Looks like we are going to have an Empowering Kind of Week on Virtual ParentCamp!

Can you believe it?! March Madness has started, clocks have sprung forward and the first day of spring is upon us! The first day of spring is bittersweet for me, it is usually my mom’s birthday and she passed away in 2014 from Alzheimers/dementia. I smile when I see the tulips and daffodils start to peak through the ground and think of her.

So who is ready for a Virtual ParentCamp? We had to take a little break again, we have been out traveling, training schools and supporting them along their ParentCamp journeys. Looks like we are going to be very busy in May with all of them coming to fruition! So exciting!

Registration is open now for Wednesday, March 23^rd’s Virtual ParentCamp. Join us from 8 pm ET/5 pm PT to 9 pm ET/6 pm PT. Registration will turn off at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT. We tried the Zoom registration process the last time and it just didn’t work for us, so we are going back to our previous registration system.

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So here we go! Gosh, after reading the session titles and descriptions, we really should call this “Empower Week” on ParentCamp.

Room 1 [Connect & Strengthen] – Self-Image and Learning – The Stories We Tell Ourselves

Facilitator: Kathleen McClaskey (@khmmc), CEO & Chief Learning Officer Empower the Learner (@LearnerEmpower), Amhurst, NH
Facilitator: Coach Julie Hartman (@JulieHartmanLC),Chief Mindfulness Officer Empower the Learner (@LearnerEmpower), Nashua, NH
Facilitator: Hillary Goldwit-Fowles (@hlilary_atp), Empower the Learner (@LearnerEmpower), Saco, ME

Identity development is at the core of adolescent social and emotional learning. How do we nurture learners to help develop a positive identity and self-image?

Kathleen McClaskey, M.Ed. (@khmmc) is CEO and Chief Learning Officer of Empower the Learner, LLC (empowerthelearner.com), Founder of Make Learning Personal (kathleenmcclaskey.com) and co-author of bestsellers Make Learning Personal and How to Personalize Learning. She is an innovative thought leader, international speaker, professional developer, and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) consultant with over 35 years experience in creating learner-centered environments as a teacher, K-12 administrator and consultant. Kathleen is passionate in empowering ALL learners to thrive with tools, skills and practices so they become self-directed learners, learners with agency, who are future ready for college, career and life.

Julie is a life and mindset coach with a specialty in mindfulness. She works with people who are at a crossroads in life, feeling disconnected from themselves and their purpose. Julie helps people overcome confusion and indecision to regain their confidence, clarity, and resilience.

Hillary is an accessibility accomplice, providing training and support to individuals and organizations around Assistive Technology, Accessible Educational Materials, and Universal Design for Learning. She firmly believes in the potential of every learner, and wants to be better by co-removing systemic barriers to learning.

Room 2 [Connect & Strengthen] – From Safe to Soaring: What Helps a Girl to Feel Safe Enough to Go after Her Dreams

Facilitator: Regina Loiko (@rloiko08), Guide for Girl Guides, Cleveland, OH

Let’s explore generating that deep down feeling of safe, safe that at first cocoons a girl in a soft blanket and then empowers her to turn that blanket into butterfly wings.

Girls are amazing. Regina uses leadership development tools and techniques with girls and their guides (mom, grandma, big sis…) to erase self-doubt and go after their dreams.

Room 3 [Connect] – Inviting our MLL (Multiple Language Learners) to the FSCE (Family School Community Engagement) Table

Facilitator: Dr. Geniene Piche (@geniened), Director of Language Learners, Boone County Schools (@Boone_County), Walton, KY
Facilitator: Theresa Cruz, Hispanic Family Engagement Coordinator, Learning Grove (@learning_grove), Burlington, KY

When you are planning family engagement activities, are you REALLY being inclusive of your MLL families? Do they have a voice at the table? Are you collaborating and providing opportunities for them to contribute. Join Geniene and Theresa in this great discussion about empowering our MLL families in our school districts.

Geniene is committed to “Equity in education”. She serves on the district DEI committee, mentor for KEDC, President of Kentucky Coalition for English Learners.

Theresa Cruz can be found anywhere in northern Kentucky that involves empowering Hispanic families. She is passionate and is a person of action.

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If you would like to learn more about bringing ParentCamp or one of our family of camps (Career, Industry, GrandParent, Student) to your school or district, please reach out to Julie or Laura. We would love to walk on your family-school-community engagement journey with you.