Our mission at Livingtree is to improve student outcomes by helping classrooms, schools, and districts connect with their communities and those that can make a difference for students.
A number of school districts use Livingtree's Engage platform to unify communications so that families are connected to their child's teacher, school, and district all in one place. But, just like any technology, we know that it is only a vehicle, not a driver of family engagement. While we try to create as many tools and features as we can to help engage families, we know that achieving family engagement through technology relies on the teachers and administrators using it.
That's why we look to experts and practitioners to provide resources that can help schools enhance family engagement. Our family engagement webinars are a completely free resource open to anyone looking to learn more. So join us in the future, or watch some of our past recordings below!
Our webinar recordings archive is updated monthly, but webinar registrants get a link to the recording emailed to them the next day - so stay in the know! Simply subscribe to our Family Engagement email list, and we'll email you upcoming webinar registration information, news and updates, family engagement resources, and things we're doing here at Livingtree!
Join Livingtree and guest Debbie Pushor, Ph.D., a Professor in the Department of Curriculum Studies at the University of Saskatchewan, and former public school teacher, consultant, principal, and central services administrator, to discuss lessons she believes the crisis of the pandemic is offering us in finding different, and more respectful and equitable ways to work with parents and families.
In this webinar, Debbie covers the sacred role of parents, a new familycentric role for teachers, honoring parent knowledge, using teacher knowledge alongside parent knowledge, differentiated parent engagement and differentiated teacher engagement.
Join Livingtree and guest Nancy Angevine-Sands, OCT, a family engagement consultant, founder of With Equal Step, and former teacher from Toronto, Canada, to discuss looking at family engagement through an Anti-Bias, Anti-Oppressive lens.
In this webinar, Nancy covers authentic family engagement and embedding Anti-Bias, Anti-Oppressive practices into relationships, communication, and strategies to engage families in learning.
Join Livingtree and guest Todd Nesloney, Director of Culture and Strategic Leadership for the Texas Elementary Principals and Supervisors Association (TEPSA) and former award-winning principal, for ideas on how to build relationships with families.
Throughout the webinar, Todd shares strategies and ideas on how his school worked to continually defy expectations and tear down walls to build relationships with his community.
Join Livingtree and guest Patricia Weinzapfel, author of No More Mumbo Jumbo: Bridging the Communication Gap Between Educators and Families, for ideas on how to simplify and improve your communications.
Patricia shares practical tips, tools, and techniques that you can apply to all of your conversations, emails, text messages, flyers, notes, and newsletters.
Join Livingtree and guest Dr. Trish Hatch, a national leader in school counseling, to learn how to strengthen partnerships between school counselors and families to maximize student success.
Participants will walk away with practical suggestions for increasing engagement, best practices for supporting the needs of all students, and identify measurable student outcomes to gauge the effectiveness of collaboration between families and the school counseling department.
Please note: only a portion of this recording is available.
Join Livingtree and guests Gina Martinez-Keddy, Lisa Levasseur, and Vicki Trimingham, representatives from the Parent Teacher Home Visits organization and Elk Grove Unified School District, to learn how Home Visits can change mindsets and school culture in powerful ways.
Gina, Lisa, and Vicki will discuss how teachers and parents can build meaningful connections, change how they think about each other, and how this relationship changes schools and classrooms in powerful ways.
Join Livingtree and guest Dr. Steve Constantino, family engagement leader, author, and speaker, for a discussion on the first steps you should be taking to engage families this year, and what you should consider when it comes to today's family engagement practices.
The webinar will cover the most often asked question in family engagement,
shifts in family culture and where schools are falling behind, outdated methods and missed opportunities, and the 7 BIG ideas in family engagement.
Join Livingtree and guests Gina Martinez-Keddy and Lisa Levasseur, as well as Dr. Steve Constantino, for a discussion on how you can use Home Visits to improve family engagement in your district.
The webinar will cover why Home Visits are important to family engagement, what a Home Visit should encompass, how to get started and get people onboard, and key insights to making home visits successful.
Join Livingtree and guest Dr. Steve Constantino, family engagement leader, author, and speaker, to discuss building a culture in your district that is conducive to engaging every family.
The webinar covers the importance of culture as a foundation for effective family engagement practices, how to determine the present culture of your organization and its attitudes toward family engagement, assessing and addressing your district's overall awareness, culture, and beliefs of family engagement, and the key components and best practices of a healthy culture that supports and sustains family engagement.
Join Livingtree and guest Dr. Steve Constantino, family engagement leader, author, and speaker, to learn about the changing “face” of families and what it means for family engagement strategies as we prepare to start a new decade in an increasingly digital world.
The webinar covers the changing “face” of families and the impactfulness of our strategies, the impact of technology on two-way communication, and the process of promoting family efficacy with the use of technology.
Join Livingtree and guest Dr. Steve Constantino, family engagement leader, author, and speaker, for practical ideas that can be implemented in any school.
Join Livingtree and guest Dr. Steve Constantino, family engagement leader, author, and speaker, to discuss the reasons of why families disengage and practices that schools can use to to re-engage those families.
Join Livingtree and guest Dr. Steve Constantino, family engagement leader, author, and speaker, to learn about the process of engaging families from the beginning of the school year.