The Bennett Foundation

During the 2019-2020 school year we worked with HCAP Head Start classrooms, Chaminade University Lab School, Seagull Schools Ko Olina providing direct intervention for Teachers, Assistants, Family advocates (Head Start), and Administrators. Indirectly, we served families and students. We delivered professional development and coaching/mentoring for classroom curriculum and activity integration and family engagement, as well as resource referrals and connections. This included conducting monthly mini-workshops, networking, one on one follow up in the classroom w/ teaching staff, curriculum/activity planning, family engagement assistance to relate to classroom activities, and operation of Produce to Preschools mobile on-site market. Over the course of the year we served 24 HCAP Head Start classrooms at 22 different schools; directly reaching 60 teachers/administrators/family advocates each month, 480 students, and over 1,000 family members. Family engagement attendance increased at the end of the year to 85-100% at all of the sites we worked with. Beginning of the year attendance was only at 10-20%.

Seattle: Breaking Barriers: High School Ethnic Studies Education Program During 2019, we worked with teachers and administrators at Garfield High School offering professional development sessions on foundations in ethnic studies and classroom/curricular technical assistance. We delivered key concepts of Ethnic studies with the focus on African American studies. We conducted 4 PD sessions and followed up monthly through phone, email, in-person visits.