Building Bonds: Empowering Fatherhood Engagement for Stronger School and Family Connections
Date : February 17th, 2026
Title: Building Bonds: Empowering Fatherhood Engagement for Stronger School and Family Connections
Father engagement plays a transformative role in shaping children's futures within today's evolving parenting landscape. Active father involvement yields profound benefits as children thrive emotionally, socially, and academically. Diverse parenting styles enrich family dynamics, fostering varied experiences and nurturing bonds. This engagement redefines traditional boundaries, promoting equality in parenting duties. In education, fathers reading stories, attending events, and collaborating with educators highlight shared learning journeys, reinforcing family ties and the value of growth. Communities and schools that support father engagement offer holistic support, cultivating belonging, resilience, and confidence. This advocacy paves the way for a brighter future where every child enjoys paternal love, guidance, and inspiration, reshaping generational nurturing.
Date: March 17, 2026
Title: Empowering Early Learning Educators: Enhancing Social-Emotional Development through Active Fatherhood Engagement
This impactful professional learning session equips educators with strategies to engage fathers in fostering children's social-emotional growth. This session emphasizes the critical role of fathers in early childhood development, focusing on how their active involvement supports children's emotional resilience, self-regulation, and interpersonal skills. Participants will explore effective techniques to strengthen father-child bonds, create inclusive learning environments, and empower fathers to be active participants in their children's early learning journey, ultimately enriching family engagement and child well-being.
Date: April 28, 2026
Title: Playful Connections: Championing the Male Figures in Your Early Learning Setting
This is a dynamic professional learning session designed to empower early childhood educators to engage fathers in meaningful, play-based interactions with their children. This workshop explores strategies to foster father-child connections through play, emphasizing the importance of fathers' involvement in their children's development. Participants will gain insights into creating inclusive environments that support and encourage fathers' unique contributions to learning through play, fostering stronger family bonds and enhancing early childhood outcomes.
Individuals with disabilities in need of auxiliary aides and services may request assistance by contacting csalisbury@ocde.us. OCDE may take photographs of participants at the event. These photographs might be used to document the event, promote events in written materials, posted on the OCDE website or supplemental webpages, or on the digital frame in the entry to OCDE office.
Whole Child Domain
Child Welfare and Attendance Personnel, Classroom Teachers, Community Partners (e.g., Non-profit Leaders, Community Educators), Community Schools Coordinators, Community Schools Staff, Early Childhood Educators, English Language Development (ELD) Teachers, Expanded Learning Program Staff, Family Community & Foster Youth Liaisons, and any staff involved with mental health support and social-emotional support, Foster Youth Liaisons, Health Clerks, Coordinating school nurses and collaborative partners in school health services, unlicensed school staff who provide health services to students, Interpreters/Translators/Bilingual Staff, McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Liaisons, Paraprofessionals (e.g., Teaching Assistants, Educational Aides), Parent Coordinators/Family Engagement Staff, Partners Supporting Students Experiencing Homelessness, School Counselors, School Mental Health Leads, School Nurses, School Psychologists, School Social Workers, Special Education Teachers, Teachers on Special Assignment
Virtual
3/17/2026
Free
Unit:
- Curriculum Instruction & Academic Enrichment (CIAE)
LCAP State Priorities:
- Conditions of Learning
- Engagement
