Resources about teachers

Dropout Prevention: What Families Need to Know

Family support in a child's education can help build a foundation for success that directly impacts a child's school perfomance in a postive way. This document gives you the tools and tips to help your child in Early Childhood, Elementary school, Middle school and high school to prevent dropout.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood and tagged with Dropout prevention effective practices ESEA family family engagement family school partnership fathers teens high school behavior homework meaningful family engagement community involvement teachers discipline on December 05, 2011 #

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Student Transition from Middle to High School

A parent's involvement in the transition from middle school to high school makes a difference in a student's academic success. This fact sheet will give parents information on how to stay involved from middle school through high school.

Filed under Parents Schools Higher Education and tagged with family family engagement family school partnership education high school teachers Supporting Student Success Title 1 testing ESEA school readiness student performance middle school on October 13, 2011 #

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Literacy Activities Packet

This packet of reading activities is courtesy of the Kansas Parent Information Resource Center. Parents can do these activities with their children to reinforce literacy skills in five areas of reading: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency and Comprehension.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood and tagged with literature early literacy Title 1 tips Order from KPIRC writing homework literacy family reading education teachers phonics parent involvement fluency fathers development on October 13, 2010 #

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University of Maine Early Childhood Resources

Click on the Tipsheet titles listed below to open an accessible web page. Please be sure to check out the Selected Resources link for each Tipsheet.

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with teachers administrators education early childhood special education early childhood development on January 14, 2010 #

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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School - Parent Compact Guide

This booklet provides the National Standards fro Family School Partnerships which is a comprehensive guideline that schools can use to determine how successful they are in implementing family school community partnerships. This booklet also highlights examples of parent involvement in schools and school districts across Kansas.

Filed under Parents Schools and tagged with teachers family family school partnership parenting parent leadership Order from KPIRC on August 03, 2009 #

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Toolkit for Kansas Schools: Involving Parents in No Child Left Behind; Creating Family, School, Community Partnerships

This document is intended to be a useful resource for district and building-level teams of teachers, parents, administrators, and community members to review, as they consider ways to carry out NCLB mandates, school improvement goals and family, school, partnerships that help every child learn. The most effective activities and goals will be those that respond directly to the unique characteristics and needs of your school’s children and families.

Filed under Schools and tagged with accountability NCLB Order from KPIRC school choice supplemental education services teachers national standards testing Toolkit on December 18, 2008 #

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Making Literacy Count!

This literacy resource is designed to help those who educate children birth to grade 12 in the following areas: Research, practice and information for families.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood and tagged with teachers literacy Order from KPIRC effective practices early childhood on December 18, 2008 #

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Organizing a Successful Family Center in Your School

This booklet was developed to help school staff members, parents and community leaders understand how family centers can promote family participation and strengthen their schools. It also serves as a guide to establishing family centers.

Filed under Parents and tagged with Order from KPIRC family school partnership national standards teachers family Family Centers on December 17, 2008 #

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Involving Parents in Powerful Ways

This booklet gives helpful tips and ideas on how principals and educators can involve parents in their children's education.

Filed under - and tagged with Order from KPIRC Principals Educators teachers on December 17, 2008 #

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