Resources For Higher Education

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 #

Collaborating with Families

The IRIS Center and the PACER Center have created an interactive, online module to support educators in diversifying and improving family participation in school. In the module, a principal and staff demonstrate how they gain information about of their students' families because this helps them best engage all members of a family in education. Many schools enjoy a high level of parental involvement from some families, but schools should be ever-interested in increasing involvement, especially among families of students with disabilities.

Filed under Schools Early Childhood Higher Education and tagged with Parent Involvement Plan parent leadership on February 18, 2010 #

Parent Leadership: Successful Strategies

Although public policies governing education, health and human services and family support have promoted parent leadership for years, State and local programs often have encountered many challenges in engaging parents in leadership roles. This “successful strategies” document shares lessons from parents and organizations that have led the way. It is designed to help Community-Based Family Resource and Support (CBFRS) programs promote and expand parent leadership.

Filed under Schools Early Childhood Higher Education and tagged with leadership parent involvement Parent Involvement Plan on January 26, 2010 #

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 #

Healthy Kids Challenge

Healthy Kids Challenge (HKC) is a nonprofit, dedicated to helping schools, programs, and communities with solutions to support kids and families with making healthy eating and physical activity choices.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood Higher Education and tagged with health food nutrition on January 07, 2010 #

A Family Guide to Schoolwide Positive Behavior Supports (SWPBS)

The link between families and Schoolwide Positive Behavior Supports (SWPBS) is an important one. When families are meaningfully involved in educational activities their children do better in schools. Families play an important part in their child’s education and social development. The presence of parents in schools not only provides additional academic supports but also creates community and cultural connections. In many schools, family participation in the schoolwide positive behavior support process is growing. Family members are part of state, district, and school planning teams and participate in schoolwide activities in a variety of ways. Family involvement helps to provide consistency between home and school, the key to success for all students. Family members participate in the assessment and problem solving process to create individualized positive behavior support plans when necessary for their children. This booklet is designed to help families understand the important role they play in Schoolwide Positive Behavior Supports.

Filed under Parents Schools Higher Education and tagged with behavior positive behavior support PBS SWPBS on December 14, 2009 #

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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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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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Successful Parent Involvement Practices in Kansas Schools

In January of 2008, the Kansas State Board of Education endorsed the new PTA National Standards for Family School Partnerships. The PTA National Family School Partnership Standards were family school partnerships and parent involvement practices. This resource highlights Kansas schools that have exhibited exemplary practices in Parent Involvement in Kansas.

Filed under Schools Higher Education and tagged with family school partnership effective practices national standards PTA NCLB on June 15, 2009 #

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