KaNaKwe Educational Keys focuses on training learning communities to build effective partnerships. The target audience includes educators and parents who want to work collaboratively to support student achievement. Over forty years of research underscore the importance of engaging families in the educational lives of their children in order to improve educational outcomes. Yet the research also indicates that most educators are not skilled in engaging the parents of the most challenged students in the educational process. Therefore, student motivation and behavior management are usually major concerns in our lowest achieving schools.
The Mission of KaNaKwe Educational Keys is to support educators, parents and students in building the collaborative relationships that result in positive educational outcomes. We offer services to schools and community institutions in three areas: