Livingtree Hires Leading Expert in Family Engagement and Former Acting State Superintendent of Virginia: Dr. Steve Constantino

    AUSTIN, TX, June 27, 2018 /24-7PressRelease/ -- LivingTree, the leading engagement platform provider for K-12 schools, announced the hiring of the nation's leading expert in family engagement and former Acting Virginia State Superintendent, Dr. Steve Constantino who joins Livingtree after an esteemed career in the K-12 education space.

"Through the Engage Platform, Livingtree is shaping how teachers and parents communicate in school districts across the country," said Gary Hensley , CEO of Livingtree. "Adding Dr. Constantino's breadth of expertise to the Livingtree team will give parents and teachers the tools they need to be actively engaged in the academic lives of their children."

Dr. Constantino has dedicated his career to sharing with audiences around the world the importance of engaging all families. As a result of his experiences and his practical approach to engaging families, Steve has authored four books on the subject. His first book, Making Your School Family Friendly (NASSP, 2002) was published after being selected by the National Association of Secondary School Principals and the MetLife Foundation to create the first-ever family friendly schools workshop, held in Washington DC. His second book Engaging Every Family (Rowman and Littlefield, 2003) soon followed. This book expanded on the conceptual framework of the four domains of family engagement. In 2008, Steve released his third book 101 Ways to Create Real Family Engagement (Engage Press, 2008). Steve's fourth and newest book, Engage Every Family: Five Simple Principles is published by Corwin (2016) and quickly became a bestseller.

As the SVP of Strategic Accounts, Dr. Constantino will direct the focus of our training, implementation and sales team as we strive to meet the needs of every family and school district.

"I am thrilled to be joining the LivingTree team. I am impressed with LivingTree, their visionary CEO Gary Hensley, their product and their heartfelt commitment to family engagement. They are changing the face of family engagement and I am so very pleased to be part of this fantastic journey. I am excited to roll up my sleeves and get to work on ensuring every family has the opportunity to be engaged with their children's learning through advanced, state of the art technology. This truly is Family Engagement 2.0!"

Dr. Constantino began his career as a teacher and moved through the ranks to award-winning principal and school district superintendent. At the State level, Steve served first as Chief Academic Officer and was then appointed to Acting State Superintendent by former Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe. Today, Steve continues to accept numerous invitations to speak and consult with schools, districts and educational organizations around the world and is also an adjunct lecturer at the School of Education, College of William and Mary where he teaches doctoral level classes in executive organizational leadership and planning and evaluation.

LivingTree is not just educational products - we are a response to problems in our nation's educational system: decreasing parent engagement and America's educational funding gap.

LivingTree provides two platforms, Engage and Give, that are built specifically for K-12 schools and districts, and provides solutions to these problems. LivingTree Engage provides parents a front row seat to the classroom to view everything related to their children's learning, while LivingTree Give brings a user-friendly online fundraising platform designed to bring parents, corporations, foundations and districts together to fill the funding gap.

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