Dr. Debbie Pushor: One Home Visit Can Change Your Life My first visit to the home of two of my students—sisters who were one year, less one day, apart in age—occurred early in my teaching days. It was a poignant and powerful experience for me, one that remains a watershed moment. I was invited to […]
Dr. Alex Marrero: A Win-Win-Win Parent Teacher Home Visits is celebrating 25 years of building trusting relationships between schools and families. To commemorate our Silver Anniversary, we will share the stories of close friends, partners, and allies who have helped make PTHV what it is today. Watch this space regularly to see more “impact stories.” […]
Yesenia Ramirez: There’s a Magic That Happens Parent Teacher Home Visits is celebrating 25 years of building trusting relationships between schools and families. To commemorate our Silver Anniversary, we will share the stories of close friends, partners, and allies who have helped make PTHV what it is today. Watch this space regularly to see more […]
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 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.
