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Resources for Parent LeadershipThere are currently 33 resource(s) for Parent Leadership in the NCPIE database. To order a resource, please contact its publishing organization. ASPIRA Association, Inc.
1444 I Street NWSuite 800 Washington DC 20005 Voice: 202-835-3600 Ext. 114 Fax: 202-835-3613 Contact: Hilda Crespo, Vice President, Public Policy Contact E-mail: hcrespo@aspira.org Web Address: www.aspira.org
Resource Title: The APEX Workshop Series Manual and Facilitators Guide Price: $85.00 Description: The APEX Workshop series has 10 workshops which address parent training. They promote parent engagement in their children's education and in the leaderhip structure of their schools. Also included is a Facilitator's guide available in both English or Spanish. Center for Parent Leadership
at the Prichard CommitteePO Box 1658 Lexington KY 40588-1658 Voice: 859-233-9849, ext. 227 Fax: 859-233-0760 Contact: Molly Toney Contact E-mail: mtoney@prichardcommittee.org Web Address: www.centerforparentleadership.org
Resource Title: Parents and Teachers Talking Together Facilitators Guide Price: $75 Description: Responding to the growing need for increased parent and teacher communication, the Center for Parent Leadership has created a workshop and trainer's guide that enable parent leaders, community organizers and educators to fortify relationships between parents and teachers through focused discussions on how they can work together to improve education in their community. Parents and Teachers Talking Together encourages communication by addressing two important questions:
The guide takes users through a four-hour meeting where these issues are discussed. And it shows how groups are using the exercise to identify shared concerns and priorities and set in motion the solutions required to make a real difference for students. Resource Title: No Child Left Behind: What's In It For Parents Price: $15 Author: Anne Henderson Description: CPL's guide, No Child Left Behind: Whats in it for Parents, spotlights six key leverage points in the law that parents can use to: get information about school and student performance; use the information to influence education policies and programs; and hold schools more accountable for results. In easy-to-understand terms, parents will learn which schools are affected by the law plus how, when, and what they can do to advocate for better schools and quality teaching. As a parent leader, you want to be at the table when your school is addressing such issues as closing the achievement gaps between different groups of students, recruiting and keeping highly-qualified teachers, or school safety, said the guides author, Anne Henderson, an expert on parent engagement and community organizing. Resource Title: The Case for Parent Leadership Price: $10 Description: When parents have information, skills and organizational support, they are enabled to become decision making partners in their local schools. Readers of the Case for Parent Leadership will find:
Center for the Development of Schools and Communities
1201 Columbia Road NWWashington DC 20009 Voice: 202-328-5412 Fax: 202-328-9411 Contact: Anne Bouie, Ph.D. Contact E-mail: cdsc1@aol.com
Resource Title: How to Help Your Child Succeed in School Price: varies Author: Anne Bouie, Ph.D. Description: This is a learning experience designed for parents and families. The work includes interactive sessions that help families learn how to support their children, work with teachers and become involved in the life of the school. EPIC -- Every Person Influences Children, Inc.
1000 Main StreetBuffalo NY 14202 Voice: 716-332-4100 Fax: 716-332-4101 Contact: Vito Borrello Contact E-mail: borrellov@epicforchildren.org Web Address: www.epicforchildren.org
Resource Title: Creating Home-School Partnership & Parent Involvement Resource Guide Price: $15.00 Author: EPIC Description: This guide offers "best practices" guidelines for creating home-school partnerships and parent involvement in schools. Tools for a school self-assessment, analysis of strengths and needs, and the creation of a parent involvement plan are provided. KSA-Plus Communications
2300 Clarendon Blvd.Ste. 600 Arlington VA 22201 Voice: 703-528-7100 ext. 114 Fax: 703-528-9692 Contact: Adam Kernan-Schloss, President and CEO Contact E-mail: adam@ksaplus.com Web Address: www.parents.ksaplus.com
Resource Title: Parent Leadership Starter Kit Price: $7.50 Author: Misc. Description: Everything a parent leader needs to know to become a more effective advocate and decision-maker, including quizzes, checklists and lots of useful advice about making use of the No Child Left Behind law. Resource Title: 12 Things Parents Should Know and Expect Price: free PDF download from web site Author: Adam Kernan-Schloss Description: As a parent, here are 12 things you should know about and expect from your schools ... and yourself. Resource Title: The Case for Parent Leadership Price: free PDF download from web site Author: Misc. Description: The publication features a number of useful resources: checklists and mini-quizzes to help you judge how parent-friendly your schools are; practical advice for parents, educators and policymakers on what they can do right now to promote the kind of parent involvement that will have a sustained impact on student learning; and examples of successful parent leadership programs from New York to California. Resource Title: Using Data as an Advocacy Tool Price: $5 Author: Adam Kernan-Schloss Description: An 8-page guide that looks at how parents leaders can get smart about their school's data... identify which students are being well-served and which students are not ... and be able to ask the kinds of questions that lead to school improvement. Resource Title: No Child Left Behind: What's in It for Parents Price: $7.50 Author: Anne Henderson Description: This guide takes a closer look at how the new federal law requires schools and districts to involve parents in the hard work of school improvement. Readers also will learn about the six leverage points that parents and community members can use to ensure every child receives a high-quality education. For each leverage point, the guide suggests specific steps parents can take to ensure that their schools are doing what the federal law requires of them. English and Spanish versions. MegaSkills Education Center of the Home and School Institute
1500 Massachusetts Ave NWSpecial Projects Office/Ste. 042 Washington DC 20005 Voice: 202-466-3633 Fax: 202-833-1400 Contact: Dorothy Rich, President Web Address: www.MegaSkillsHSI.org
Resource Title: MegaSkills Staff and Family Libraries Author: Institute staff Description: Institute school and family libraries include: MegaSkills: 3rd and 2nd Editions Spanish/English Handbook What Do We Say? What Do We Do? Nurturing the Educational Leader Within You Survival Guide for Today's Parents and related titles Resource Title: MegaSkills Leader Training for Parent Involvement Price: Training Fees Author: Dorothy Rich and Harriett Stonehill Description: MegaSkills Leader Training for Parent Involvement provides training and complete content for a comprehensive series of workshops for parents. The instruction focuses on how MegaSkills can help parents support children's learning at home in partnership with school programs and provides grade coded home, academic learning for parents to do with children. Trainer of trainer is available. Montana Parent Information and Resource Center Network
127 N. HigginsSuite 307 Missoula MT 59802 Voice: 800-914-1927 Fax: 406-721-4584 Contact: Barbara Riley Contact E-mail: briley@montanapirc.org Web Address: www.montanapirc.org
Resource Title: MPIRC Online Newsletter Price: Free Description: This newsletter, sent regularly by the MPRIC office, is full of resources for parents, teachers and administrators, and it's delivered straight to your email inbox. To subscribe to the newsletter, send a blank email to info@montanapirc.org with "Subscribe" in the subject line. National Head Start Association
1651 Prince StAlexandria VA 22314 Voice: 703-739-0875 Fax: 703-739-0878 Web Address: www.nhsa.org
Resource Title: The V2K Tool Kit for Voter Participation: A Voter Participation and Lobbying Guide for Head Start Parents, Staff, and Friends Price: Free Description: With nearly 18 million former Head Start children and their families nationwide, and more than 835,000 children in the Program today, the Head Start community stands to make a major impact in the upcoming elections. This user-friendly guide shows you how to make your voice heard. Ohio Parent Information and Resource Center
3021 Vernon PlaceCincinnati OH 45219 Voice: 513-221-3660 Fax: 513-487-5314 Contact: Vandelia Todd, Program Director Contact E-mail: vtodd@lys.org Web Address: ohiopirc.lys.org
Resource Title: Empowering Parents and Communities Price: no cost -- prior training Author: staff Description: This is a 24-hour parent leadership training curriculum that enavles caregivers/parents to increase their involvement and sharpen their skills for effective leadership. EPC promotes the development of parents and caregivers to understand the needs of children and the issues that challenge parents as well as other community leaders. Oliver Moles
6904 Stonewood Ct.Rockville MD 20852 Voice: 301-770-2325 Fax: 301-770-6955
Resource Title: Reaching all families: Creating family friendly schools Author: Oliver Moles, editor Description: A collection of best practices for schools to welcome and involve families produced by the U.S. Department of Education in 1996, and now available only on the web. Eighteen practices cover introducing school policies and programs, personal contacts, ongoing communications, special practices and programs, and special groups. Parent Educational Advocacy Training Center
100 N. Washington StreetSuite 234 Falls Church VA 22048 Voice: 1-800-869-6782 TTY: 1-703-923-0010 Fax: 1-800-693-3514 Contact: Michelle Frappier Contact E-mail: Frappier@peatc.org Web Address: www.peatc.org
Resource Title: Virginia Parent Information Resource Center Price: Free Author: PEATC Description: PEATC is Virginia's Parent Information Resource Center (V-PIRC) serving culturally, linguistically, educationally, economically and geographically diverse families and the schools, programs and communities who serve them. Parents for Public Schools
200 N. Congress StreetSuite 500 Jackson MS 39202 Voice: 601-969-6936 Fax: 601-969-6041 Contact: Anne Foster Contact E-mail: afoster@parents4publicschools.org Web Address: www.parents4publicschools.org
Resource Title: PPS Chapter Manual: A comprehensive and practical guide to organizing and sustaining a community-based organization Price: Free Description: The manual includes successful activity ideas and samples from PPS chapters across the country, i.e. publicity, school governance, school tours, site-based management, special events, business networks, and recruitment for enrollment. Resource Title: Parents for Public Schools Clearinghouse Price: Free Description: A free weekly update on the latest developments on improving public schools, national education issues, and parental involvement. Resource Title: Parents for Public Schools E-Newsletter Price: Free Description: A free monthly newsletter describing the work of PPS on behalf of strong public schools and all students. Parent-U-Turn
9711 San Gabriel AvenueSouth Gate CA 90280 Voice: 323-564-6545 Fax: 323-564-8541 Contact: Mary Johnson / Founder Contact E-mail: l.johnson8@worldnet.att.net Web Address: www.teachingToChangeLA.org
Resource Title: Parent Survioral Guide Price: $20.00 Author: Parent-U-Turn Description: Parents Survioral Guide is recommend for parents of children k-12 grades. The booklet is a mapp for parents on the school structure and how to get their children "Beyond High School to University. Parent Survioral Guide cover such topics, college preparation, scholarhips/grants available for undocument immigrants and Afro-American students. Others topics include ABC"S for students success, Special Education, How to work within the school structure and what each department roles in students acheivement. Parents Survioral Guide is translate in both English and Spanish. Prince George's County Public schools
Department of School Development9880 Good Luck Road Room 1 Lanham MD 20706 Voice: 301-552-4294 Fax: 301-552-4293 Contact: Beverly Holley Contact E-mail: bholley@pgcps.org Web Address: www1.pgcps.org/schooldevelopment
Resource Title: Professional Development and Parent Education Description: Human Resources: Director and Coordinators who work on-site with schools as well as systemically to provide comprehensive coordination and training for school and central office staff and the larger parent community. Training Modules offered by DFCS Staff include: Comer SDP Orientation; Comer SDP 5-Day MSDE-approved CPD Course; Team Leader Facilitative Leadership Training; Support Staff Skill Development Training; Workshops in Effective Engagement and Collaboration With Parents for Parent Teams, Central Office and School Administrators, Teachers and Support Staff; Child Adolescent Growth and Development; School Improvement Planning; School and Systems Change; Culture and Diversity; Team and Community Building; Effective Communication Skills; Classroom Management; Cooperative Discipline; Cooperative Learning; Student Leadership; Student Motivation; Peer Coaching and Collaboration; etc. Resource Title: Strengthening Partnerships with Parents, Families & Community Author: PGCPS Staff Description: This resource document has been assembled through collaborative efforts of members of the Prince Georges County Public Schools Task Force on Parent, Family, Community and Business Outreach Initiatives, under the direction of Dr. Wesley Boykin, Chief Administrator, Division of Strategic Planning and School Support, and with facilitation by Sheila Jackson, Director, Department of Family and Community Outreach Services. Additional resources and materials, as well as trained facilitators for on-site assistance in implementing partnership strategies, are available and can be obtained by calling (301) 552-4294 or e-mailing sjackson@pgcps.org. Included in this manual are documents adapted, with permission, from the work of a variety of researchers in the field of education and parent, family, and community involvement, to whom we are deeply grateful. Dr. James P. Comer, Founder of the Yale University Child Study Centers School Development Program has a long-established relationship with Prince Georges County Public Schools. His work has had an enormous impact upon our districts efforts in engaging stakeholders in positive ways to support student achievement. Research and work in schools by Dr. Joyce Epstein Director, Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships and the National Network of Partnership Schools, Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Anne Henderson of the National Committee for Citizens in Education/Center for Law and Education and Dr. Dorothy Rich all have helped to operationalize the our thinking to provide the following:
Project for School Innovation
197A Center St.Dorchester MA 02124 Voice: 617-825-0703 Fax: 617-474-1103 Web Address: www.psinnovation.org
Resource Title: Customized trainings, consultations, & workshops Price: consulting rates negotiated with PSI for each project Author: collectively written by teachers and parents from the school Description: O'Hearn teachers and parents who worked with PSI to develop the how-to book, "Including Every Parent" are also available to provide schools, districts, and education conferences with customized trainings, consultations, and workshops to share effective parent-involvement practices from the O'Hearn school. School Family Media, Inc.
100 Stonewall BlvdSuite 3 Wrentham MA 02093 Voice: 800-644-3561 Contact: Tim Sullivan Contact E-mail: tsullivan@schoolfamilymedia.com Web Address: www.schoolfamilymedia.com
Resource Title: School Family Nights Price: Free Description: Ready-made guidebooks and toolkits for hosting high-appeal involvement evenings at school. How-to instructions, posters, letters home, etc. Study Circles Resource Center
A Project of The Paul J. Aicher Foundation697 Pomfret Street PO Box 203 Pomfret CT 06258 Voice: 860-928-2616 Fax: 860-928-3713 Contact: vL. (Sally) Campbell, Senior Program Director Contact E-mail: sallyc@studycircles.org Web Address: www.studycircles.org
Resource Title: Where a diverse community comes together to make schools better for all Price: $1.50 print copy Description: In a school district of more than 140,000 students with 160 nationalities represented, study circles provide a bridge for Montgomery County Public Schools to reach out to people of all backgrounds, and a way for schools and community to work together to improve education for all students. (2006) Resource Title: Helping Every Student Succeed: Schools and Communities Working Together Price: $5.00 print copy Description: A four-session discussion guide to help schools and communities improve academic achievement for all students. (2002) Resource Title: Building Strong Neighborhoods: A Study Guide for Public Dialogue and Community Problem Solving Price: $5.00 print copy Description: A four-session discussion guide on many important neighborhood issues including: race and other kinds of differences; young people and families; safety and community-police relations; homes, housing and beautification; jobs and neighborhood economy; and schools. (1998) Resource Title: Confronting Violence in Our Communities: A Guide for Involving Citizens in Public Dialogue and Problem Solving Price: $5.00 print copy Description: A four-session discussion guide examining how violence affects our lives, what causes violence, and what can be done in neighborhoods and in schools. (1994) Resource Title: Youth Issues, Youth Voices: A Guide for Engaging Youth and Adults in Public Dialogue and Problem Solving Price: $5.00 print copy Description: A multiple-session discussion guide to help young people and adults address the community issues which involve and impact them. (1996) Resource Title: Montgomery County, Md., Public School Study Circles (DVD) Price: $5.00 Description: A video highlighting the efforts of Montgomery County Public Schools (Md.) Study Circles Program to address racism and student achievement in the district's schools and community. (6 minutes) DVD Resource Title: Education: How can Schools and Communities Work Together to Meet the Challenge? Price: $5.00 print copy Description: A multiple-session discussion guide including recommendations for tailoring the discussion to a particular community or organization's concerns (1997)
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