Parent Teacher Home Visits

Families and educators often want the same thing for students – to learn and thrive in school. Parent Teacher Home Visits (PTHV) seeks to build the partnerships between parents and educators that are essential to providing quality education to all students, regardless of their race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, immigration status, or ability.

PTHV is a completely voluntary program for educators in Saint Paul. Before their first home visit, educators who elect to participate in PTHV are trained by both educators and parents about how to respectfully and authentically engage with families. A key aspect of this training is ensuring that families and educators are meeting each other as equal partners in their student’s education.

All educators participating in PTHV must complete home visits to at least three families throughout the first school year, and document and track visits. Participants attend a debrief session, allowing the program coordinator to assess the needs of both the home visitors and the families they are visiting.

Since 2010, our project has grown from six trained teachers visiting 15 families to a total of more than 500 trained teachers and over 1,000 families.

For more information and to get involved, please visit the SPFE website.