Educating future Kansas teachers about parent involvement is one of the most effective way to invite parents to share in the education of their children. The Kansas Parent Information Resource Center (KPIRC) provides training and resources to faculty and students at institutions of higher education, so that teacher education curriculum can be expanded to include more effective tools for parent involvement, No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislated requirements, and diversity.
2010 Proclamation of Family Engagement Month
Governor Mark Parkinson has declared October, 2010 to be Family Engagement Month. This official proclamation will download as a pdf file. Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood Higher Education Businesses Espanol and tagged with family engagement governor's proclamation proclamation on September 24, 2010 # |
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2010 Kansas Parent Leadership Conference Brochure
This brochure presents detailed information on the 2010 Leadership Conference. Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood Higher Education Businesses Espanol and tagged with PLC Parent Leadership Conference on August 16, 2010 # |
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The Education Innovator Volume IX, No. 5
In this issue of The Education Innovator, a new era of parent and family engagement – one informed by a "skyscraper full of research" concerning the role that parent, family, and community engagements play in children's learning and success in school – is explored. Both a national working group of key stakeholders in parent and family engagement and the national network of Parental Information and Resource Centers are working hard to ensure success in this new era. Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood Higher Education and tagged with MTSS multi-tier system of support national standards on July 19, 2010 # |
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Parent Teacher Education Connection: Online Parent Modules!
The goal of PTE Connection is to help teachers and early childhood professionals work more effectively with parents and families across cultures to improve student achievement. Our curriculum has been revised to align with the PTA National Family School Partnership Standards, which were endorsed by the Kansas State Board of Education. Each standard has been developed into an online module that can be used for professional development. Filed under Schools Early Childhood Higher Education and tagged with PTA national standards Welcoming Supporting Student Success Communicating Speaking Up for Every Child Collaborating with the Community professional development on April 27, 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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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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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 # |
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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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Healthy Kids Challenge
Healthy Kids Challenge (HKC) is a nonprofit organization, 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 # |
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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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