What It Means to be Dad What does it mean to be “Dad”? It means I’m the first face they see in the morning. I’m the last face they see at night. I’m the one who wakes up at 3am when they’re thirsty, or sick, or scared. I’m a talking dog, [...]
Watch D.O.G.S. is the school based father involvement initiative of the National Center for Fathering. Tune in ans see what dads all over the country are doing for their local schools. Today, we will discuss the efforts that parents and administrators can make over the summer to be ready to [...]
Our second Teacher Tuesday!
Kim Bearden was selected from over 70,000 nominations to be honored as the Disney American Teacher Awards Outstanding Middle School Humanities Teacher. The Milken Family Foundation selected her as one of 155 teachers from across the nation to receive the Award for Excellence in Education, and she was chosen from [...]
Last Friday I had a very cool surprise happen to me. I was in the process of dropping off my daughter at her preschool. After I brought her to school I was going to do my usual weekly grocery shopping. I love that time because both of my kids are [...]
The overall purpose of PTA is to make every child’s potential a reality by engaging and empowering families and communities to advocate for all children. The National PTA Convention is an opportunity for parents and other educational leaders from throughout our great country and across the globe to get together [...]
A weekly look at father involvement in education through the Watch D.O.G.S. program of the National Center for Fathering. Dads of Great Students is a national program currently operating in 47 states, D.C., Puerto Rico, Mexico and even China. Over 3000 schools utilize the fathers and father figures within their [...]
A few weeks ago, my daughter’s 1st grade teacher asked me to curate an animal habitat playlist to help her delivery that lesson plan. The burned CD I sent into school was helpful to her and is being enjoyed by the kids, so I thought I’d share those 10 songs [...]
A weekly look at father involvement in education through the Watch D.O.G.S. program of the National Center for Fathering. This week, we will hear from Missi Campbell. Missi is an elementary school teacher at Crystal Lake Elementary School in Stuart, FL. We will be hearing about Watch D.O.G.S. from a [...]
Now that we have discussed the 7 Steps to Success, it’s time to talk about how to tie them all together by “Looping the 7”. Join our host, Keith Schumacher and Watch D.O.G.S. Executive Director, Eric Snow as we review the 7 Steps and talk about how to make the [...]
