The ongoing effort to improve the way Delaware schools engage parents continued this week with a workshop on the topic hosted by Lt. Governor Matt Denn and the Delaware State Education Association (DSEA). The four hour event at Buena Vista Conference Center in New Castle brought together 70 people involved in education in the state, including superintendents, Title I administrators and teachers, to discuss the issue.
The workshop was moderated by Dr. Mavis Sanders, a professor at the Johns Hopkins School of Education. Dr. Sanders has studied parental and community involvement in schools extensively as part of the Johns Hopkins’ National Network of Partnership Schools. She is also author or co-author of three books on the topic -School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, Building school-community partnerships: Collaboration for student success and Principals Matter: A guide to programs of school, family, and community partnerships.
Watch the complete interview with
Johns Hopkins School of Education professor Dr. Mavis Sanders here.
DFM News’ Tom Byrne sat down with Dr. Sanders to discuss what she’s learned in researching parental and community engagement and how schools in Delaware and elsewhere can improve in that area:
Teaching educators how to engage parents
Interview excerpts with Johns Hopkins School of Education professor Dr. Mavis Sanders
