Creating collaborative relationships with caregivers is essential for the success of all students. Family engagement goes beyond school walls and looks different for every family. By embracing and honoring the varied ways caregivers support literacy, teachers and administrators can create a positive school culture where students and families thrive. Come prepared to exchange dreams, ideas, thoughts and suggestions for building and maintaining caregiver relationships within our communities.
Explore practical ways to prepare students for the annual ACCESS test throughout the school year, beginning with goal setting in August. Tips and tools will be shared for monitoring growth in all 4 domains. These could be used with individual students, small groups or even the whole class (if in a co-teaching environment). Many of the skills needed to take the ACCESS test are applicable to all tests and helping students feel confident in their test-taking abilities can boost proficiency scores.
