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John LaRue, former School Partnerships Coach, moved to Puerto Rico with his wife to take a teaching job a month before Hurricane Maria wreaked havoc on the island. In this blog post originally published in the Daily Iowan, he describes the before, during, and aftermath of the hurricane. My previous experiences with what I considered natural […]

Now that the holiday break has come to an end and we are embarking on a new year, we thought it was a perfect time to reflect on a few of our successes in 2017. Our shared commitment to family engagement helps us meet our goal of families and educators across the country actively partnering […]

Samantha Cohen is National Director of Training and Support at the Flamboyan Foundation.   In her role, Samantha coaches national organizations that are launching family engagement efforts and builds the Flamboyan strategy for national partnerships. Samantha is a passionate believer in the promise and potential of American education, and she brings 13 years of education experience […]

Emily VanHouten is a Director, School Partnerships Coach at Flamboyan Foundation. In her role, she serves as a coach to school leaders and teacher leaders in Flamboyan partner schools, and supports the development of family engagement practices and tools that partners use. During the 2014-15 school year, Emily served as the Assistant Principal for Excel […]

Robert Crosby is a Director, School Partnerships Coach at Flamboyan Foundation. In this role, he provides coaching and support to school and teacher leaders, as well as supports the development of family engagement practices and tools. This includes working to manage the implementation of Flamboyan’s teacher leadership professional development curriculum at the school level for […]

Photo Gallery: Flamboyan Family Engagement End-Of-Year Celebration 2015 On Friday, June 12, 2015, the Flamboyan Foundation team hosted family engagement partners from schools across the district for an End of Year Family Engagement Celebration at the Pursuit Wine Bar in Northeast. Teachers, school leaders, parent and teacher trainers, DCPS central office staff, and nonprofit partners […]

Flamboyan Foundation is pleased to announce the DC Charter Teachers selected as participants in the School Year 2015-16 Family Engagement Professional Learning Community (PLC). This professional learning community gives teachers the opportunity to learn research-based family engagement best practices around (1) relationship building, including home visits; (2) academic partnering such as high quality parent-teacher conferences and […]

Secondary Teacher Consultant Position Description Flamboyan Foundation seeks a teacher consultant to collaborate in the designing of Back to School Night and gradebook resources for middle school teachers. The ideal candidate is a DC middle or high school teacher, effectively engages their students’ families, is a strong planner with backwards mapping and curriculum design experience, and […]