Social Innovation Forum
Join the Social Innovation Forum on Monday, March 2, 2020 from 8:30-10:00 am for the Social Issue Talk "Supporting Student Success Through Authentic Family Engagement." Breakfast will be provided.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Karen L. Mapp, EdD, is a Senior Lecturer on Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) and the Faculty Director of the Education Policy and Management Master’s Program. Over the past twenty years, Dr. Mapp’s research and practice focus has been on the cultivation of partnerships among families, community members, and educators that support student achievement and school improvement. She served as the co-coordinator with Professor Mark Warren of the Community Organizing and School Reform Research Project and as a core faculty member in the Doctorate in Educational Leadership (EDLD) program at HGSE. She is a founding member of the District Leaders Network on Family and Community Engagement as well as the National Family and Community Engagement Working Group. Dr. Mapp is a trustee of the Hyams Foundation in Boston, MA, and is also on the board of the National Association for Family, School, and Community Engagement (NAFSCE) and the Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) in Washington, DC. From 2011 to 2013, Dr. Mapp served as a consultant on family engagement to the United States Department of Education in the Office of Innovation and Improvement. Prior to joining HGSE, Dr. Mapp served as the Deputy Superintendent for Family and Community Engagement for the Boston Public Schools (BPS) and as president of the Institute for Responsive Education (IRE). She also served as Board and Executive Committee Member for Parents for Public Schools from 1999 to 2005. Dr. Mapp holds a doctorate and master’s of education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, a master’s in education from Southern Connecticut State University, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Trinity College in Hartford, CT. Dr. Mapp is the author and co-author of several articles and books about the role of families and community members in the work of student achievement and school improvement including: A New Wave Of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family and Community Connections on Student Achievement (2002); “Having Their Say: Parents Describe How and Why They are Engaged in Their Children’s Learning” (2003); Beyond the Bake Sale: The Essential Guide to Family-School Partnerships (2010); “Debunking the Myth of the Hard to Reach Parent” (2010); “Title I and Parent Involvement: Lessons from the Past, Recommendations for the Future” (2011); A Match on Dry Grass: Community Organizing as a Catalyst for School Reform (2011), “Partners in Education: A Dual Capacity-Building Framework for Family-School Partnerships” (2014), “From Private Citizens to Public Actors: The Development of Parent Leaders through Community Organizing” (2015), and "Powerful Partnerships: A Teacher’s Guide to Engaging Families for Student Success” (2017).
2020 Innovator The 1647, Inc.
The 1647, Inc. prepares educators to engage families in authentic partnerships that are essential to student success. They aim to shift the landscape of the education sector in Massachusetts so that family engagement is a core component of pre-service and in-service training in schools and out-of-school-time programs. Track Partner Wellington Management Foundation
ABOUT THE SPRING SOCIAL ISSUE TALK SERIES
This Spring, the Social Innovation Forum (SIF) will continue our annual Social Issue Talk Series. We will hold eight free educational events across the city where funders and community leaders can hear from leading experts in our social impact community and our 2020 Social Innovators about the latest trends, best practices, and exciting innovations across a variety of fields.