There Wouldn’t Be Parent Teacher Home Visits Without Her – Jocelyn Graves’s Story Supermom. Humanitarian. Leader. These are the three words PTHV Co-Founder and Senior Advisor, Yesenia Ramirez used to describe her late sister-friend and PTHV Co-Founder, Jocelyn Graves. In the PTHV community, Jocelyn is best known for laying the groundwork that led to our […]
PTHV Welcomes Two New Board Members We are excited to introduce two new additions to the Parent Teacher Home Visits (PTHV) national board of directors, Dr. Eyal Bergman and Dr. Joe Doctor. Dr. Eyal Bergman is a Senior Vice President at Learning Heroes, where he leads efforts to support schools and systems that want to […]
Reflecting on a Remarkable Year: PTHV’s Journey in 2023 As we approach the end of 2023, it’s the perfect time to reflect on the extraordinary journey we’ve had together at Parent Teacher Home Visits. This year has been a milestone for us, marked by celebrations, achievements, and new beginnings. Let’s take a moment to revisit […]
Introducing Cory “CJ” Jones: A Champion of Education and Home Visits We are thrilled to introduce the newest addition to the Parent Teacher Home Visits (PTHV) national board of directors, Cory Jones, affectionately known as CJ. With an impressive 25-year career in education, CJ brings a wealth of experience and a deep passion for family […]
Everyone Can Join Us for National Parent Teacher Home Visits Week! It’s that time of the year again – National Parent Teacher Home Visits (PTHV) Week is just around the corner! This year, schools and districts around the nation will use September 18 – 23, 2023, to celebrate the power of collaboration between educators, families, […]
A Quarter Century of Impact For 25 years, Parent Teacher Home Visits (PTHV) has equipped school staff to build relationships of trust with the families in their communities. Over the last year, we’ve reflected on our history, celebrated our wins, built new partnerships, launched the annual National PTHV Week, shared our stories, and opened the […]
PTHV Week Celebration and Awards On Nov. 2, 2022, Parent Teacher Home Visits bestowed eight awards during a virtual celebration of the first national PTHV Week. We launched the week-long observance to raise awareness of the power of home visits and to encourage schools to conduct as many visits as possible during the week, which […]
New Board Leadership at Parent Teacher Home Visits Parent Teacher Home Visits is pleased to announce the appointment of two new members of our national board of directors: Dr. Chrishirella Sutton, a clinical assistant professor, and Helen Westmoreland, family engagement director at National PTA. The new organizational leaders will play a key role in leading […]
PTHV and the Power of Trusting Relationships: 25 Years of Impact Twenty-five years ago, parent and community organizers joined forces with educators to pilot a relational home visit model, Parent Teacher Home Visits (PTHV), at eight Sacramento, California, schools to counter deeply held mistrust and disrupt the cycle of blame between home and school. Success and […]
The Way Forward Is Through the Community As we head back to school this year, one of the most sobering realities of the COVID-19 moment is that it is responsible for the biggest increase in educational inequities in a generation. While various factions within and without education tout a range of recovery and catch-up activities […]
PTHV advances student success and school improvement by leveraging relationships, research, and a national network of partners to advance evidence-based practices in relational home visits within a comprehensive family engagement strategy.
PTHV is a nonprofit grassroots network that must raise its operating budget every year. Like the local home visit projects we help, our network is sustained by collaboration.
