With Equal Step 🇨🇦
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Authentic parent/caregiver engagement for educators,school councils, community. Anti-oppressive practice. "Schools Don't Own Education" podcast
Canada
Joined March 2012
Thrilled to have written a chapter with Michelle Munroe @PCEOTDSB1 - "Anti-Oppressive Parent & Caregiver Engagement". Many thanks to @DrKenMacKinnon for leading the project and supporting us. A valuable book for education leaders at every level.
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Ontario Regulation 612 created Schools Councils to bring parents, teachers and community together to support pupils and make the system accountable. Parents can’t be silenced if their School Council follows this mandate.
The data doesn't lie. #underfunding the #Education has brought us here, not the school Boards mismanagement. Let's spead the #truth. #Students & staff are at their limit & #parents are being #silenced. We know @PaulCalandra @fordnation
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Many schools don’t have extra rooms BUT imagine what could happen if there was a space where parents/caregivers and teachers could rest, share, dream together! Builds relationships and trust.
Introducing the D.R.E.A.M Room at the @ParentAcademyOC today! The perfect space for our families and educators to Develop, Relationships, Expectations, Aspirations and Meaning! @CSO_OCPS @PTHVP #familyvisits #buildingrelationships #settinggoals
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When school and home don't collaborate on learning, there's always been someone to blame. But when we acknowledge that each brings something to the table that benefits the student, we build trust and understanding.
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Remembering James Baldwin on his birthday. One of my favourite quotes “The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality”
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This is exactly why I invest in making positive calls home. I began this practice as a high school teacher @PowhatanSchools over 30 years ago. Today, it’s part of what I do weekly, if not daily. If you’ve not started, the time is now! #ccesdukes #WeAreCUCPS @VDOE_News
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Here is what Tsuu T’ina Minor Chief Steven Crowchild said to Trump (as per National Chief Cindy Woodhouse via Facebook): “When it came to that one individual, I almost didn’t stay. I was filled with rage and I knew by then, that the world was watching. I was going to go home,
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Valuable learning here. Thank you, Max! 🌟
This academic year we had 11 parent engagement webinars at @UofGEducation and you can re-watch all recordings on our YouTube channel https://t.co/2YNuCldiVz and we'll now remind you about the 6 we had in 2025.
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Would you like to know more about challenges and successes of Black mothers' engagement with educators in special education environments? Register for our parent engagement webinar with Dr Jacqui Getfield on May 21 at 10am EST/3pm GMT https://t.co/hNe4yAomsa
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Read the abstract section below. Please. 👏
The Role of Humility in Working with Families Across International Contexts https://t.co/JazRLGpBf4 This should be a must for all teachers, family-facing professionals, and educational researchers intersted in parents and families!
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May 6th is Teacher Appreciation Day. Thank a beloved teacher today. #TeacherAppreciationDay
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Today, millions of Canadians will go to the polls and proudly vote for parties that all categorically reject Trump’s vision of annexing Canada.
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⬇️ Teachers in Canada!
Really excited about this project! Looking for teachers in Scotland and Canada to do an online interview for Learning to engage with parents: Lifelong teacher professional development for parent engagement. If interested, send me an email to max.antony-newman@glasgow.ac.uk
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A true honour to be part of this great project - with people I���ve admired and learned from for years. Thank you for the opportunity, Max.
Our parent engagement webinar series @UofGEducation now has 14 recordings of past events and two more planned for this academic year https://t.co/dyenI9AT3h This important work continues!
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An important explanation of differences between parent engagement and parent involvement https://t.co/y3PofaAURh Thank you to Ann Ishimaru for highlighting the roots of this discussion in Dennis Shirley 1997 book!
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📢 Engagement isn’t an event—it’s a culture. When it’s reactive, not intentional, we miss the chance to build real connection. It’s not a checkbox. Not a one-time event. Not talking at families. It’s co-creation. It’s relationship. It’s trust.
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⬇️ And families are encouraged to share their insights and information. 🌟 Love your work, Khadra.
strong partnerships between families & schools are all about open communication & shared commitment to a child’s educational journey. When schools share valuable insights & information with parents, it creates a welcoming atmosphere where families feel empowered @SteveSalfarlie
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This may be nothing in some parts of the world but here in Canada it says Hope!
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Really excited about this project! Looking for teachers in Scotland and Canada to do an online interview for Learning to engage with parents: Lifelong teacher professional development for parent engagement. If interested, send me an email to max.antony-newman@glasgow.ac.uk
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We Are Canadian https://t.co/CDg5r64DHM via @YouTube
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🚨Ontario: Advanced polls are open for the next two days. Doug Ford is counting on you not showing up for a cold Feb election. Please share this Elections Ontario link (hours, dates, locations) with as many people as you can.
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