Parent Facilitator Training in Springfield, MA

"Powering Up Family/School Partnership Impact"

SMI staff facilitated an exciting day-long training session for school-based Parent Facilitators at the MassMutual Conference Center in Chicopee, MA. Charged with a full array of parent and family engagement efforts in Springfield, the work of a Parent Facilitator requires strong collaboration with parents/families, school and district staff and often many other community partners. Partnering is one of the most effective ways to bring about lasting change in our schools and communities, but some partnership efforts are far more powerful than others. Participants explored new ideas and experienced hands-on activities designed to build strong, successful connections as well as help navigate the “push and pull” challenges that come up in the Parent Facilitator role.

Objectives

• Participate in fun teambuilding and relationship development within your team.
• Address organizational change and potential areas of impact.
• Clarify the emerging role(s) of Parent Facilitators and what it means to be “Partnership Builders”.
• Take away strategies on how to work more effectively with parents, teachers, community partners, and school and district leadership.
• Identify power dynamics and how to navigate “push and pull” challenges.
• Take away tips and techniques that will help you be a better partner and facilitator of change!