NNPS Family and Community Engagement coordinator receives national award
Posted: April 26, 2024
Tiffany Jones, coordinator of Family and Community Engagement for Newport News Public Schools, was honored as 1st runner-up at the 2024 Family and Community Engagement Awards given by the Family and Community Engagement Learning Network and Successful Innovations Inc.
The award was presented April 25 at the 2024 Innovations in Family Engagement Symposium in Raleigh, North Carolina.
Jones was one of 20 finalists for the award from around the country. Dr. Chisel Valdez, director of family engagement for Gwinnett County Public Schools in Georgia, was the grand prize winner.
Jones was invited to attend the 2024 National Family Engagement Summit gratis and was asked to be a presenter at the next symposium.
"It is truly a humbling honor to be nominated for the 2024 Family and Community Engagement Award through the Family and Community Engagement Learning Network and Successful Innovations," Jones said, after the award nominations were announced. "I love what I do. Serving as the coordinator of Family and Community Engagement has afforded me the opportunity to nurture my passion for youth and families.
"My aspiration is for our youth and families to experience empowerment, authentic engagement and to become active partners, as I and the Family and Community Engagement team continue to strive towards the goal of informing, empowering and effectively advocating for our families and community."
NNPS' FACE program is part of its Youth Development Department and uses specially-targeted activities to increase family and community engagement with the school division's K-12 students.