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Collaborative Parent Conversations: Simple Steps to Go From Lines to Loops
Thursday, March 5, 2026 @ 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm EST
Presented by Rebecca Honig, Chief Content and Curriculum Officer, ParentPowered, and Former Teacher; and Françoise Lartigue, Director of Content and Curriculum, ParentPowered, and Former Teacher
Sponsored by ParentPowered
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Often, communication between school and home happens in one direction. Schools offer updates, provide information, and make requests. But for true family partnership to happen, communication has to be strong in both directions. This edWebinar explores strategies and essential conditions for ensuring that parents have what they need to be an equal part of the conversation and collaboration.
Viewers leave with:
- An understanding of the conditions necessary for strong communication between home and school
- Strategies for ensuring communication is accessible, equitable, and strength based
- Tips for creating strong and sustained communication habits that support student learning
- Ways to navigate hard conversations and repair communication when things don’t go as planned
This recorded edWebinar is of interest to PreK-12 teachers, librarians, school leaders, district leaders, and education technology leaders.
About the Presenters
Rebecca Honig has been working in the field of family engagement for the past 20 years. She is the Chief Content and Curriculum Officer at ParentPowered, where she leads the content department and the development of numerous evidence-based family engagement curricula that have reached over 750,000 families to date. In her role, she has presented on family engagement strategies across the country. Additionally, she has authored numerous curricula, parent guides, and children’s storybooks for Sesame Workshop, Scholastic, Disney, Compass Learning, PBS, WGBH, HITN, and Nickelodeon. Rebecca has written and advised for numerous Emmy Award-winning shows such as The Electric Company, Odd Squad, Sesame Street, and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. She has also served as a Curriculum and Content Specialist for Sesame Street and spent ten years teaching and leading family workshops in public, private, and after-school programs. Rebecca has a master’s degree in education from Bank Street.
Françoise Lartigue has been working in the fields of education and family engagement for over two decades. She is the Director of Content and Curriculum at ParentPowered, where, in addition to designing and developing ParentPowered’s curricula and programs, Françoise also plays a key role in working directly with partners to identify, create, and vet resources to share with the families they serve. She began her career teaching kindergarten in the South Bronx through Teach For America and has extensive experience in developing and implementing STEAM-based curricula in the elementary years. She holds a master’s degree in early childhood education from Bank Street College.
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Research shows that families play a powerful role in fostering children’s development. ParentPowered is on a mission to help K–12 districts provide accessible, evidence-based family engagement curricula, without adding more to teachers’ plates. Our program—for PreK through grade 12—supports, inspires, and activates parents and caregivers with simple, strengths-based insights they can turn into everyday teachable moments. Learn more and request a demo at parentpowered.com.
