Learning pathway 7 of 8
Family Engagement & Community Partnerships
For school-based educators, district coordinators and community organizations, this pathway builds the skills to partner with parents and caregivers and earn their trust in sex education.
Why this pathway
Sex education works best when families are part of it. Parents and caregivers are young people's first teachers, and their questions and concerns can shape whether a program thrives. This pathway starts with the fundamentals of parent partnership: engagement strategies, talking points, and how to handle concerns while building trust. The LiFT pathway then gives you a program designed for youth and their parenting adults, from facilitator training through implementation and a community of practice. Finally, you apply what you have learned in your own family communication plans, parent workshops and community engagement.
Goal
Build strong partnerships with parents and caregivers.
Who it is for
- School-based educators
- District coordinators
- Community organizations
Step by step
The steps
Take them in this order. Each one builds on the one before.
Resource-based learning
Fundamentals of Parent Partnership in Sex Education (free resource)
Learn family engagement strategies, talking points for conversations with parents and caregivers, ways to handle concerns, and how to build trust with the families you serve.
LiFT learning pathway
LiFT Facilitator Training (live training)
A two-day interactive training that builds the knowledge and skills to deliver the LiFT curriculum with youth and their parenting adults, with comfort and fidelity. A curriculum subscription is required.
LiFT Curriculum Implementation
Put the curriculum to work in your community, bringing young people and their parenting adults together with the excellence and fidelity your training prepared you for.
LiFT Community of Practice
Meet each quarter with fellow educators and practitioners who are implementing LiFT, or considering it, to exchange insights, challenges and best practices.
Advanced application
Advanced Application
Apply what you have learned by developing family communication plans, parent workshops and community engagement strategies for your own school or organization.
Where it leads
Participants can effectively engage parents and caregivers as partners in student learning.
Enroll in this pathway
Enrolling in a whole pathway at once is on its way. Until then, you can take each course on its own from the course catalog, or ask us about enrolling yourself or a group.
Keep learning
Free fact sheets, guides and tools sit in the resource library. Every course and live training sits in the training library.