LivingTree Announces First Round of Drako Grant Recipients
One Million Dollar Grant Helps PK-12 Schools Across the Country Deepen Family & Community Engagement via Tiered Social NetworkR AUSTIN, TX, May 3, 2017 – LivingTree today announced that it…
Maria Cantu SHARES Her Classroom
Maria Cantu has been educating children for 12 years; 9 of those years at Daniel Ramírez Elementary School in Pharr, Texas. She knew she wanted to become a teacher when she…
Proactive Family Engagement Efforts
As shared in District Administration Magazine - Q&A with Joni Carswell of LivingTree Increasing student success with proactive family engagement efforts - Having a single platform to house all activity…
Digital tools help districts overcome language barriers to family engagement
As shared in Education Dive Digital tools help districts overcome language barriers to family engagement - One social network's automatic translation feature has helped parents better interact with teachers AUTHOR Tara…
Communication – Addressing the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA)
The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) of 2015 introduced many updates regarding family engagement. Anne T. Henderson of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform released an excellent brief detailing the updates. LivingTree…
Guiding Teachers through Family Engagement
Families join our teachers from a variety of circumstances and cultures. Moving beyond beginning of school introductions to partnership takes planning and effort. True family engagement is a year long…
Five Steps to Engaging in the New School Year
Over the last four years, our team has had the opportunity to work with schools and districts around the United States and world to increase parent engagement. We've seen a…
A “whole community on board”
LivingTree Pride - Cindy Nelson Cindy Nelson wears many hats at Park Row Christian Academy: School nurse, receptionist, admissions assistant, social media specialist, and LivingTree expert. Cindy has…
Lori Genzer’s LivingTree Story
LivingTree Pride - Lori Genzer, LivingTree Senior Relationship Manager Teaching has always been a passion for Lori Genzer. “Nothing beats that light bulb moment when you see those eyes light up…
Collective Voice
Our mission at LivingTree is to build trust and partnership between schools, families, and communities. Why is this so important to us? Because we’re educators and parents ourselves and parent…