Introducing… The New Confident Parents and Caregivers Newsletter Designed for School Communities!
You’ve asked! And we’ve listened (and worked really hard to bring this to life!).
After many teachers, school principals, district superintendents, Family Engagement Specialists and more have asked: “how can we offer this research-aligned content to our school community families?,” we’ve created the Confident Parents and Caregivers School Newsletter, a communication vehicle for parents and caregivers created by expert parent educators that offers practical knowledge, strategies, and support.
Through it, parents and caregivers will learn more about:
- how they can better understand and support their children’s development at each age and stage;
- how they can support learning at home;
- how they can manage their toughest family challenges including homework routines and managing technology in healthy ways; and
- how they can connect to and with you as partners in supporting their children’s learning.
Each newsletter will be:
- Easily accessible – All content will be written for a wide and busy audience at an eighth grade reading level.
- Research-aligned – Just as Confident Parents, Confident Kids has always been committed to sharing research-based tips and strategies, this newsletter will also align with solid research.
- Practical and Relevant – Because all content is written by an expert parent educator who works daily with a diverse range of families, it’s well-informed by the day-to-day practical challenges and opportunities caregivers face.
- Culturally-adaptive and Inclusive – All language will be inclusive. There will be no use of education buzz terms or divisive language. A Spanish edition is available.
- Two-way Communication – The newsletter will offer polls and reflective questions. Responses will be shared back with the school community. And ways parents/caregivers can proactively partner will also be shared.
Parents/Caregivers Can Learn About Their Specific Child’s Development through Grade Level-Specific Tips
In Each Issue:
- Did You Know? – Age/Stage Information
- Supporting Learning at Home Tip of the Month
- Focus on a Life Skill (such as, self management)
- Learning to Use Technology in Healthy Ways Tip
- Proactive Partnering with Teachers Tip
- Putting Tips into Action: One Family Tool
- Tell Us What You Think (Reflection Question or Poll)
2024-25 Monthly Themes:
Oct. – Motivation, Hard Work, and Persistence
Nov. – Supporting Learning at Home
Dec. – Dealing with Big Feelings
Jan. – A Fresh Look at Family Routines
Feb. – Promoting Executive Function Skills
Mar. – It’s All about Relationships – Friendship, Collaboration, Conflict, and Getting Along in Family Life
Apr. – We Read Together, We Learn Together
May – Reflecting on a Year of Learning
Aug. – Building Trust and Belonging from the Start
And a Bonus! Educator Newsletter
Plus, you’ll receive a once-a-school-year bonus educator newsletter to inform all educators about the kinds of tips and strategies parents and caregivers are learning to offer a common language and shared learning agenda.
In our first issue, we tackle motivation, hard work, and persistence and how to cultivate those at home. Try it for free by signing up for our free one month trial. Or check out our newsletter page to learn more!
Safe and Trustworthy Information
We know you take your roles as protectors of your school and district families very seriously. We commit to the following safety assurances so that you can feel comfortable about sharing this information with a broad, diverse range of families.
These include:
- All content will be research-informed.
- All content will use highly accessible language. No education buzz terms or divisive language will be used.
- There will be instructions on how to opt out at any time if they do not want to participate.
- They’ll receive assurances that their email address will only be used for the Confident Parents’ newsletter and never for any other purpose nor will it ever be shared or sold for any other purpose.
- They will also be assured that the newsletter will never advertise consumer products or services to them but will solely contain helpful learning information and resources.
If you choose to subscribe monthly or annually for the parents/caregivers in your school community, you’ll receive a sample welcome note for those families that you can personalize. In it, it will include the opportunity to “opt in” if they want to receive the newsletter. They will submit their email address directly to sign up. We will track who from your school/district opts in and give you that list. We will only charge for the subscription level corresponding to the number of families who decide to join.
We are always looking for ways to support parents and families as school partners and as the cultivators of the fertile soil we need to grow our children healthy, confident, and resilient! We believe this will nurture your families and bridge the gap between home and school advancing your partnerships in important ways! We hope you’ll check out the new Confident Parents and Caregivers School Newsletter!