FREE parent and family engagement courses
Launch no-cost, high-satisfaction trainings school-wide.
Give parents a flexible, barrier-free, 21st century training option.
Sign up to receive a unique School QR code and link to quickly launch remote-friendly parent and family engagement training.
Parents get 22 interactive micro lessons delivered via daily SMS or WhatsApp text message, in the home language (English or Spanish).
American Public 🏫 Schools & 👪 Parent's Roles
Unit #1 GOAL 🏆 Strengthen your understanding of the function, structure, and policies that shape the public school system and define parents’ roles in schools.
8 Micro Lessons
Academic 📚 Success 🙌
Unit #2 GOAL 🏆 Strengthen your capacity to support academic achievement by increasing your awareness of instructional programs and ways you can support your own child’s learning.
14 Micro Lessons
Top 2 Training Goals
The Best K-12 education guidance at their finger tips
22 essential micro lessons w/ YouTube videos
Empowering tips and essential background information on the U.S. public school system
Choice of English & Spanish
Choice of SMS text or WhatsApp
Flexibility to schedule lessons on their time
Parent & Caregiver Benefits
Launch remote-friendly K-12 parent engagement training in minutes
Sky-high text message open rates around 95%
Higher completion, engagement, attendance, and satisfaction rates than traditional parent workshops
Innovative training that exceeds ESSA & Title I compliance standards
Choose your lesson delivery cadence, weekdays, M-F or weekends, Fri. Sat. and Sun.
2 Comprehensive cohort reports per year (upon request)
Research-Based Training
Expertly written, research-based tips from a veteran educator, edited by a family physician
Content based on 40 years of multicultural parent involvement research
Delivery by text message informed by leading-edge studies out of Harvard & Stanford
Privacy Promise
In order to offer PSU as a free resource for families, starting in August 2024 we will have text message and video ads in our PSU app experience.
We neither sell nor allow advertisers or third parties access to participant data.
School Benefits
Schools must commit to:
150 total parent/caregiver enrollments by the end of the school year
75 Initial enrollments within the first 30 days of account activation
75 or more additional enrollments by the end of the school year
Preference given to Title I Schools
Private schools are ineligible to participate
Participation Criteria
More Options
The entire Public Schools Unlocked parent involvement curriculum and interactive “tips-by-text” courses is available in 13 languages.
EchoED provides complimentary PSU enrollments in English and Spanish by advertising (text and video) in our program (starting in August 2024).
For the 2023-2024 school year, courses are ad-free. Subscribe to access more languages, more courses, and for an ad-free experience.
