Building Staff Capacity through Books Studies, Shelly Hammons & Shiryl McAdams- Daviess County

Based on the 2021 Letter from Kentucky Teachers, Daviess County Public schools chose to tackle the calls to action; Culturally Responsive Teaching and Meaningful Family Engagement. Shiryl McAdams and Shelly Hammons focused on the topic of purposeful and meaningful family engagement by conducting a district-wide collaborative in which all staff was invited to join.

The Family Engagement Collaborative centered on the “why” of transforming family engagement from parent cheerleaders to family advocates. Members of the collaborative journeyed through Powerful Partnerships and Beyond on the Bake Sale while completing “try-outs” each week with families. Collectively, members shared joyous outcomes as well as transformative thinking as having parents as a true advocates in their classrooms.