This presentation explores ideas and strategies to help teachers and schools move beyond traditional practices of asking parents to participate and support school activities into forming full engaged partnerships.

1. Pathway to Partnership Presented by Angela Maiers, 2009 AngelaMaiers.com

5. ~Helen Keller~ Alone we can do little… Together we can do much.

7. Program vs. Partnership

12. Recognize

17. Reflective

19. H Heart to Heart

20. Relationship

35. Receprocity

37. Partnership Program school’s agenda hierarchical unidirectional school’s power teacher knowledge “ hotdogs & plumbing” shared agenda side by side reciprocal shared power teacher & parent knowledge teaching & learning

40. What We Want

43. H Heart to Heart

44. It is not what we do for our children, but what we teach them to do for themselves that will make them a success

45. Class of 2026?

46. Literacy...

52. Literacy as they know it

56. Exposure and Experience