Building on NAFSCE’s body of work, including the Educator Preparation Framework for Family and Community Partnerships, to prepare educators for family engagement, and drawing from the Center’s Family Math Core Competencies, we strive to prepare educators to engage families in children’s math learning (Ed Prep x FM). To explore this intersection, the Center hosted an Ed Prep x FM distributed convening, funded by the National Science Foundation, that brought together a select group of participants representing higher education faculty, classroom teachers, parent leaders,and national leaders over the course of three sessions to: (1) explore the knowledge, skills, and dispositions that are essential for effectively and equitably engaging families in children’s mathematics learning, (2) elevate promising models and approaches already being used to prepare math teachers for family engagement, and (3) develop shared priorities and next steps to inform a collaborative research and practice agenda focused on strengthening the preparation of math teachers to work in partnership with families. Read an abstract of the project here.
This project is supported by The National Science Foundation under Award No.2449546. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Resources
The following resources summarize our project findings, as well as curate resources from the field, to better prepare educators to engage families in their children’s math learning.
- Ed Prep x FM executive summary
- Centering Families in Math Teacher Education, Panel Presentation at AMTE 2026 Annual Conference
- EdPrep x FM bibliography, 2018-2025 (still in draft form)
- Resources for classroom and clinical experiences (e.g., class assignments, syllabi)
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