Family Engagement

Meeting:

Project Director Consortia January 2009

Date:

January 9, 2009 - 9:30am - 10:45am

Presenter(s):

Debby Gaffney, LaVerne Canady, and Mary Thorngren

Engaging families is a major challenge for SS/HS grantees, but it

Audience:

Project Directors

Cohort:

2005

Cohort:

2006

Cohort:

2007

Attachment	Size
A Toolkit for Family Envolvement in Education	5.51 MB
Promoting ELL PArent Involvement	122.44 KB
Our Families at Our Core	47.81 KB

Keywords

Community and Family Involvement

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