Get ready to celebrate the power of Parent Teacher Home Visits (PTHV) Week! This downloadable flyer will guide you through the entire planning process, from setting goals to finalizing your activities. Whether you’re aiming to incentivize educators or boost awareness among families, this flyer provides a step-by-step approach and resources to ensure a successful PTHV […]
Evaluation is a valuable tool for leaders looking to strengthen, sustain, and grow a program or practice and, ultimately, improve outcomes for the students, families, and educators they serve. As such, evaluation should be a key component of local and National PTHV Week celebrations. This guide offers suggested data collection methods and tools, sample surveys, […]
The Parent Teacher Home Visits Advocacy Toolkit is a powerful resource designed to assist and empower you in advocating for the initiation or expansion of a transformative practice: Parent-Teacher Home Visits. This toolkit has been carefully curated to equip you with the necessary tools and knowledge to foster deeper connections and create a positive impact […]
At this global inflection point in education—in which we’re consumed with the urgency of recovery and the imperative for equity—the work often feels confined within the walls of the school building. But there exists a transformative force that bridges the gap between home and school. It is the power of Parent Teacher Home Visits, where […]
In this guide, we lay out the basic parts of a strategic communication plan—use this as a guide for PTHV Week and other family-facing initiatives within your school district.
Evaluation is a valuable tool for leaders looking to strengthen, sustain, and grow a program or practice and, ultimately, improve outcomes for the students, families, and educators they serve. This guide will help you: See and hear the impact of PTHV Week activities Answer questions about the effectiveness of PTHV Week activities Inform improvements to […]
A selection of resources to help you start or expand a home visit practice, including sample resolution and proclamation language, advocacy letters for the school board and for families, sample phone scripts, and guidance on ride-alongs and mini-conferences.
How a program to get teachers and parents on the same team for student achievement using voluntary relationship-building home visits simultaneously breaks down racial and other implicit bias, builds the cultural capacity of the families, educators and students involved and supports equity in education.
An NEA Foundation Issue Brief Key Findings: “Our investment in Springfield and Seattle teacher home visits is first and foremost an investment in teacher effectiveness and enriched student learning. The equally enduring value of our investment is in the strengthening of the very fabric of our communities through the partnerships that these programs rely upon […]
Educators can more effectively fight absenteeism with a preventative approach, but there are misunderstandings and barriers they must help families overcome.
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.
