Education Resources
Explore resources designed to help educators create meaningful learning experiences and stronger connections with students, families, and communities. These tools offer practical strategies for family engagement, relationship building, career readiness, student support, and bringing new ideas into the classroom.
Activating Families’ Funds of Knowledge in the Classroom
Explore key areas of family knowledge and expertise, then build a personalized chart connecting students’ home experiences to the classroom.
Defining Family Engagement
A guided activity to explore four definitions of family engagement and craft your own shared definition, individually or as a team.
Asset Based Mindset
An introduction to asset-based thinking and practices for family engagement, with a worksheet to help identify caregiver and student strengths.
Interpersonal Skills and Family Engagement
Key interpersonal skills and why they matter for family engagement, with practical tips and a reflection worksheet.
Family Engagement Foundations: Building Trust
Why trust matters in family engagement and practical ways to build a strong foundation for lasting relationships.
Empowering Family Voice in School Culture
Explores why family voice matters in shaping an inclusive school culture and strengthening the home-school partnership.
Educator Innovators Toolkit
A step-by-step briefing for CTE educators on building intentional industry partnerships, from identifying partners and piloting a project to sustaining long-term collaboration.
Advisory Council Recording School Spotlight
A panel Q&A with the Gauley River Elementary Family Engagement School Team, sharing real examples of what strong family engagement looks like in practice.
SparkWV Student Competition Recordings
Watch recordings from SparkWV, an idea and small business competition for WV middle and high school students that helps spark an entrepreneurial mindset and explore future opportunities.
Racoon and Friends: A Trip to the Pumpkin Patch Book
A read-aloud book from The EdVenture Group’s Raccoon & Friends series, designed to spark movement, conversation, and imagination while building empathy and connection between families.
Building Connections for Entrepreneurship Education: Community Partnership and Asset Mapping Toolkit
This toolkit is designed to help educators identify, organize, and strengthen community partnerships that support entrepreneurial learning throughout the school year.
Community Partnerships & Career Connections
This document provides strategies for educators to engage local partners in meaningful, manageable ways that support student growth and future-ready skills.
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