Teacher Appreciation Week: Finding Joy in Unlocking Student Potential Teaching isn’t merely a profession; it’s a calling – a journey filled with enduring passion and a sense of purpose. At the heart of this dedication lies a commitment to positively impacting students’ lives. In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, we would like to shine a […]
Catch PTHV on Roadtrip Nation Mark your calendars for May 1! You won’t want to miss PTHV’s Executive Director, Gina Martinez-Keddy and Founding Parent, Yesenia Ramirez on Roadtrip Nation. Their interviews are part of a series, “Education’s Future: Teachers + Families,” in which three early-career teachers talk to people reimagining how families can be partners […]
Join Team PTHV at IEL’s CSxFE 2024! The Parent Teacher Home Visits team is excited to return to the Institute for Educational Leadership’s (IEL) National Community Schools and Family Engagement Conference (CSxFE). Last year, our team traveled to Philadelphia for the annual conference. In addition to sharing the power of home visits and the evidence […]
Parent Teacher Home Visits Are About Trust, Not Compliance In post-pandemic PreK-12 education, the issue of chronic absence looms large. Recently released federal data show that during the 2021-22 school year and beyond, 72 percent of all public schools experienced an increase in chronic absence, defined as missing at least 10% of the school year, […]
There Wouldn’t Be Parent Teacher Home Visits Without Her – Jocelyn Graves’s Story Supermom. Humanitarian. Leader. These are the three words PTHV Co-Founder and Senior Advisor, Yesenia Ramirez used to describe her late sister-friend and PTHV Co-Founder, Jocelyn Graves. In the PTHV community, Jocelyn is best known for laying the groundwork that led to our […]
PTHV Welcomes Two New Board Members We are excited to introduce two new additions to the Parent Teacher Home Visits (PTHV) national board of directors, Dr. Eyal Bergman and Dr. Joe Doctor. Dr. Eyal Bergman is a Senior Vice President at Learning Heroes, where he leads efforts to support schools and systems that want to […]
PTHV Announces Commitments to Support Academic Achievement Parent Teacher Home Visits is proud to be among the several philanthropic and national organizations committed to supporting academic achievement, as announced in a new White House agenda outlining strategies to improve student performance. To support this initiative, PTHV will host National PTHV Week in September 2024, and […]
Reflecting on a Remarkable Year: PTHV’s Journey in 2023 As we approach the end of 2023, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the extraordinary journey we’ve had together at Parent Teacher Home Visits. This year has been a milestone for us, marked by celebrations, achievements, and new beginnings. Let’s take a moment to revisit […]
Showcasing the Power of Home Visits “Trust is so fundamental to all other kinds of outcomes — attendance, learning and social-emotional wellness. At Parent Teacher Home Visits, we really pay attention to that foundation of trust. Because when you have trust between families and schools, every other program, every other intervention is probably going to […]
Introducing Cory “CJ” Jones: A Champion of Education and Home Visits We are thrilled to introduce the newest addition to the Parent Teacher Home Visits (PTHV) national board of directors, Cory Jones, affectionately known as CJ. With an impressive 25-year career in education, CJ brings a wealth of experience and a deep passion for family […]
PTHV advances student success and school improvement by leveraging relationships, research, and a national network of partners to advance evidence-based practices in relational home visits within a comprehensive family engagement strategy.
PTHV is a nonprofit grassroots network that must raise its operating budget every year. Like the local home visit projects we help, our network is sustained by collaboration.
