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edWebcastsScaffolding: The Key to Engaging ALL Families in and Out of SchoolThis edWeb podcast is sponsored by ParentPowered.The edLeader panel recording can be accessed here.Family engagement requires parents and caregivers to navigate a wide range of new systems and experiences, with very little support. As educators, we often aren’t aware of how caregivers experience the school environment and may take for granted that everyone understands the processes, procedures, and expectations that are commonplace to us. This can create unintentional barriers for many families.During this interactive and resource-rich edWeb podcast, we share ways to scaffold family engagement so that families have what th...2024-07-2659 minedWebcastsElevating the Voices of Black Parents and Caregivers: Effective Practices for Partnership and EngagementThis edWeb podcast is sponsored by ParentPowered.The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.Research shows that Black parental involvement in their children’s education is a key determinant to Black student success. However, barriers created by institutional and systemic racism in the U.S. education system create pervasive and chronic stressors for Black families, impacting their ability to be heard and engaged. These disparities also shape Black students’ academic experiences, engagement, and achievement.Educational leaders are responsible for promoting inclusive, anti-racist, and culturally respectful learning environments that support all students to succeed. Buil...2024-04-1159 minedWebcastsStrategies to Help Newcomer Families Navigate SchoolThis edWeb podcast is sponsored by ParentPowered.The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.Research shows time and time again that families lead the way to positive outcomes for their children, and that is true no matter what country a parent or caregiver was born in. While newcomer families may be unfamiliar with the U.S. school system, they bring a wealth of experience and knowledge that makes them powerful agents of change in their communities and in the lives of their children.During this edWeb podcast, you hear from America Lopez about...2024-03-061h 04
Teaching Learning Leading K-12Terri Lynn Soutor - CEO of ParentPowered - Empowering Family Engagement Digitally - 639
Terri Lynn Soutor - CEO of ParentPowered - Empowering Family Engagement Digitally. This is episode 639 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Terri Lynn Soutor is the Chief Executive Officer at ParentPowered. An experienced C-suite leader and go-to-market strategist, Terri is skilled at building and growing education technology companies. In fact, she made the list of CEOs in The Real Power 50 by Minnesota Business and was a recipient of a Titan for Technology award from Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal.
Our focus is learning about ParentPowered - Supporting family engagement...2024-01-2441 min
What are YOU doing? Podcast by Michael BeachMichael talks with Terri about building a business, developing a healthy company culture, providing superior customer experiences, while obtaining financial goals.Terri Lynn Soutor (CEO, ParentPowered / GM+Owner, FACE FOUNDRIÉ SWFL) is an entrepreneur and talented C-suite leader and go-to-market strategist. She values and purposely invests in building mission-driven cultures to create employee engagement, better serve customers with empathy, and deliver superior business performance. She is known to be a curious, charismatic leader with an authentic, servant leadership style that places vision and mission, people and relationships, data and performance at the nucleus of driving companies to achieve growth. Terri is proud to be assuming the CEO role at ParentPowered PBC after having served on the Company's Board sin...2023-12-0135 minedWebcastsFamily Engagement: Assumptions Made, Lessons LearnedThis edWeb podcast is sponsored by ParentPowered, creator of Ready4K.The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.It’s easy to make assumptions about what families need, what family engagement should look like, and why families don’t engage. But we can avoid this by approaching families with curiosity and by listening.In this edWeb podcast, two family engagement experts share stories from the field about assumptions they’ve made about families that turned out not to be true. They share what they learned from these experiences and how they led to new sy...2023-07-281h 06edWebcastsFeedback You Can Use: Looping Parents in to Drive Student Success and CultureThis edWeb podcast is sponsored by ParentPowered, creators of Ready4K.The webinar recording can be accessed here.Family feedback acts as a lens, allowing educational organizations to focus and reflect on their practices in a new light. Gathering feedback from parents and caregivers not only opens the door to increased family engagement and involvement, but also provides valuable insights into the attitudes and behaviors of your school community. Family feedback can also help you improve systemwide structures such as curricula and student support services. As you develop new procedures and pathways to enhance s...2023-03-281h 08edWebcastsHighly Effective Family Engagement: 5 Habits to Start NowThis edWeb podcast is sponsored by ParentPowered, creator of Ready4K.The edLeader Panel recording can be accessed here.Great family engagement practices not only make everyone’s job easier, but they’re also doable for the entire team. But like any new practice, it can be hard to get into the groove. As an education leader, you want to help your team to build those healthy family engagement habits that improve outcomes for students.In this edWeb podcast, we look at ways to build family engagement within your existing structures and classroom daily rout...2023-03-021h 07edWebcastsImproving Middle School Outcomes: Engaging Families and Empowering StudentsThis edWeb podcast is sponsored by ParentPowered, creator of Ready4K. The webinar recording can be accessed here.Middle school is a time of growing independence for students (not to mention mood swings and hormones!), leaving many parents and caregivers unsure of how to stay connected and involved with their children’s education. But research shows that family engagement is critical during the middle school years and, when done right, leads to higher GPAs, better physical health, and lower rates of depression and delinquency. As you look ahead to supporting student success in the com...2022-07-2659 min
Early RisersRethinking Thanksgiving: How to speak to young children about historical and racialized traumaThe Thanksgiving “pilgrim and Indian” stories that many of us were taught as children perpetuate harmful stereotypes and whitewash a painful history of violence and colonization that continues to impact Indigenous communities today. How can we have a more honest conversation with our children about this history? On this episode of Early Risers, host Dianne Haulcy speaks with early childhood educator and Dakota language activist Vanessa Goodthunder. She is the director of C̣aƞṡayapi Waḳaƞyeża Owayawa Oṭi, which is Dakota for “Lower Sioux Children Are Sacred School,” an early childhood program in the Lower Sioux Ind...2021-11-1733 min
Intuition: Your Success CompassInterview with Rebecca HonigWelcome to Intuition: In Your First Sense. I am your host Vicki Baird and today we are interviewing Rebecca Honig! She is the Director of Content at ParentPowered Public Benefit Corporation, content provider for Sesame Street and a freelance writer in addition to partnering with her husband in all things creative including raising three great kids. I wanted to have Rebecca on my show because she has amazing energy, is interested in developing her intuition further and come on, she does character voices! Today we will talk about her incredible journey as a writer and how to raise kids to hol...2019-10-2356 min