Family Partnership
BPS & Our Families: Better Together
Breakthrough Public Schools believes that our families and communities are important partners in helping our scholars learn and grow. Because of this, we focus on building strong relationships and working together with families. Families play a key role in guiding our approach to ensuring our scholars' success.
The main goal of the Family Partnership is to create a way for families and schools to work together as trusted allies. We help schools and families form strong partnerships supporting our academic success commitment. We understand that sharing power with families leads to more collaboration, which helps our scholars achieve great results.
Contact + Resources
Family Partnership seeks to respond to family calls and emails within 24 hours. Recently, we have experienced technical difficulties accessing our family hotline messages. Please be patient as we respond to these calls quickly. In the meantime, for faster service, please email family@breakthroughschools.org with your concerns and the best number to reach out to you. Thank you in advance for your understanding.
Join our next
'Family Partnership Goes Live' Session!
Join our next Family Partnership Go Live Session in person at Preps Cliffs on Thursday, October 24th at 5:30-6:15 PM.
Teresa Kay Brown-Sayles
Director of Family Partnership
Teresa is a former middle-school teacher, turnaround principal, and Director of Instruction with a Master’s degree in Education specializing in Organizational Leadership. With over 20 years of experience in urban education across private, charter, and public school districts, she joins Breakthrough Public Schools as the Director of Family Partnerships. As a founding principal, she led her school to outperform suburban districts on the 3rd-grade Ohio State assessments in math and reading during its first year.
In her new role, Teresa is excited to work with Cleveland families and create opportunities for high-quality education, aiming to empower parents as allies to teachers, ultimately benefiting scholars. She oversees initiatives to enhance family engagement, satisfaction, and support academic success through culturally responsive and equitable practices, family outreach programs, and restorative justice.
Teresa has three adult children and five grandchildren who are the joy of her life.