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APPLE Institute

Family Engagement and Leadership Training for School District Communities

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What are you imagining for your school community? We hope it is an engaged community of families and educators working together to support all students! The APPLE Institute is a free, virtual training program to help parent leaders, special education administrators, and school community members build collaborative leadership teams to increase parent engagement in their school districts. We know from research that when families and schools work together, students do better.

During the APPLE Institute, school district-based teams work together to develop an Action Plan while building trusting relationships, better communication and increased parent engagement. We welcome team members from the SEPAC, ELPAC, PTO, District Administration, Staff, School Committee, Site Council, or Family Engagement Specialists.

Teams must include a minimum of 5 members:

2 parents (SEPAC parents, PTO and ELPAC are welcome to join the team!)
2 school district members (School Admninistrator, Family Engagmenet Specialist, Team Chair or Educator)
1 additional community partner (School Committee, Site Council or other Community Partner)