Powerful Partnerships: A Teacher's Guide to Engaging Families

Karen Mapp Ed.D.
A Senior Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Faculty Director of the Education Policy and Management Master’s Program, and consultant to the Family and Community Engagement division of Scholastic, Inc.

Ilene Carver
Has been a teacher in the Boston public schools for 20 years. Ilene spent three years working for the Center for Collaborative Education supporting teachers, principals, and parents across the city of Boston with family engagement and school coaching. She was a cochair of the Family and Community Education subcommittee for the Knowledge and Skills of Professional Teaching project, which contributed to the development of the standards for family engagement in the Massachusetts teacher evaluation process.

Jessica Lander Ed.M.
Has taught middle school, high school, and university students in the United States, Thailand, and Cambodia. She has worked extensively with English learners, teaching English, history, and civics, and received the 2016 Richard Aieta Award for Promising Young Teacher in Social Studies.