Businesses play an important role in the success of local schools. The Kansas Parent Information Resource Center (KPIRC) provides businesses with parent involvement information and training, including resources describing the benefits parent involvement brings to businesses, their employees and the entire community.
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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Working With Parents: Strengthening Families
The Working with Parents videos are the result of work from Lynn McDonald who piloted the Families and Schools Together (FAST) program at Beacon Primary School, located in a challenging Liverpool community in the UK. The school recruited 14 families to take part in the American-style community-building program. Over seven weeks, the families took part in activities, such as singing and cooking together, and discovered what a sense of community feels like. These videos show how links between communities and schools can affect children’s welfare and education. Some of the topics include: supporting parents across communities; strengthening the family; the strengthening families, strengthening communities approach; and social isolation and parenting. Filed under Schools Higher Education Businesses and tagged with community Parent Involvement Plan leadership on February 18, 2010 # |
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Engaging All Parents
Research about the positive impact of Parent Involvement, presented by KPIRC Director, Jane Groff. Filed under Parents Schools Higher Education Businesses and tagged with ESEA Law Title 1 research on January 26, 2010 # |
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Institute for Youth, Education and Families
The YEF Institute has published a new toolkit on Preventing Gang Violence and Building Communities Where Young People Thrive. The toolkit draws upon lessons learned over the past three years from the California Cities Gang Prevention Network, a 13-city network formed to identify strategies for reducing gang violence and victimization. The kit highlights a wide range of city practices and contains eight chapters divided into three sections: marshalling resources to fund anti-gang strategies; strategic partnerships within the criminal justice system, and with county agencies, schools, neighborhoods, and the faith community; and targeted approaches, including street-level outreach and facilitating reentry from detention facilities. Filed under Parents Schools Businesses and tagged with high school gang preventions guidance community family family school partnership public education parenting on January 15, 2010 # |
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Proclamation
Proclamation by Governor Mark Parkinson that October, 2009 is Parent Involvement month. Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood Higher Education Businesses Espanol and tagged with proclamation on October 09, 2009 # |
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Parent Involvement: Keys to Success
No state official would argue that parent involvement is NOT important, but pressures to implement federal and state education policies often focus attention on other issues. Developed by experts at the National Center for Family Literacy in partnership with the Appalachia Regional Comprehensive Center at Edvantia, this series of podcasts provides information and strategies for educators at state, district, and school levels to increase parent involvement in student learning in ways that support student and school success. Filed under Parents Schools Businesses and tagged with standards and assessments liason leadership homework literacy podcasts on August 19, 2009 # |
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2009 Parent Leadership Conference Brochure
This is a downloadable brochure for the 2009 Parent Leadership Conference, October 1 & 2, Topeka, Kansas. Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood Higher Education Businesses Espanol and tagged with parent leadership parenting on July 28, 2009 # |
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Early Childhood Brown Bag Packet
The Kansas Parent Information Resource Center has developed a series of Brown Bag Presentations that you can share with parents. These packets will help parents understand how they can better assist their children's learning. Each "Brown Bag" is focused on a different topic and contains several handouts that you can reproduce or that are readily available for free from the federal government. Brown Bags are available on the following topics:No Child Left Behind (NCLB), Early Childhood, Reading, Math & Science, Special Education, Staying Healthy and High School. Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood Businesses and tagged with brown bag education family Order from KPIRC tips workforce early childhood toddlers zero to three years on December 18, 2008 # |
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High School Brown Bag Packet
The Kansas Parent Information Resource Center has developed a series of Brown Bag Presentations that you can share with parents. These packets will help parents understand how they can better assist their children's learning. Each "Brown Bag" is focused on a different topic and contains several handouts that you can reproduce or that are readily available for free from the federal government. Brown Bags are available on the following topics:No Child Left Behind (NCLB), Early Childhood, Reading, Math & Science, Special Education, Staying Healthy and High School. Filed under Parents Schools Businesses and tagged with brown bag education family Order from KPIRC tips workforce high school on December 18, 2008 # |
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Math & Science Brown Bag Packet
The Kansas Parent Information Resource Center has developed a series of Brown Bag Presentations that you can share with parents. These packets will help parents understand how they can better assist their children's learning. Each "Brown Bag" is focused on a different topic and contains several handouts that you can reproduce or that are readily available for free from the federal government. Brown Bags are available on the following topics:No Child Left Behind (NCLB), Early Childhood, Reading, Math & Science, Special Education, Staying Healthy and High School. Filed under Parents Schools Businesses and tagged with brown bag education family Order from KPIRC tips workforce math science on December 18, 2008 # |
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