The Kansas Parent Information Resource Center (KPIRC) provides technical assistance to schools and districts with the information, training, and tools needed to successfully involve parents in their children’s education. KPIRC also helps districts and schools comply with the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) legislation and Title 1 mandates by providing information on district and school parent involvement policies and school-parent compacts.
Kansas Family and Community Involvement Guide to Student Achievement
This booklet, complete with the National Family School Partnership Standards (PTA) and scoring guide, or rubric is intended to be used for measuring continuous improvement in family and community involvement in student achievement. The guide includes standards and performance descriptors that identify how schools can assess their family and community involvement procedures, policies and other efforts toward improving student achievement. Filed under Parents Schools and tagged with community national standards Order from KPIRC family school partnership NCLB PTA on January 15, 2009 # |
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Helping Your Child Series
The Helping Your Child brochure series aims to provide parents with the tools and information necessary to help their children succeed in school and life. These brochures feature practical lessons and activities to help their school aged and preschool children master reading, math and science; understand the value of homework; and, develop the skills and values necessary to achieve and grow. Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood Espanol and tagged with reading homework tips science Order from KPIRC teens math early childhood on January 12, 2009 # |
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Uncovering Math With Your Family - Spanish version
By Texas Instruments, this is a twelve-page booklet that provides parents with a resource they can use to help their children develop an interest in, and feel more comfortable with, mathematics. Filed under Parents Schools Espanol and tagged with family math Order from KPIRC on December 18, 2008 # |
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Uncovering Math With Your Family
By Texas Instruments, this is a twelve-page booklet that provides parents with a resource they can use to help their children develop an interest in, and feel more comfortable with, mathematics. Filed under Parents Schools and tagged with math Order from KPIRC on December 18, 2008 # |
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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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No Child Left Behind Act,Title I, Section 1118:
This document states the law and the requirements for the schools to fulfill regarding No Child Left Behind. Filed under Schools and tagged with Order from KPIRC NCLB school choice on December 18, 2008 # |
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Strategy Briefs
Strategy Briefs are lessons from the field: the policies, strategies and programs that people are using to make meaningful connections that make a real difference for students. Filed under Schools Early Childhood and tagged with family school partnership kindergarten transition effective practices professional development school readiness on December 05, 2008 # |
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ED Pubs
The ED Pubs web site is intended to help you identify and order U.S. Department of Education products. All publications are provided at no cost to the general public by the U.S. Department of Education. ED Pubs offers more than 6,000 titles. Items include: * Brochures * CD–ROMs * Grant applications * Newsletters * Posters * Research reports * Videotapes * Financial aid products Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood Higher Education and tagged with school choice supplemental education services accountability on November 19, 2008 # |
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From Compliance to Effective Practices: Strengthening Parent Involvement in Kansas' Schools and Districts
Assessing our practices scoring rubric Filed under Schools and tagged with Order from KPIRC effective practices scoring rubric on November 05, 2008 # |
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