Do the challenges of today require a rethinking of our family engagement strategy? Or can we integrate a refined solution into the fabric of education with minimal impact on staffing or increasing costs? OPUS is the needed platform for a coordinated family engagement management strategy to succeed.

Family engagement is important not only to a child’s educational success; it is a catalyst for improving the health of the entire community. Collecting data to better understand these relationships is important. . Without this measurement, the ability to identify a root cause of individual student failure and provide corrective interventions is diminished.

In most schools and districts, family engagement is non-performing asset. This white paper explores financial considerations, research-based best practices, and developing a cost-effective district strategy using OPUS.

A light-hearted look at a frustrating but recurring problem: getting “there” from “here”. How do we turn research into policy and implementation, especially when change is mandated, but the funding remains the same?

Learn what metrics can inspire parents, teachers, administrators, school board and community-at-large members to become involved in family engagement. 

Looking at the parent teacher partnership in the context of learning that extends beyond the classroom.

If it’s not measured, it’s not funded. View this infographic to learn what the research says – and what research is missing – that could help get family engagement strategies funded. 

With a more intentional focus on engaging parents in the learning process, we can build a paradigm that extends the learning environment from the school into the home and beyond.

The Parent Engagement Curve™ is reflective of how well parents and teachers are working together and listening to each other to support the student. See how the four steps lead to the creation of a critical, but often missing, feedback loop. 

Learn the key aspects of civility that make it an essential element of the parent-teacher partnership and 7 tips for encouraging it in conversations.