PTHV Board of Directors: New Members And New Leadership We’re happy to announce that our Board of Directors has elected four new members: Shital C. Shah, who returns to the Board after previously serving from 2015 to 2019 and has been elected as Board Chair; Georgia Rhett, Superintendent of Arvin Union School District; Mary Jane […]
A Year of Connection, Growth, and Transformation: A Reflection on Leading Parent Teacher Home Visits in 2025 Dear Friends, As 2025 comes to a close—my first year as Executive Director of Parent Teacher Home Visits—I’ve been reflecting on something family engagement pioneer Anne T. Henderson shared on our podcast. She described joining her first PTHV […]
From “Taco Night” to Transformation – How Home Visits Ignite Deep Learning and Community Connection This week, I came across a research brief from Towson University’s Maryland Center for Community Schools that stopped me in my tracks. Titled “What Does the Community School Classroom Look Like? A Systematic Literature Review of Teaching and Learning in […]
Our Annual Impact: Celebrating Progress Amid Change We’re pleased to share the results of our annual network-wide census, highlighting the impact and reach of Parent Teacher Home Visits during the 2024-25 school year. This year’s data tells a nuanced story—one of resilience, strategic growth, and the enduring commitment of educators and families to build meaningful […]
Strengthening Schools with Home Visits: Key Insights from Parent Teacher Home Visits Week 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEfZMSJGuEA This week, as educators and families across the nation celebrate Parent Teacher Home Visits Week, we hosted a powerful webinar showcasing how authentic relationships through home visits can transform schools and support student success. The conversation brought together practitioners, researchers, […]
From Grassroots Growth to District-Wide Investment: How Cajon Valley Built a Sustainable Home Visit Culture Ten years ago, we started something that would fundamentally change how our district connects with families. Today, when schools reach out to us asking for their entire staff to be trained in home visits—not because we’re pushing it, but because […]
Hope, Heart, and Home Visits: The Journey of Anne Arundel County Public Schools As I reflect on our first steps bringing Parent Teacher Home Visits (PTHV) to Anne Arundel County Public Schools, I feel a swell of pride and hope for what’s to come.Our journey, although new, is grounded in decades of both personal and […]
What We All Can Learn About Mindsets, Trust, and the First Call Home Yesterday, our family experienced something that left my heart unsettled—and brought back memories of why I’ve spent my career at Parent Teacher Home Visits fighting for trusting, affirming relationships between families and schools. My grandson started middle school this week. He is […]
From Day One: Why Family Engagement Must Start in Preservice Teacher Training For too many new teachers, the first years in the classroom are a crash course in realities that weren’t covered in their credential programs. One of the most glaring gaps is learning how to meaningfully engage families as partners in their children’s education. […]
When Fear Comes to School: Supporting Immigrant Families in this Moment When ICE vans begin circling neighborhoods, it doesn’t just harm families—it erodes the foundation of our schools. Students can’t learn when they’re afraid. Teachers can’t teach when they’re unsure how to help. And schools can’t thrive if families feel invisible or unsafe. As the […]
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.
