Association of Alaska School Boards
Project Title
For project support of the Stronger Together Framework which supports family and school partnerships in Alaska, RFP Yr 2
Date
Sep. 14, 2023
Duration
14 months
Description
Developing culturally responsive family partnerships is crucial for improving student outcomes. Unfortunately, public education systems often fail to recognize the cultural and social capital of Native American families, resulting in a lack of culturally sensitive engagement and instruction. This problem has led to underserved Native students in Alaska struggling with subjects like reading and math. To tackle this issue, the Alaskan Association of School Boards (AASB) has introduced the “Stronger Together” model, which enhances culturally relevant family engagement practices to support student learning. With funding from the Corporation’s RFP on family engagement to support student learning, AASB collaborated with school districts and families to create culturally relevant family engagement partnership resources. Through this renewal grant, AASB will pilot these tools with families and schools, promoting the adoption of new practices for family partnership among school staff, families, and community partners.
Project Title
For project support for Stronger Together, family engagement initiative for native communities in Alaska
Date
Jun. 09, 2022
Duration
16 months
Description
Culturally responsive family partnerships are an essential predictor for student outcomes, equity, and student learning. However, Native American families’ cultural capital and social capital are often overlooked by public education systems, owing to decades of assimilation and the lack of culturally sensitive methods of engaging families.In Alaska, the lack of efforts to include parents in student learning has resulted in Native students being underserved and achieving at lower academic levels in reading and math. The Alaskan Association of School Boards (AASB) is the organization that brings together school board members from 52 districts across Alaska to enhance the ability of districts to deliver high quality education. With the Corporation’s request for proposals on family engagement to support student learning grant opportunity, the AASB will identify opportunities and processes for Alaskan families to find relevant and meaningful opportunities for building connections and links to learning. By developing resources with families, “Stronger Together”, will strengthen educators’ skills to engage Native Alaskan families.