to describe how communication apps can be used to support families’ roles in their children’s education, identify tech tools and best practices to use when texting with families, and determine their next step in using communication apps to promote effective family communication.  We recommend having the following resources readily on hand to mark up: the Communicating with Families Inventory and the PL Guide: Texting with Communication Apps.

Supporting Documentation: 

• Texting with Communication Apps Slide Deck
• Texting with Communication Apps Professional Learning Guide
• Communicating with Families Inventory
  

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After engaging with this interactive PL Short, participants will be able to describe how newsletters can strengthen the joining process, identify tech tools and best practices to use when creating newsletters, and determine their next steps in using newsletters to promote effective family communication.  We recommend having the following resources readily on hand to mark up: the Communicating with Families Inventory and the PL Guide: Creating a Class Newsletter.

Supporting Documentation: 

• Creating a Class Newsletter Slide Deck
• Creating a Class Newsletter Professional Learning Guide
• Communicating with Families Inventory

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After engaging with this interactive PL Short, participants will be able to describe how to facilitate the Joining Process before, during, and after family-teacher conferences and determine their next steps in conducting conferences that are meaningful to families and beneficial to student learning.

Supporting Documentation: 

Facilitating Family Conferences - PL Guide

Facilitating Family Conferences - Slide Deck

TTFC: Communication with Families Inventory

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