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Issue #2
Thursday, December 17, 2009
Fall 2009
NJPIRC Highlights
Parent Involvement Month October 2009: Delsea Regional High School Family Night
Family night at Delsea Regional High School
provided an opportunity to address parent's questions and concerns
about their teen's transition into High School and created
an opportunity for parents, students and faculty to communicate in
a supportive school atmosphere through a forum in which parents and
teens could listen to one another. Delsea was one of 21 schools to
receive a stipend from NJPIRC to host an event for students and their
parents during Parent Involvement Month 2009.
NJPIRC would like to extend a "job well done" to all 21 schools that hosted events in October!
Taking Parent Involvement to NJ Malls
The
New Jersey State Parent Information and Resource Center (a program of
Prevent Child Abuse-New Jersey) held 2 events in celebration and
support of Parent Involvement Month. The
first event was held at the Shore Mall in Egg Harbor, NJ on October 3,
2009 and the second at Newport Mall in Jersey City on October 18th,
2009. Both events were fun filled days for all with activities, a
magician, and giveaways. At the Newport Mall NJPIRC hosted the Brothers
from Nu Lambda Lambda Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity who provided
an eye-catching step show! Thanks to all who volunteered their time to
make both of these events a success.
NJPIRC's Work Referenced at Federal, Regional and State Conferences
In October, the New Jersey State Parent Information and Resource Center (NJPIRC),
a program of Prevent Child Abuse-New Jersey, participated in a US
Department of Education Conference with state centers from across the
country to receive the USDOE's charge loud and clear: parental involvement is critical for school success "from cradle to career."
This conference underscored decades of research which demonstrates that
when a parent is involved in their child's education, students perform
better in the classroom and are more likely to graduate from high
school and attend college. NJPIRC's successful work, particularly in
the areas of social media and creative tools to engage and educate
parents, was referenced by peers across the country.
NJPIRC
was also invited to showcase its programming to facilitate parent
involvement at a recent regional Family Involvement Conference. NJPIRC
was part of a panel presenting model efforts to engage parents to a
multi-state audience of several hundred educators and advocates. More
locally, NJPIRC facilitated an action lab on "Creating Family-Friendly
Schools" at the state's New Jersey School Boards Conference in Atlantic
City, at East Orange Community Charter School, and at Middlesex
Regional Educational Services in Piscataway.
The
USDOE is recommending several approaches already being implemented by
NJPIRC to promote parent involvement. These include the development of:
school improvement teams, family engagement action plans, special
outreach programs to include fathers, and trainings to get parents
involved in local efforts, particularly those focused on school reform
and improvement planning efforts. Follow NJPIRC's "Cradle to Career"
commitment at www.njpirc.org.
Parent Involvement Public Service Announcements
NJPIRC
and Prevent Child Abuse - New Jersey have developed a public service
announcement campaign to promote the importance of parent involvement
in education. This October marked the launch of our first of three
commercials. Click below see all 3 of our PSA's on YouTube.
Prevent
Child Abuse New Jersey is pleased to announce a Call for Papers for its
May 6, 2010 Statewide Conference, which will be held at the Crowne
Plaza in Monroe, New Jersey. Strengthening Those Who Touch the Lives of
Children is the theme of the conference, which will focus on building
professional knowledge, empowering service providers and sharing best
practices in the field of prevention to improve the effectiveness of
programming and the skills of those who work with children and families.
If
you are interested in providing a workshop at this conference please
download the two forms below and submit to PCA-NJ no later than
February 19, 2010.
How Family Friendly is Your School?
 The
best way to nurture a strong relationship between school and family is
to create a friendly and welcoming school environment.
This tool gives school and parent
leaders the opportunity to evaluate how inviting their school appears
to the parents and community of the school. After you have completed
the walkthrough, give us a call or send an email and let us know how
you did!
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