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The California
PARENT Center E-News
A Project of the June Burnett Institute
for Children, Youth and Families
September 18, 2002
Greetings and welcome to the California PARENT
Center E-News Monthly.
The California PARENT Center is a statewide Parental Information and
Resource Center (PIRC) based in San Diego, CA, funded by the U.S. Department
of Education. It is a project of the June Burnett Institute for Children
Youth and Families, administered by San Diego State University Foundation.
This month, the California PARENT Center would like to share information
on four important topics: 1) a Training for Trainers provided by Sacramento
ACT, 2) STAR (Stanford 9) test results, 3) No Child Left Behind and
4) calendar updates on the California PARENT Center's web site.
Since many email programs cannot read HTML script properly, the E-News
has been sent in both Text (.txt) and HTML (.html) formats. If you would
prefer to view the newsletter as an HTML document, you will find it
attached to this message. Also, feel free to read previous issues of
the California PARENT Center E-News, located on our website at http://parent.sdsu.edu/e-list/.
Enjoy!
"Best Practices and Techniques
for Successful Parent-Teacher Home Visits," A Training for Trainers
provided by Sacramento ACT (Area Congregations Together)
Learn about parent-teacher home visits from the people
who created the first, successful program in California!
Who should attend: Parents, teachers, principals and aides. If
your school received a State Grant under the "Nell Soto Parent/Teacher
Involvement Program" (SB 33); if you've heard about the great success
of the Sacramento City Unified School District in their groundbreaking
parent-teacher home visit program, the model program for AB 33; or if
you've wanted to develop effective parent involvement strategies that
venture "outside the box" and into the community, then this
workshop is for you.
What will you learn: Practical ways to help you become a trainer
and resource for your school site on "Parent-Teacher Home Visits";
The best practices and techniques from the Sacramento City Unified School
District experience, plus how-to's from parent community leaders, teachers
and principals from Sacramento ACT who created this innovative school/parent
partnership.
Two locations and dates! Both workshops are from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
San Juan Capistrano: Tuesday, September 24, 2002 at the Rancho
Capistrano Conference Center (29251 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano
92675)
Ontario: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 at the Ontario Doubletree
Hotel (222 N. Vineyard, Ontario 91764)
Registration is required! This workshop is free of cost. Space is limited.
For more information, please contact the Sacramento City Unified School
District's Parent Support Services Department at (916) 277-6980.
California STAR Program, Stanford
9 Test Results Are In
The 2002 California Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR)
Program results for the state, counties, districts, and schools are
available. Results are reported for the: 1) California Standards Tests,
2) Stanford Achievement Test, Ninth Edition, Form T (Stanford 9), and
3) Spanish Assessment of Basic Education, Second Edition (SABE/2). For
more information on the test results, click here.
Partnership For Family Involvement
In Education, "No Child Left Behind"
The Partnership for Family Involvement in
Education was established in 1994. Because family participation in children's
learning is often influenced by work schedules and time constraints,
it is crucial that businesses, community and religious organizations,
and especially families and schools support parent and employee involvement
in education. To encourage such support, the Department of Education
administers the Partnership and offers resources, ideas, funding, and
conferences relevant to family involvement in education. For
more information, click here.
Calendar Updates on the California
PARENT Center's Web Site
The calendar has been updated to include conferences
and other exciting events through November of 2002. During the upcoming
weeks, the calendar will be further expanded to detail events through
December of 2003. These events are a mixture of conferences and symposiums
gleaned from the California Department of Education's web site, as well
as items brought to our attention by collaborators and individuals involved
in the community. We invite you to peruse the calendar and notify us
of any conferences, symposiums or events in your area that you would
like to see included. It is our hope to create a calendar that is as
inclusive as possible. The calendar page can be found here.
The California PARENT Center always welcomes the exchange
of information and input from the community. We invite you to visit
our website at: http://parent.sdsu.edu/.
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