PowerPoint Central Parental Involvement Training Resources 

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Educators and parent leaders have unlimited use for professional development and get unlimited reproduction rights for distribution in newsletters, memos, booklets, pamphlets and more! You will be connected to National Parental Involvement Day and Public School Volunteer Week activities. You will be updated on our resources and receive news on best practices through our newsletter Appleseed Today.

These resources were presented by the nation's leading researchers and leaders in the parental involvement movement in the United States. 

 

Parent Organizing

• Strong Families, Strong Schools, Presentation by Project Appleseed president Kevin Walker for the National Association of Elementary School Principals

• Go for the Power: Using the NCLB Leverage Points for Parents, Dr. Anne T. Henderson, Senior Consultant with the Institute for Education and Social Policy of New York University

• Beyond the Building: A Facilitation Guide for School, Family, and Community Connections, Chris Ferguson & Lacy Wood, Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (This file is 25MB and will be sent by email. Click on link to request file.)

• Parent Leadership in Education & Youth Education Tekies, Centro Sor Juana in Las Milpas South Pharr, Texas

• Parent Involvement Strategies That Work, Presented by: Alison Bell, Ron Mirr, and Ed Redalen, Area Education Agency 267, Iowa Department of Education, School Administrators of Iowa, Tri-County Child & Family Development Council.

• Parental Involvement: How to Build Collaborations that Impact Student Achievement, Jacquelyn C. Jackson, Ed.D Director, Student Achievement and School Accountability Programs, U.S. Department of Education

• Parent Advisory Councils Family Services Agency Conference, Ramona Bell-Pearson, Mother of twins in 5th grade, PLI grad, active with PTA, Principal's Advisory Committee for 3 years, County PTA Council, Karen Treber, Mother of 2 boys, PLI grad, M-PAC, Superintendent's Family Involvement Council, PIRC Board, Allegany County Parent Advisory Council

• American Idle: Discovering your parents' hidden talents, Center for Parent Leadership

• Family Reading Parties for Parents of Students in Title I Schools, Florida Partnership for Family Involvement In Education

• Empowering Parents to be Education Advocates for Their Children, Lessons from Virginia Walden Ford, Executive Director, D.C. Parents for School Choice

• Standards and Practices to Increase Your Parent Power, Anna Weselak, PTA National President

• How School Communication Patterns with Parents Affect Parenting Behavior and Student's Academic Achievement, Reginald Clark, Ph.D., Clark and Associates, Claremont, CA.

• Taking Charge of Your Child's Future, Every Person Influences Children

• KANSAS KPIRC MAPPS, Nancy P. Kraft, Ph.D., Director

 

Early Childhood & Parental Involvement

• Expanding and Enhancing Early Childhood Services through Collaboration and Quality Improvement, Indiana Parent Information Center

• Early Childhood Education "P.A.D.R.E.S - I", Parents Advancing the Readiness for Educational Success, Dr. Rosie Garcia-Belina, Dr. C. William Chignoli

• HIPPY: Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters

• HIPPY: Multi-Dimensional Parent Education

• Meeting in the Middle, Assisting families, schools, and communities with children's academic and personal development. Academic Development Institute. ADI is the Parent Information Resource Center (PIRC) for Illinois, as designated by the U.S. Department of Education.

 

Parents and Teaching

• Ready Set School! Empowering parents to teach, A Project of the Utah Family Center and its Partners

• Math and Parent Partnerships, Parents Take Part: Teaching and Learning Mathematics, Mary Schumacher, University of Arizona

 

Hispanic Americans

• White House Iniative on Educational Excellence of Hispanic Americans Parent Involvement El Involucramiento De Los Padres De Familia, Presented by: Lorena Garcia and Isabel Santa Hispanic CREO

 

Evaluation

• What Gets Measured, Gets Done: Evaluation is Your Friend, Nancy Chavkin, Ph.D., Texas State University Standards

• Accountability & Standards: A Training for Community Partners & Parents, Barbara R. Davidson, President, StandardsWork, Inc.

• Putting Parents Front and Center Understanding Standards-Based School Reform, The Education Trust

 

Planning

• Introduction to Sustainability Planning, Dionne Dobbins-Harper, The Finance Project

 

Parents As Teachers

• Expanding and Enhancing Early Childhood Services, Academic Development Institute, Creating a Learning Environment Among PAT Programs

• Measuring the Success of Parents as Teachers, Karen Guskin, Ph.D. Director, Research & Quality Improvement

• Serving Diverse Families & Communities Using Parents As Teachers

 

Supplemental Educational Services

• SES in Action: A Toolkit for Parents and Community Leaders, Supplemental Educational Services Quality Center