Families – ParentCamp

The ParentCamp Podcast – Season 1 – Episode 8 – AI and Your Child: Empowering Parents – Releases Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 12 pm ET

April 12, 2025April 14, 2025 Julia Pile

In this episode of the ParentCamp Podcast, host April F. Draine and guests Julie Pile of ParentCamp dive into an empowering conversation with Amanda DePriest, Content and Curriculum Developer at AI for Education. Amanda, a former educator and technology coach, shares insights into how parents and educators can positively and safely navigate artificial intelligence (AI) with their children. Highlighting the importance of knowledge over fear, Amanda offers practical tools, strategies, and resources to help families use AI as a powerful assistant that amplifies, rather than replaces, their voices. Listeners will…

The ParentCamp Podcast – Season 1 – Episode 7 – Building Community Through Dialogue: Inside ParentCamp Coaching – Releases Wednesday, April 2, 2025 at 12 pm ET

March 30, 2025March 17, 2025 Julia Pile

Join host April F. Draine as she chats with ParentCamp Vice President Laura Gilchrist and seasoned ParentCamp Coach Emily Howell in this insightful episode. Emily shares her journey from being an educator involved with EdCamps to becoming a pivotal part of the ParentCamp movement. Learn about the magic of ParentCamp’s dialogue-driven model, the transformative power of sitting in circles instead of rows, and how intentional relationship-building can significantly bridge gaps between schools, parents, and communities. Emily provides compelling stories of personal growth, authentic community-building, and the positive impact ParentCamp has…

The ParentCamp Podcast – Season 1 – Episode 6 – Meeting Universal Human Needs: The Key to Powerful Family Engagement Releases Wednesday, March 19th at 12 pm ET

March 16, 2025March 17, 2025 Julia Pile

Join April F. Draine, Julie Pile, and Laura Gilchrist as they dive deep into the fascinating concept of Universal Human Needs in episode 6 of The ParentCamp Podcast. Discover how recognizing and intentionally addressing these fundamental needs—ranging beyond just food and shelter—can profoundly enhance family-school-community engagement. Laura and Julie unpack insights from the Center for Nonviolent Communication and explore practical ways to engineer environments that create opportunities for contribution, connection,trust, relationships, and harmony. They also highlight the transformative power of designing engagement experiences that foster open feelings, ultimately benefiting children…

Join us for Virtual ParentCamp on February 9, 2022

February 7, 2022February 7, 2022 Julia Pile

Well, we understand Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow on February 2nd, looks we are in for 6 more weeks of winter, let’s spend some time together at Virtual ParentCamp! It will make passing the time more enjoyable! Registration is open now https://tinyurl.com/2p8nys3b for Wednesday, February 9th’s Virtual ParentCamp from 8 pm ET/5 pm PT to 9 pm ET/6 pm PT. Registration will turn off at 7 pm ET/4 pm PT. You will notice a different registration process, we are switching over to Zoom’s registration capability, hopefully, this streamlines and makes…

Happy New Year! Virtual ParentCamp is back and we can’t be more excited!

January 7, 2022January 10, 2022 Julia Pile

Registration is open now! https://www.parentcamp.org/event/2022-01-12-vpc for Wednesday, January 12th from 8 pm ET/5 pm PT to 9 pm ET/6 pm PT. We have a fantastic line up welcoming back some of our great facilitators from past weeks who jumped at the chance to join us again. Room 1 [Strengthen] – Reframing Resolutions: Using Our New Year’s Goals as an Opportunity to Model and Practice the Power of Growth Mindset Facilitator: Emily Howell (@howells_owls), Ed. D, Educational Consultant, ParentCamp Coach, MO Raise your hand if you’ve ever started off with a…