OPPORTUNITIES FOR TEACHERS Charter Teacher Family Engagement Professional Learning Community 2015-‐2016 Professional Opportunities Flamboyan Foundation Family Engagement Flamboyan Foundation is excited to launch the DC Charter Teacher Family Engagement Professional Learning Community (PLC). This professional learning community gives teachers from D.C. public charter schools the opportunity to learn research-‐based family engagement best p ractices around (1) relationship building, including h ome visits (2) academic partnering strategies, such as high quality p arent-‐teacher conferences and student-‐led conferences and (3) ongoing communication with families. PLC participants who meet the participation requirements will receive a $1500 stipend at the end of SY15-‐16. Applicants must be early childhood or elementary public charter school teachers, and must apply by May 1, 2015, using this application. Contact Diana Suarez at [email protected] with questions. TFA/Flamboyan Family Engagement Leadership Fellowship Teach For America and Flamboyan Foundation are partnering to launch the Family Engagement Leadership Fellowship, a professional learning community where teachers learn research-‐based family engagement best practices designed to increase student achievement. Sessions will focus on (1) relationship building, including home visits; (2) academic partnering strategies, such as high quality parent-‐teacher conferences and student-‐led conferences; and (3) ongoing communication with families. Family Engagement Leadership Fellows who meet the participation requirements will receive a $1500 stipend at the end of SY15-‐16. The deadline to apply is May 1, 2015. Follow this link to complete the application. Applicants must be a 2014 Corps member or TFA alumna/alumnus teacher w ho teaches in DC. Contact Diana Suarez at [email protected] with questions. “Flamboyan has been an amazing support for my development as a teacher, as well as offering great support and resources for me to use with my families. Having a buddy teacher was a great way to have DAILY support, as I had someone at my school who knew what my goals were and what I wanted to do. It was great! ~Pre-‐K Teacher, Capital City PCS OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHOOLS DCPS Middle School Family Engagement Partnership Flamboyan Foundation invites DCPS middle schools to apply for the Middle School Family Engagement Partnership. Through this partnership, Flamboyan will support DCPS middle schools to engage families using research-‐proven strategies, including home visits to build relationships, online gradebooks to better share actionable information with families about student progress, and highly effective Back to School nights. Partner schools will receive intensive support in the form of training, resources, and coaching, as well as up to $30,000 to fund the implementation of effective family engagement practices. Applications for the partnership are due by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, April 24, 2015. To apply, or to learn more, please see our Request for Proposals or contact Jacqueline Tuke at [email protected] or (202) 808-‐2761. Middle School Family Engagement Learning Partnership RFP Coming Soon: April 21, 2015 DC middle schools interested in improving their family engagement are invited to apply to the Middle School Family Engagement Learning Partnership with the Flamboyan Foundation. Through this partnership, school leaders will strategically design family enaggement to accomplish a school-‐determined outcome and pilot strategies aligned to this goal. Partner schools will receive up to $10,000 to implement family engagement strategies. Flamboyan will provide partner schools support and will learn alongside schools about best practices for engaging middle school families. Please contact Jacqueline Tuke for more information at [email protected] or (202) 808-‐2761.