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PAT Update: No Child Left Behind & Parents as Teachers

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) of 2001 empowers parents to get involved in their child's education, requires stronger accountability for results and stresses the use of scientific-based research. This information brief lists ways that the Parents As Teachers program supports NCLB.

Filed under Early Childhood and tagged with NCLB No Child Left Behind PAT Update Order from KPIRC on August 19, 2010 #

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Kindergarten in Kansas: A Booklet for Families of Children Ages 4 to 6 Years

Congratulations! Your child will soon be old enough to enter kindergarten! This booklet will help ease the process as you move into the role or trusting, involved partner of your child’s kindergarten teacher. Designed to provide you information on what you need to know and what you can expect as the first day of school approaches, we hope it is just what you’re looking for! If we can be of further assistance please don’t hesitate to contact us!

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood and tagged with kindergarten kindergarten transition early literacy Order from KPIRC on August 19, 2010 #

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Off They Go

A what to expect and when to worry guide for parents and care givers of school age children ages 6 to 12.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood and tagged with family tips Order from KPIRC development education parenting Malcolm Smith on August 16, 2010 #

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KPIRC 2008-2009 Annual Summary Report

The Kansas Parent Information Resource Center promotes meaningful parent involvement at all levels of education and provides information and resources to help parents, educators and other organizations promote the educational success of every Kansas child. This report summarizes the work of the KPIRC for the 2008-09 grant year.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood Higher Education Businesses Espanol and tagged with Order from KPIRC accountability on February 22, 2010 #

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Parent Connect, Vol. 1, Iss., 2

Table of Contents: New Year’s Resolution Page 1 Fun Ways to Spend Winter Days Page 2 Looking for Quality in Early Childhood Programs Page 3 Advice for Parents on Talking to Children about H1N1 Concerns Page 4

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with high quality preschool high quality quality newsletter Order from KPIRC on January 05, 2010 #

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A Parent's Guide to Understanding Adequate Yearly Progress

This brochure explains what adequate yearly progress is and how it is determined.

Filed under Parents Schools and tagged with accountability Title 1 school choice NCLB Order from KPIRC AYP on December 15, 2009 #

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A Parent's Guide to Understanding Your Building Level Report Card

This brochure provides answers to questions you may have about your school districts building level report card.

Filed under Parents Schools and tagged with school choice AYP NCLB accountability Order from KPIRC family on December 15, 2009 #

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Student Led Parent Conferences

Student-led parent conferences increase parent involvement in schools. Research reveals that parent participation in conferences increases 40 to 60 percent when student-led conferences are implemented as opposed to traditional teacher-led conferences.

Filed under Schools and tagged with student performance high school teachers family school partnership parent leadership communication Title 1 Order from KPIRC parent teacher conferences on October 19, 2009 #

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The Magic of Everyday Moments: Six to Nine Months

The booklets in this series, Magic of Everyday Moments, are not intended to be general guides to everything that is happening at each specific age. Instead, they focus on how, through interactions with your baby during everyday moments, you can support your baby's social, emotional and intellectual development. In fact, these everyday moments are rich opportunities to encourage your child’s development by building her self-confidence; curiosity; social skills; self-control and communication skills. Most of all you build her desire to learn about her world. These are linked with Permission from Zero to Three- www.zerotothree.org

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with communication cognitive Order from KPIRC social/emotional social development zero to three years infant development infant mental health on September 14, 2009 #

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The Magic of Everyday Moments: Birth to Four Months

The booklets in this series, Magic of Everyday Moments, are not intended to be general guides to everything that is happening at each specific age. Instead, they focus on how, through interactions with your baby during everyday moments, you can support your baby's social, emotional and intellectual development. In fact, these everyday moments are rich opportunities to encourage your child’s development by building her self-confidence; curiosity; social skills; self-control and communication skills. Most of all you build her desire to learn about her world. These are linked with Permission from Zero to Three- www.zerotothree.org

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with Order from KPIRC communication cognitive social/emotional infant mental health social development infant development zero to three years on September 14, 2009 #

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