PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT/EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

Parental Involvement Opportunities
By Debra Landvik, MDE

There are exciting things happening with parental involvement, the National Institute on Media and the Family, based in Minneapolis, MN is launching a statewide campaign “Say Yes to No” a community conversation from Mediawise. Check-out their website; this is an excellent parent/staff/community opportunity. http://www.sayyestono.org.

Other parent involvement resources available are:

• The African American Academy for Accelerated Learning website: http://www.aaalmn.org.
• National Network of Partnership Schools:
  2007 Partnership School Award
  ––Two of Phalen Lake Elementary, St. Paul, MN activities, Testing Kickoff Event/Math Game Night and Parent Learning Walk, Contact Catherine Rich, Catherine.rich@spps.org, principal ,or Mary Sellers, mary.sellers@spps.org, for details of their events.
  
  2007 Partnership District Award
  ––Added Value Activities, Betty Gerlach, betty.gerlach@spps.org, St. Paul Public Schools.

Check out other award-winning Promising Practices: http://www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000/PPP/search.htm.

• This summer Anne Henderson was here a couple of times to talk about her most resent book “Beyond the Bake Sale, the Essential Guide to Family-School Partnerships.” This is a wonderful researched-based, how-to book with the tools to engage families in their children’s academic success. This would be a great book to use for a book study. http://www.ncpie.org.
• Keep checking MDE’s website for upcoming parent involvement trainings; The Leadership Academy and Implementing Effective Parent Involvement will be offered. http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Accountability_Programs/No_Child_Left_Behind_Programs/Workshops_Trainings_Conferences/index.html.