The why starts at home.
El porqué empieza en casa.
Give your families the language to understand why their students learn and behave the way they do. CoreDrive™ for Families turns parents and caregivers into informed partners in their student's learning, and it's fully bilingual in English and Spanish, from the first question to the final profile.
Families know their kids. They've rarely been given the language.
Schools have worked hard to bring families through the door. CoreDrive™ gives them something meaningful to talk about once they're there. Parents hear what their child is doing, but almost never why. CoreDrive™ moves the conversation from compliance to connection, giving families a research-based way to understand the drives behind their student's effort, frustration, curiosity, and silence.
- Grades
- Attendance
- Test scores
- Effort
- Frustration
- Curiosity
- Silence
Family engagement you can fund, measure, and sustain.
CoreDrive™ for Families supports LCFF Priority 3 (Parental Involvement) and aligns with the funding streams districts already manage: the Title I family engagement set-aside, Community Schools, Title III, Migrant Education, ELO-P, and LCAP goals.
- LCFF Priority 3
- Title I Family Engagement
- Community Schools
- Title III
- Migrant Education
- ELO-P
- LCAP Goals
What a partnership includes
CoreDrive™ for Families, an InsightED bilingual family series, and a school-level family insights summary.
Built for trust
Family results stay private. Schools receive combined insights only.
No one gets left out of the conversation.
Nadie se queda fuera de la conversación.
Every question, every profile, and every family recommendation is available in English and Spanish. In many of your families' homes, the student is most comfortable in English and the grandparents in Spanish. CoreDrive™ meets every member of the family where they are, so no one is left out of the conversation about the child they're raising together.
Help families see what drives their child, and themselves.
When a student and parent each complete CoreDrive™, something powerful happens. Families see where their drives align, where they differ, and why certain moments at home turn into friction.
The argument about homework is rarely about homework. It's often two different drives meeting in the same kitchen.
CoreDrive™ helps families name those drives, respect them, and use them to encourage each other.
Discover. Understand. Connect.
The same research-based framework behind CoreDrive™ for Students and Educators, written for the kitchen table instead of the staff room.
Discover
Your school invites families, and parents and caregivers complete the CoreDrive™ assessment online, in English or Spanish, on a phone or computer.
Understand
Each person receives a personalized Drive Archetype profile, one of 17 research-based archetypes, explained in plain, family-friendly language.
Learn more about the science behind CoreDrive™ on the Hub page.
Connect
Families get conversation starters, at-home strategies, and ways to partner with teachers. Schools receive family engagement insights to strengthen outreach, attendance, and trust.
Raising kids for a future none of us have seen.
Today's students (Gen Alpha, and soon Gen Beta) will work in careers that don't exist yet. When families understand what drives their child, they can help them choose paths with purpose, not just paths with a paycheck. CoreDrive™ gives families a compass for conversations about college, career, and the kind of life their child wants to build.
The jobs will change. The why won’t.
Los trabajos cambiarán. El porqué, no.
The insight doesn’t stay on a screen.
CoreDrive™ for Families pairs with InsightED, Elevare’s bilingual family engagement series. Families bring their profiles into the room, and the real conversation starts there.
What Drives My Child? Inside the Mind of Gen Z and Gen Alpha
Your child isn’t lazy, defiant, or “just going through a phase.” Something is driving them. Families bring their CoreDrive™ profiles into the room and learn to read the drives behind effort, silence, and pushback, and what this generation needs from the adults who love them.
Families leave with: Their profile next to their child’s, and three conversation starters for this week.
Let Them Struggle: The Hard Part Is Where the Learning Happens
Rescuing our kids from every hard moment feels like love, but sometimes it takes away the learning. Families explore the science of productive struggle. They learn how to tell healthy challenge from real distress, and how to encourage their child based on what drives the child, not what drives the parent.
Families leave with: A “coach, don’t rescue” approach for homework time.
Screens, Focus, and the Family Plan: Raising Kids in the Age of AI
The apps on your child’s phone are designed to feed the same drives CoreDrive™ measures: curiosity, belonging, recognition. Families learn why screens pull so hard on their child in particular and what AI can and can’t do for learning. Together they build a family tech plan in their own language.
Families leave with: A one-page family plan they create in the session.
“I'm the son of Guatemalan immigrants and a former English Learner. My parents never lacked love or commitment. What they lacked was the language to navigate a system that wasn't built with them in mind. CoreDrive™ for Families is the tool I wish my parents had.”
Jaime Carias
Co-Founder, Elevare Learning; author of Buscando Vida, Encontrando Éxito
