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We’re excited to announce that our Annual Statewide Residency Symposium is happening on May 1-2, 2025, at the beautiful Legacy Resort Hotel & Spa in San Diego, CA! Join us for a transformative gathering of educators, leaders, and innovators dedicated to advancing teacher residency programs across California! This premier event, hosted by the #StatewideResidencyTechnicalAssistanceCenter and #TheResidencyLab, is your opportunity to: ?? Connect with K-12 leaders, educator preparation programs, and community organizations. ?? Learn from groundbreaking practices, research, and success stories in teacher residencies. ?? Collaborate to build sustainable solutions for educator recruitment, preparation, and retention. ?? Save the Date & Register Now! https://cvent.me/4lq8Ql We look forward to seeing you in May! Who’s joining us? Comment below! ?? #ResidencySymposium2025 #TeacherEducation #SchoolCounselorResidency #ResidencyLeadership #ProfessionalDevelopment Kate Herman, Ed.D., Dr. Heather Michel, Allison Roberson, Carol Battle, EdD, Ed Honowitz, Jeanna Perry, Conni Campbell, Ed.D, Amy Bennett, Sheila Rocker Heppe Ed.D., Brooke Berrios, Tina Tranzor, JD, Ed.S, Holly Gonzales, Lena Anthony, Rhianna Casesa, Tiani Hudgins

?? Kudos to our Teacher Residency Lab Team for hosting the Deep Dive Series. See the details below. ??

Thank you again for inviting the CA FACE Initiative Team to attend and present at the Riverside County Office of Education Family Engagement Network Meeting. Together we are elevating FACE across the state of California! Keep modeling RCOE. ?? ??

? Yesterday, we witnessed the power of family engagement at the RCOE Family Engagement Network! ?? A huge thank you to Sonia Rezkalah & the Riverside County Office of Education for your exceptional organization and for creating a space where practitioners can learn and grow. ?? The CA FACE Initiative team was honored to present our insights on building strong home/school partnerships. ?? We're also incredibly excited to co-present with you at the Multi-Tiered Systems of Support conference in July! ?? Let's keep this momentum going! ?? ?? Don't miss RCOE's Family Engagement Conference, featuring Erin Gruwell, Teacher and president of The Freedom Writers Foundation, on April 14th! Register today at https://lnkd.in/gyzhftRX. Content provided by the CA FACE Initiative Team, bit.ly/CAFACEInitiative CA FACE Initiative Presentation: https://lnkd.in/g-dFrXEZ Family Engagement Network Presentation: https://lnkd.in/g2EjSj43

The CA FACE Initiative Team is thankful for their continued collaboration with the CA State Family Engagement Center! Together, they co-presented at the 2025 All Titles Conference, sharing the message that family and community engagement should be integrated in every aspect of education. Thank you, SFEC, for your partnership and support! ???????????? @Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE)

?? Join the Community Schools Learning Exchange (CSLX) on March 18th! ?? Gain valuable insights, discover new strategies, and access practical resources to help community school practitioners, district leads, and school teams strengthen their relationships with families. ???? Content provided by the CA FACE Initiative. ??

For the first time, Family Engagement was a dedicated track at the CalSPRA 2025 Conference, and the CA FACE Initiative Team was honored to be part of it! We connected with over 35 communicators in a powerful session on building strong school-home partnerships and ensuring family engagement is integrated, not isolated. ?? Huge thanks to #CalSPRA2025 for amplifying this critical work! Let’s keep the momentum going and continue strengthening connections between schools, families, and communities.

Thank you for your leadership in bringing us together for such a meaningful and impactful strategic planning workshop! The collaboration between CA-SFEC, CA-FACE Initiative, NAFSCE, and UCI’s School of Education is truly inspiring. We appreciate the opportunity to strengthen our shared commitment to engaging families, building capacity, and advancing the family and community engagement field statewide. Looking forward to turning our collective vision into action! -Sincerely, The CA FACE Initiative Team and The CDE Foundation ??

The CA FACE Initiative’s great partner, NAFSCE (National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement), shared survey results from EdSurge, where they found that 87% of teachers nationwide believe increasing support for families and parents has the greatest impact on student achievement. See the report below. ?? What are your tips to encourage effective Family Engagement? ????

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