2022-2023 Family Engagement Professional Development Opportunities

Family Engagement Professional Development Opportunities 2023

The MA Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) The Family Engagement project, will be hosting a series of networking and professional development opportunities for Family Engagement Specialist, ELPACs, SEPAC leaders, and administrators during the 2023 school year. The theme for this year’s series will be Building Authentic and Effective Relationships with all Families. The 2023-2024 series will be virtual (unless otherwise noted) and will commence with a statewide kick-off event and be followed by webinars, networking sessions, book discussion groups, and a culminating statewide family engagement summit.

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8. Please select the professional development session you plan to attend.

Three Part Series on Supporting the Mental Health of Children and Families:

In this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to engage with Dr. Nicole Christian Brathwaite in discussions around how to support diverse families who face mental health difficulties and/or have experienced trauma, including racial trauma

Family engagement coordinators and educators will learn strategies for how they can, together with families, create safe spaces at home, in school and in the community where children, youth and family members can strengthen their social and emotional well-being *This question is required.

Session 1:
What Does it Mean to be Trauma Informed and how Becoming Trauma Informed Can Benefit our Students
Tuesday, February 7
Registration Link Session 1
From 10:00 am to 11:30 am
Session 2:
Racism is Trauma: How Racial Trauma Impacts the Developing Brain
Tuesday, February 28th/2023
Registration Link Session 2
From 10:00am-12:00pm
Session 3:
Tools to Support the Mental Health of Students, Families, and You
Tuesday, March 7
Registration Link Session 3
From 10:00am to 11:30 am
How can I Support my Families to Understand School Systems?
Friday, February 3
Registration Link
From 10-11:30
Networking Meetings 2022/2023 SY

Friday, November18
Friday, March 24
Friday, June 16

from 10:00 am -11:30 am
n-person, school-based network regional meetings will be considered for Fall 2023, if and when schools/COVID-19 guidance permits.

Training of Trainers (TOT) Series:

Family Engagement is not a one-person job. It is an equity-driven, coordinated program that builds relationships aimed at improving outcomes for children and youth.
Join MASFEC for an in-depth exploration of the Massachusetts Prenatal through Young Adulthood Family Engagement Framework and learn how to bring this training back into your school, district, organization or community.
Drawing on the contributions of families and professionals from around the state, this three-day Training of Trainers (ToT) will be offered three times in English and one time in Spanish this school year.

Participants will be trained how to teach 4 new training modules. The program requires active participation in 3 sessions that are each 3 hours long.

2023

February 8, 9, 10
from 1-4pm – in English
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March 15, 16, 17
from 1-4pm – in English

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The Powerful Role Cultural Brokers Can Play in Building Parent and Teacher Capacity.
In this workshop, participants will have the opportunity to engage with The Education Justice Research and Organizing Collaborative (EJROC). Family engagement coordinators and educators will learn about the powerful role cultural brokers can play in building parent and teacher capacity.
Day and time to be confirmed

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