Ari Gerzon-Kessler is author of On The Same Team: Bringing Educators & Underrepresented Families Together, which won the Independent Publishers Book Awards 2024 IPPY Gold Medal for outstanding education book. He is a speaker, trainer, and coach working with schools and districts committed to forging stronger school-family partnerships. Ari also leads the Family Partnerships department for the Boulder Valley School District (CO).Ari has been an educator since 2000, having served as a principal and bilingual teacher. His leadership efforts to strengthen partnerships with underrepresented families and dismantle unjust practices was featured in Education Week in 2015. Ari regularly presents at national and international conferences on Families and Educators Together (FET) teams and other innovative family partnership best practices. He received his bachelor's in African American Studies from Wesleyan University and a master's in instruction and curriculum from the University of Colorado.Link to book [https://www.solutiontree.com/authors/ari-gerzon-kessler/on-the-same-team.html], webpage [https://www.mediatorsfoundation.org/current-projects/families-and-educators-together-project];LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/arigerzon-kessler [http://www.linkedin.com/in/arigerzon-kessler]Email: [email protected]Additional resources [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1--ejFweVJdEyYZBhl1A2fDLHANDQmLbG/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116795922730985344017&rtpof=true&sd=true]; school-family partnership resources [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RtdfOGJkHBR6mQj9ak-PKIf6gbfQQtFS_eUZrvOZcZ4/edit?pli=1] Additional episodes on Parent Engagement:https://podcasts.apple.com/es/podcast/special-episode-crystal-discusses-her-book-when-calling/id1680573123?i=1000640735822;Music by AudioCoffee: https://www.audiocoffee.net/