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Schedule

NCFL’s 2024 Families Learning Conference will convene a national audience of education stakeholders on November 18-20 at the Louisville Marriott Downtown in Louisville, Kentucky! Over 2.5 thought-provoking days, the conference will inspire, energize, and propel the field forward through a curated collection of engaging professional development sessions. Attendees will choose from a variety of presentations in family literacy, family engagement, family leadership, policy and advocacy, and research and evaluation.

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12:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Marriott Foyer
Sunday
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Sunday

Health literacy is the degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to inform health-related decisions and actions for themselves and others.(1) It is estimated that 36% of U.S. adults have som ... Read More

Family Engagement
Introductory
Keywords :
"Health Literacy" ,
"Teacher Professional Development"
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Sunday

What happens in relationships that makes them so important to young people’s growth and learning?
Search Institute research has identified five key elements of a relationship that, like the roots of a tree, are the source of nouri ... Read More

Family Engagement
Research and Evaluation
Introductory
Keywords :
"Asset-Based Approaches to Family Engagement" ,
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Sunday

Many of us work in fragile neighborhoods, places with broken homes, weak associations, loneliness, and drug overdoses. Instead of viewing these places as empty vessels to be rescued by outside service providers, we should look for local leaders, a ... Read More

Family Engagement
Family Leadership
Intermediate
Keywords :
"Collective Impact" ,
"Community Development" ,
"Partnership Development and Coalition Building"
1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Sunday

From Brazil to Australia, and Colorado to Colombia, members of the Global Family Engagement in Education Network–a community of practice coordinated by the Center for Universal Education at the Brookings Institution–identified a need for schoo ... Read More

Family Engagement
Policy and Advocacy
Intermediate
Keywords :
"Diversity Equity and Inclusion" ,
"Partnership Development and Coalition Building"

Introductory—geared towards attendees who are new to the topic. The presentation is focused on fundamental concepts or provides an overview of the topic.

Intermediate—geared towards attendees who have some knowledge of the topic. The presentation delves beyond fundamental concepts.

Advanced—geared towards attendees who have many years’ experience working in the topic. The presentation explores the topic in depth.