KPIRC_Heading
Family Lit & Adult Ed Early Childhood Higher Ed
Home For Parents For Schools For Businesses Faith- & Community-Based Organizations Downloads
About Us
Contact Us
Feedback or Questions
 
 
 

 

  
Google  
  
Home -- About Us
 


In October, 2006, Kansas Families and Schools Together, Inc., KFAST, a non-profit agency was successful in winning a second round of funding to continue the Kansas Parent Information Resource Center (KPIRC). The funding in this cycle is for five more years. The KPIRC is a partnership between KFAST and 10 statewide educational and parent advocacy organizations.

Title V of the reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, No Child Left Behind, authorizes establishing federally funded parental information and resource centers that provide training, information and support to parents. The Centers also provide support to SEAs (state education agencies & departments of education), LEAs (local education agencies & school districts), and other organizations that carry out parent education and family involvement programs. A major goal of the KPIRC is to support parents in helping their children meet the Kansas QPA (Quality Performance and Accreditation) standards.

Kansas Parent Information Resource Center Statewide Advisory Board

Laura Kaiser President, KS state PTA (parent)

Jan Long President-Elect, Kansas PTA (parent)

Lesli Girard Parent consultant/trainer with Families Together, Inc. (the federally mandated and funded PTI under IDEA (parent)

Connie Zienkewicz Executive Director of Families Together, Inc. (parent)

Mary Baskett Executive Director of the KS Head Start Association (parent)

Judi Miller Assistant Director of State and Federal Programs with the KS State Department of Education

Chris Bradley Consultant, State and Federal Programs, KS State Dept of Education

Jennifer Spencer Consultant with Parents As Teachers, Sate and Federal Programs, KS State Dept of Education (parent)

Nancy Keel Kansas Parents as Teachers Association (parent)

June Rempel President Elect, Kansas Parents as Teachers Association

Carolyn Weinhold Coordinator, Head Start-State Collaboration Office

Leticia Suastegui Coordinator, Kansas Migrant Parent Advisory Council

Peg Dunlap Kansas National Education Association

Sherri Yourdon Kansas National Education Association/Kansas Learning First Alliance

Vikki Jo Stewart Special Projects Director, State Library of Kansas

Zoe Thompson Coordinator, Kansas Families and Schools Together, Inc

Rose Foster, Strategic Education Center Director (parent)

Peg McCarthy, Title I Parent and Topeka School Board Member

Dallas Lyons Title I Parent

Ebony Reddick Title I Parent

To provide a seamless system of support, resources, and training to families with children from birth through high school.

To build capacity of parents, particularly those who are educationally and/or economically disadvantaged, to become an integral part of their children's educational success.

To develop parent advocacy and leadership skills.