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37: Co-Parents, Teachers, and Your Child’s Education

with Allison Weatter, Gayla Grace, Nan Deal, Steven Helmick | August 31, 2020
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Parents, stepparents and school representatives (teachers, counselors, and administrators) all play a role in helping school-home relationships thrive. But not everyone knows how to play that role. Ron Deal is joined by school counselor Allison Weatter, principal Steven Helmick, and teacher Nan Deal, along with stepmom and author Gayla Grace, for a panel discussion on this important subject. As a parent or stepparent, how can you help teachers understand your unique stepfamily dynamics and relate to your child better? As a teacher or school counselor, how can you better advocate for and look out for your students who live in stepfamily or single parent homes? Kids wear different backpacks to school with baggage they're carrying from life experiences. Listen in for some great ideas on how to help lighten their load as a parent, stepparent, or school representative.

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  • About the Guest

  • Allison Weatter

    Allison Weatter

    Allison Signaigo Weatter is an elementary school counselor in the Little Rock School District. She is nationally board certified and has been working alongside teachers, families, and students for over 12 years. She is passionate about bringing people together to help students flourish. Allison is an active member at her church, loves being outside, and spends most of her free time with her husband, Cory, and 2 year old son, Noah.

    Gayla Grace

    Gayla Grace serves on staff with FamilyLife Blended, a division of FamilyLife, and is passionate about equipping blended families as a writer and a speaker. She is author of Stepparenting with Grace: A Devotional for Blended Families and co-author of Quiet Moments for the Stepmom Soul. Gayla holds a master’s degree in Psychology and Counseling. She and her husband, Randy, have been married since 1995 in a “his, hers, and ours” family. She is the mom to three and stepmom t...more
    Nan_Deal

    Nan Deal

    Nan Deal is the co-founder of Connor's Song, a non-profit organization that she and her husband founded in honor of their son Connor Lee Deal who died at the age of 12 in 2009. In cooperation with the Touch A Life Foundation, Connor's Song run Connor Creative Art Center in Ghana, West Africa, a facility that provides hope and healing through art therapy for almost 100 trafficked children rescued from the fishing industry in Ghana. Nan, a school teacher, and her husband, Ron, live in Little Rock,...more
    Steven Helmick

    Steven Helmick

    Steven is the principal at Roberts Elementary in the Little Rock School District. As an educator, Steven has taught 4th and 5th grade, was named the 2015 Arkansas’ History teacher of the year, the 2014 Little Rock School District Teacher of the Year, as well as a Regional finalist for The 2014 Arkansas Teacher of the Year. In his free time he loves to run and enjoy the outdoors with his wife Keri and four kids.

As a teacher, school administrator, or parent/stepparent, what can you do to make school-home relationships thrive? Ron Deal conducts a panel discussion with a school prinicpal, counselor, and teacher, along with Gayla Grace, on this important subject.

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