Our Work
We want every student to succeed.
That means we all share responsibility to get every student to their fullest potential.
Students succeed when parents feel heard, respected and lead education change. Parents, families, schools and communities working together is the key to ensuring all students’ learning take off. That’s why we develop the leadership and build the power of parents, families and communities to transform schools.
Our collective power will #upgradepublicschools so that the every generation has the opportunity to learn.
Parent Leadership
We believe in centering the leadership of parents because we know that when parents organize and raise their voices together, educational change is possible. Fostering safe spaces for parents and families to collectivize, share their wisdom and experiences, and learn how to navigate systems of power, together.
Capacity Building Impacts
PLAN Transformative Capacity Building (TCB) integrates design-thinking, systemic-change methods, cultural-humility awareness, leadership development and holistic management tools into a comprehensive resource toolkit for schools and community organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area working to comply with Title I, LCFF and California State law.
Parent Action
We have been working hard to develop Transformative Family Engagement (TFE) Standards that articulate how we feel about the way family engagement should exist in schools. Through stakeholder engagement, research interviews and work group learning, we’ve developed a list of 10 TFE Standards that schools should adhere to in order to better the experiences of students, parents and school leadership, alike.
We have been working hard to develop Transformative Family Engagement (TFE) Standards that articulate how we feel about the way family engagement should exist in schools.Through stakeholder engagement, research interviews and work group learning, we’ve developed a list of 10 TFE Standards to better the experiences of students, parents and school leadership, alike.
We put the needs, concerns and voices of parents, families and their children first.
As an organization, Bay Area PLAN is committed to building the power and centering the needs of Bay Area parents and families in order to shift behaviors, culture, and practices in schools that inhibit our youth from thriving in and outside of the classroom.
As a member of PLAN’s community, parents receive training to lead campaigns that raise awareness around the concerns that directly impact them, their young people, and their communities.
We know that we need to transform the culture within our schools. This means addressing the barriers that parents face on a daily basis such as economic oppression and institutionalizing systems for under-resourced schools and communities.
