Academic Parent-Teacher Teams Program (APTT)
Academic Parent-Teacher Teams (APTT) is a model of family engagement that is grounded in the notion
that schools can thrive when families and teachers work together, as genuine partners, to maximize
student learning inside and outside of school. The model is research-based and aligns
grade-level learning concepts, student performance data, and family-teacher communication
and collaboration. One major benefit of this program is to create a team-based approach to parent teacher
conferences. The team will consist of parents and teachers using a group conference platform. During the
parent-teacher conference teachers will model various activities to assist with students learning at home.
APTT focuses on foundational grade-level skills, which must be achieved by the end of the school year.
Parents and teachers collectively meet three times per year to discuss students’ progress and acquire new
skills.
The Parent & Family Engagement Department will be piloting this program for the 2020-2021 school year.
Parent Health Ambassador Program
The Parent Health Ambassador Program (PHAP) is a mutual partnership between the Dekalb County Board
of Health and the DeKalb County School District. The PHAP program educates parents on the health and
well-being policies on selected afterschool programs within DeKalb County School District. Parents will
receive tools, resources, and information that promote a healthy lifestyle in afterschool programs. Students
are encouraged to develop healthy eating behavior while attending afterschool programs.
Benefits:
· Creating healthy lifestyles to combat childhood obesity
· Access to volunteer hours through PHAP
· Incentives for participation
Participation requirements
· Participate in online training
· Assess snacks currently served in afterschool programs
· Collaborate with DCSD Parent & Family Engagement Department, Peer Master Trainers, and Afterschool
Program Leaders.
Participating Schools: E.L. Bouie Elementary School, McNair Discovery Learning Elementary School, Narvie
J. Harris Elementary School and Wynbrooke Elementary School.
Support for Grandparents - A Grand Affair
Grandparents have served as one of the most important safety nets for children whose parents are unable
or unwilling to provide care. The goal of this program is to identify, promote, coordinate and disseminate
information, resources, and best practices to help grandparents who are caregivers meet the educational,
health and other needs of their grandchildren while maintaining their own mental and emotional health.