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Family Engagement: A Critical Component to Building An Empowering Culture in the Kansas Multi-Tier System of Support

Family engagement is a key aspect of Kansas MTSS. Within the Kansas Multi-Tier System of Supports (MTSS) framework, an empowering culture is a key component that supports the effective instruction of students. Families should be involved from the beginning as a school creates an empowering culture to support implementation of MTSS. Families need information on how MTSS will impact their children. This includes understanding what data will be collected, how it will be used and what supports will be provided to their child.

Filed under Parents Schools Higher Education and tagged with MTSS multi-tier system of support collaboration on May 06, 2010 #

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Collaboration for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning

CASEL was founded in 1994 by Daniel Goleman, the author of Emotional Intelligence, and educator/philanthropist Eileen Rockefeller Growald. CASEL's first years focused on gathering scientific evidence to demonstrate the contributions of social and emotional learning to students' school success, health, well-being, peer and family relationships, and citizenship. While still conducting scientific research and reviewing the best available science evidence, over time CASEL has increasingly worked to provide SEL practitioners and school administrators with the guidelines, tools, informational resources, policies, training, and supports they need to improve and expand their SEL programming.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood and tagged with social/emotional social learning social development on March 25, 2010 #

Social Emotional Learning and Bullying Prevention

While bullying is a pervasive problem in many schools, schools can take specific steps to improve the school climate and encourage positive interactions designed to reduce or prevent bullying. Schools using a social and emotional learning (SEL) framework can foster an overall climate of inclusion, warmth, and respect, and promote the development of core social and emotional skills among both students and staff. Because bullying prevention is entirely congruent with SEL, it can be embedded in a school’s SEL framework. The aims of this brief are to (a) provide a basic description of a school-wide SEL framework, (b) illustrate the relationship between social and emotional factors and bullying, and (c) explain how an SEL framework can be extended to include bullying prevention.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood and tagged with bullying social/emotional social development on March 25, 2010 #

Social Emotional Development in Early Childhood: A Booklet for Kansas Families

A child’s early development builds a foundation for later learning. The purpose of this booklet is to introduce families to some of the skills, called developmental milestones, that children develop and the order in which they happen. A sampling of ideas to help develop these skills is found in the following pages. Children develop differently, even in the same family. Two children, side by side, will not necessarily have the same skills at the same time. This booklet has been complied to provide information on the development of social and emotional skills in young children and is intended for use by Kansas families. This booklet weaves a common thread of understanding related to what social and emotional development looks like in early childhood. Suggested Use of This Booklet: • As a starting point for conversations about the development of children. • As a guide for families to help support their child’s development through suggested activities.

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with social/emotional social development Early Learning Document ELG on March 12, 2010 #

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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Healthy Children

The Administration for Children and Families Office of Head Start has created a new website designed to empower parents that is supported by the American Academy of Pediatrics. The site includes information about ages and stages from prenatal through young adult. It also includes healthy living information (e.g., nutrition, fitness, sports, oral health, and emotional wellness), as well as safety and prevention information, health issues, news, and tips and tools. and “Ask the Pediatrician” or “Find a Pediatrician” features.

Filed under Parents and tagged with health development on January 26, 2010 #

Circles of Caring: What Child Abuse Prevention Looks Like

The West Virginia Prevent Child Abuse America Chapter has created a short video based on the Strengthening Families Protective Factors. It is a powerful combination of the recent Frameworks reframing research blended with the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) Protective Factors framework.

Filed under Parents Early Childhood and tagged with protective factors child abuse prevention social/emotional 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 #

Coffeyville Community Elementary School, Family and Parent Partnership Project Report (FPPPs)

The Kansas Parent Information Resource Center (KPIRC) annually supports five Family and Parent Partnership Projects (FPPP’s) in public schools across Kansas. These schools are asked to plan, strategize, implement and evaluate family engagement efforts in their school. Each school submits an annual proposal to KPIRC with a specific plan for family engagement planning and strategies for the school year. This is the Family and Parent Partnership Project midyear report from Coffeyville, Kansas.

Filed under Parents Schools and tagged with effective practices family family school partnership Parent Involvement Plan Family Centers on January 18, 2010 #

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Reading Tip Sheets for Parents

Reading, and a love for reading, begins at home. Our one-page Reading Tip Sheets offer easy ways for parents to help kids become successful readers. Although we've divided these tips by age, many of them can be used with children at various ages and stages — we encourage you to choose the ones that work best for your child. Tip sheets for parents of children in Preschool through Third Grade are available in eleven languages!

Filed under Parents Early Childhood Espanol and tagged with early literacy fluency phonemic awareness phonics literacy reading on January 15, 2010 #

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