Black History Month: A Call to Resist This month marks our nation’s annual celebration of Black History Month, but “celebration” feels more challenging this year. We are only days removed from the release of the videos depicting the brutal murder of Tyre Nichols at the hands of Memphis police officers, hearkening us back to what […]
The Results Are In During the 2021-22 school year, educators from 401 school sites across the United States—and Canada—conducted 30,168 Parent Teacher Home Visits. What’s more, we’re thrilled to announce we trained 2,390 new teachers and school staff in the PTHV model. Details
Three Keys: How Leadership, Training, and Storytelling Launched PTHV into a National Movement As PTHV celebrates its 25th anniversary, we are taking some time to reflect on key turning points in our history. Today, we look back on the home visit pilot project that took place in eight schools in Sacramento, California, and that launched the relationship-building […]
PTHV in Denver: A National Inspiration Denver Public Schools (DPS) has been practicing Parent Teacher Home Visits (PTHV) since the 2010-2011 school year when PTHV became an official program in DPS. On average, we have about 80 schools participating and conduct more than 6,500 visits each school year. In peak years, we have had more […]
PTHV Week Celebration and Awards On Nov. 2, 2022, Parent Teacher Home Visits bestowed eight awards during a virtual celebration of the first national PTHV Week. We launched the week-long observance to raise awareness of the power of home visits and to encourage schools to conduct as many visits as possible during the week, which […]
New Board Leadership at Parent Teacher Home Visits Parent Teacher Home Visits is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members of our national board of directors: Dr. Chrishirella Sutton, a clinical assistant professor, and Helen Westmoreland, family engagement director at National PTA. The new organizational leaders will play a key role in leading […]
Lessons from Community Organizing PTHV was born from community organizing. For some, community organizing conjures up images of big marches, charismatic leaders making compelling speeches, and messages that challenge the status quo. No doubt, these are some of the more public-facing aspects of community organizing. But behind the public demonstrations are the day-to-day actions that […]
PTHV and the Power of Trusting Relationships: 25 Years of Impact Twenty-five years ago, parent and community organizers joined forces with educators to pilot a relational home visit model, Parent Teacher Home Visits (PTHV), at eight Sacramento, California, schools to counter deeply held mistrust and disrupt the cycle of blame between home and school. Success and […]
The Way Forward Is Through the Community As we head back to school this year, one of the most sobering realities of the COVID-19 moment is that it is responsible for the biggest increase in educational inequities in a generation. While various factions within and without education tout a range of recovery and catch-up activities […]
Hopes and Dreams Certificates for PTHV Week As a core practice of PTHV’s model, discussing hopes and dreams for the student during the home visit is critical. It centers the conversation around the student, grounds the relationship between educators and families, and creates a mutual goal for both to work together. As we near our […]
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.
