#PTHVWeek 2023! We just wrapped the second annual National Parent Teacher Home Visits Week, a time when schools across the nation celebrate teachers and families for building relationships of trust. We launched PTHV Week in 2022 to kick off the celebration of our 25th anniversary, and the response was a resounding success, with districts sharing the stories […]
Listen In: PTHV Featured on Corner CAFE Podcast We were delighted to join the Corner CAFE podcast to talk about the insights that come from 25 years of sharing our model of home visits with schools and districts across the nation. PTHV Co-Founder and Senior Advisor Yesenia Ramirez and PTHV National Trainer Tyler Post sat […]
Everyone Can Join Us for National Parent Teacher Home Visits Week! It’s that time of the year again – National Parent Teacher Home Visits (PTHV) Week is just around the corner! This year, schools and districts around the nation will use September 18 – 23, 2023, to celebrate the power of collaboration between educators, families, […]
National PTHV Week Is Coming September 18 – 23, 2023 We are delighted to announce the second annual National PTHV Week is coming, and we want you to be a part of it. Mark your calendars for September 18-23, 2023, to join our shared celebration of the benefits of building trusting relationships between educators and […]
A Quarter Century of Impact For 25 years, Parent Teacher Home Visits (PTHV) has equipped school staff to build relationships of trust with the families in their communities. Over the last year, we’ve reflected on our history, celebrated our wins, built new partnerships, launched the annual National PTHV Week, shared our stories, and opened the […]
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 […]
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.
