Academic Success Through Home Partnerships
Additional Region 10 links on Parent Involvement
EDUCATOR WORKSHOPS
District and Campus Events
Building Parent Relations in Secondary Schools
This session addresses the unique challenges faced by secondary schools seeking to increase parent involvement. Participants will discuss the limitations of traditional approaches to parent involvement and will identify innovative models and approaches. Topics to be addressed include: building relationships with all families, establishing advocacy and support systems for at-risk families, fostering family support for academic achievement and post-secondary planning, and promoting community involvement.
(6 Hours, Grades 6-12)
Family Literacy Activities for Parents and Children
This session addresses strategies for developing family support for student’s literacy development in an elementary campus environment. Participants will learn to translate the basic principles of literacy development into simple terms that parents can understand. Participants will be introduced to a series of Interactive Literacy Activities (ILA) that can be shared with families through campus-based family literacy programming. Additional resources for supporting family literacy initiatives will also be explored.
(6 hours, K-12)
Middle School Parents and Homework
This session will address issues related to the lack of parent support for homework at the middle school level and will provide participants with training on the TIPS Interactive Homework model developed at John’s Hopkins University. Participants will receive a compact disk with other 500 homework activities designed to increase parent and child interaction.
(6 hours, Grades 6-8)
Tips & Tools for Parent Involvement
This session addresses activities that schools can use to engage families while meeting the parent involvement requirements for state and federal programs. Participants will receive tools for planning, promoting and evaluating parent involvement programming. Engaging, innovative strategies for sharing information with parents and fostering active parent participation will also be explored.
(6 hours, May be adapted for any grade level K-12)
Cluster or Region 10 ESC Events