Trainings & Events
opportunities for schools & staff
Family Engagement Coffee Chat
Last Thursday of each month at 3pm – May 29
Register here to receive the Zoom link for all monthly Coffee Chats. This community of practice is co-hosted by the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development and the Alaska Family Engagement Center. Contact Emily Ferry or Courtney Preziosi, for more information.
Planning Professional Development? How can we help?
Alaska Family Engagement Center partner school districts have access to free professional development opportunities. Would you like facilitation support to dive deep into your new School Climate and Connectedness Survey results during your end-of-the-year team time? Or perhaps you’d like to schedule the AFEC team of trainers for your start of the year in-service. Let us know how we can help. Contact Karin Halpin.
Culturally Responsive Education Conference
August 6th – 8th, Juneau
Culture, family, and community are interconnected. This free conference hosted by Sealaska Heritage Institute will help you better understand your students, community, and families. Keep an eye on this website for more info Culturally Responsive Education Conference.
Safety & Wellbeing Summit
September 9-12, Anchorage
The main portion of this of this free, statewide conference is September 10-11, with a post conference day on Friday, September 12, focused on Partnering with Families to Students’ Support Mental Health on Friday, Sept. 12. Register here
opportunities for families
Family Advisory Board
Friday, May 2 at 1pm
Do you know family members who may be interested in helping guide the work of the Alaska Family Engagement Center? We’re looking for a few more Family Advisory Board members, especially those who have elementary school-aged kids and/or are fathers, grandfathers, and uncles. Thanks for nominating family members here (self-nominations are welcome!). Our next Family Advisory Board (FAB) meeting will be on Friday, April 4 at 1pm. Contact Emily Ferry for more info.
Partner opportunities
