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Family Friendly Schools offers a proven process to significantly
improve student achievement and create a cohesively – connected
– culture (C3) into a school or district. The objective of C3
is to foster the student/family-parent/school leader and teacher
relations and culturally shift the organization into a united
team for a common purpose. The team can then advance to higher
levels of academic learning by utilizing these five verified
platforms:
- Unite in a common purpose
- Banish the quick
fix
- Clarify expectations to liberate hope
- Focus on excellence
rather than results
- Celebrate all accomplishments.
Home Office
411 North Main St.
Galax, VA 24333
Phone: 276-236-9977
Fax: 276-236-9979
Online: http://www.familyfriendlyschools.com
Principals
Dr. Joni Samples
Chief Academic Officer of Family Friendly Schools
Email:
Dr. Joni Samples
Larry W. Van Hoose
VP of Operations
Email: Larry W. Van Hoose
The Beginning
The Family Friendly School process started
in 1995 when company founder, Dr. Steve Constantino, elevated
one of the lowest performing high school, Stonewall Jackson,
Manassas, Virginia into Time
Magazine’s high school of the year. Dr. Constantino’s
contributions and eight-year tenure as principal of Stonewall
Jackson were significant:
- Parental satisfaction levels grew from 34% in 1995 to 59%
in 1999
- SAT levels increased 61%
- An 18% reduction in the disparity between minority and non-minority
scores
- Dropout rated went from 11% to 3%
- 45% take part in an I.B. degree with 86% scoring four or
better, on a five-point scale
Products and Services
Family Friendly Schools products and services developed to
shape a culture of accomplishment
- Keynote Presentation presented by Dr. Samples or Dr. Constantino
- The Mastery Series Workshops – one day events focused on
critical issues in education
- Capacity Building and Consulting
- Ed Coach™ ( Distance Coaching)
- The Engage! All Families Workshop - a customized program
for family engagement
- The Engage! All Families Conference - a corporate approach
to family engagement
- Engaging All Families – published in 2003
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