Invites You to Attend:

USING PARENT INVOLVEMENT TO INCREASE
STUDENT SUCCESS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT

A Leadership Development Conference for Family, School and Community Partnerships

Presented by:

The California PARENT Center

of San Diego State University Foundation

In consultation with the California Department of Education

June 3- 4, 2004 8:00 am to 3:00 pm San Diego State University, Aztec Center 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182 DUE DATE: May 25, 2004

June 24-25, 2004 8:00 am to 3:00 pm Orange County Office of Education 200 Kalmus Drive, Costa Mesa, CA, Building D, Room 1004 DUE DATE: June 17, 2004

Who Should Attend?

v The conference is recommended for participants from all schools, especially those in program improvement.

v Teams from schools are encouraged to attend. School teams may include administrators, teacher leaders,

counselors, Title I resource staff, parent liaisons, paraprofessionals, School Site Council members and parent

leaders from PTA/parent organizations. District/county office of education Title I and bilingual education

directors, parent involvement resource staff, District Advisory Council members, and District/Council PTA

members are also encouraged to attend.

Conference Content:

v Participants will learn effective parent involvement practices based on the most current research that meets the highest professional and technical standards.

v Conference content includes:

¨ Using successful partnership strategies at elementary, middle and high school levels to increase student achievement.

¨ Using research-based recruitment strategies to increase parent and community participation in partnership activities.

¨ Setting up an effective action team to plan partnership activities that meet the No Child Left Behind Act parent involvement requirements.

¨ Identifying the strengths of your culturally and linguistically diverse school community and building a welcoming school climate.

¨ Identifying strategies to build parent leadership skills.

¨ Finding funds to support partnership activities.

¨ Providing opportunities to meet parent and school leaders from other county offices, districts and schools to learn what programs and practices are working for them.

University Credit:

v Participants who would like to earn one unit of university credit from San Diego State University should indicate this on their registration forms. (1 unit of Education 997 credit is $60.00)

v If you need more information, contact the California PARENT Center at (619) 594-4756 or ckaufman@projects.sdsu.edu. Click here for registration form or download form in pdf format
Directions to: 
v San Diego State University Aztec Center v Orange County Office of Education

California Association of Compensatory Education