Our work beyond DC

National Family Engagement Fellowship

Flamboyan catalyzes and builds the capacity of change makers leading the charge for REAL Family Engagement in communities across the country.

Building a National Network of Family Engagement Leaders

During the 20-month fellowship, Fellowship Teams – groups of four to five family engagement leaders and advocates – design a family engagement strategic plan to implement in their local school community. National Fellows build expertise, learn with and from each other, and join a growing network of family engagement advocates across the country.

A Network of Family Engagement Champions

Experience the Flamboyan Fellowship through Cohort 2’s final Convening in Washington, DC in November 2019.

Building Family Engagement Practice

Fellows build knowledge in family engagement practices and research

The fellowship is designed to build participants’ knowledge of effective family engagement exposing Fellows to expert practitioners and researchers and teaching them strategic planning and an equity-focused program design.

Context-centered Landscape Design

Fellows conduct in-depth analysis and design for their unique context

Fellows conduct a landscape assessment to crystallize their understanding of the family engagement related challenges and opportunities within their community. Based on their landscape assessment, fellows will design and implement short-cycle projects and pilots.

Strategizing Long-Term Approaches

Fellows develop a sustainable, organizational approach to family engagement

Using the knowledge and capacity gained from the short-cycle projects and pilots, fellows develop a one to three-year strategic plan for implementation and continuous improvement of family engagement, with an eye toward balancing a bottom-up and top-down approach.

Nation-wide Network of Peers

Fellows join a national network of family engagement practitioners

Fellows actively participate in a learning community–sharing best practices and informing their own practice in effective family engagement.

Building Family Engagement Practice

Fellows build knowledge in family engagement practices and research

Context-centered Landscape Design

Fellows conduct in-depth analysis and design for their unique context

Strategizing Long-Term Approaches

Fellows develop a sustainable, organizational approach to family engagement

Nation-wide Network of Peers

Fellows join a national network of family engagement practitioners

Fellows actively participate in a learning community–sharing best practices and informing their own practice in effective family engagement.

Inside Flamboyan's National Family Engagement Fellowship

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in their own words

I thought the fellowship was fascinating because I believe that family engagement is the piece of the work that people don’t pay enough attention to that could be the game changer for sustained academic growth throughout the country.

Dr. Bobby White Founder & CEO Frayser Community Schools

in their own words

The Fellowship has had a significant impact on me. I have increased my knowledge of families in our community and family engagement practices in general. I have learned ways to think about and question race and equity in all the work I do, and grown in confidence of both my knowledge but and ability to lead in family engagement work.

Jenny Mayer-Glenn, Director, University Neighborhood Partners

in their own words

Professionally, I have learned so much about what authentic family engagement truly is. I have had a paradigm shift that has allowed me to initiate significant change in practice in a large, urban district. Personally, I have found a voice to continue the work my parents started around racial equity and family engagement.

Dr. Liliana Valadez, Executive Director of Parent Advocacy & Student Success, Dallas ISD

in their own words

The in-person convenings have been so impactful. I enjoyed getting to know Fellows from other locations, understanding their unqiue challenges and barriers. It helped me to reflect on my own work. In particular, I appreciated the boldness in which conversations on race and equity were approached. They greatly benefit my team, as a whole and each of us as individuals. It is work that we are now taking back to Kansas City.