Meaningful Family Engagement for Early Childhood
Schedule
Thu Jan 15 2026 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm
UTC-06:00Location
3524 Burdick Expy E, Minot, ND, United States, North Dakota 58701 | Minot, ND
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$20 for CCAOM members$25 for non-members
Connecting with families and caregivers in meaningful ways
bridges the important gap between home and school positively
while modeling the importance of partnership and collaboration.
Explore ways to engage families in meaningful and intentional
ways, to foster 2-way communication, and create connections
both in the classroom and at home. Empower families on their
journey with evidence-based strategies and redefine family
engagement.
Approved Growing Futures Clock Hours 2
By the end of this course participants will:
● Develop a toolkit of effective engagement strategies to
build partnerships and connections with families and
caregivers.
Meaningful Family Engagement for Early Childhood
● Research on why family engagement is important
● Reflection on current family engagement strategies
● The importance of connection
○ Brain science
○ What is a partnership
● 2-way Communication for the win
○ Increasing communication
○ Words matter
■ (letter wording activity)
● Redefining Family Engagement
○ Epstein’s 6 types of family engagement
○ Making space for all
● Innovative Family Engagement
○ At School
○ At Home
○ In the Community
● Call to Action
○ Commitment to redefining family
○ Action to implement
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Where is it happening?
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