Introducing Family Engagement Manager- Ms. Rameisha Johnson
Ms. Rameisha Johnson was appointed FirstLine Schools’ inaugural Family Engagement Manager in late summer of 2022, and quickly planned, marketed, and hosted a kickoff event for the FirstLine community on August 25, 2022 that was attended by over 200 of FirstLine’s families, staff, and advocates. Ms. Johnson’s history of fostering relationships between families and schools began early in her life as she observed her grandmother’s advocacy and involvement in her own education. Ms. Johnson’s grandmother attended every PTA meeting, volunteered at many of her school events as a parent liaison, and advocated for Ms. Johnson to receive the best education. It is this early advocacy that inspired Ms. Johnson’s career as a veteran educator, and she has become a passionate advocate for the students that she has educated and mentored, as well as for her own school aged daughter and family.
In her work as the Family Engagement Manager, Ms. Johnson leans into FirstLine’s commitments of listening and understanding, and speaking with honesty and respect, to families within the FirstLine community. Central to Ms. Johnson’s work is creating meaningful dialogue and communication between schools to ensure that the partnership between FirstLine’s schools and families provides the tools and resources necessary to foster academic achievement for FirstLine students. Ms. Johnson will host both virtual and in-person focus groups as she continues to foster the rich discussion that will inform her vision and the work in her role as Family Engagement Manager. Please contact her at rjohnson@firstlineschools.org if you wish to be involved in this initiative or would like to discuss or support her work.
