Every student in New Jersey should have a strong support system that values and encourages educational achievement. Who better to support this effort than parents?
Recognizing the benefits of inviting parents as partners in their child's education in New Jersey, Governor Jon Corzine issued a proclamation declaring October as Parent Involvement Month. With this proclamation, the New Jersey State Parent Information and Resource Center (NJPIRC), a program of Prevent Child Abuse-NJ, acknowledges that parental involvement is a vital predictor of student achievement in school and the important role parents play in shaping the lives of families and communities.
Prevent Child Abuse-NJ is leading a statewide campaign to actively involve communities in Parent Involvement Month and all year long. The New Jersey State Parent Information and Resource Center is offering free Parent Involvement Toolkits to raise awareness and remind us that parents play a critical role in the lives of children and their education.
Proclamation (Download PDF) Click here to see the proclamation signed by Gov. Jon Corzine
Share Your Schools Parent Involvement Activity Form (Download PDF) Let us know what you have done in your school to support parent involvement. Submissions will be celebrated in our state directory of Parent Involvement activities to be published at www.preventchildabusenj.org. The top 2 submissions will receive a $200 stipend to be used for additional parent involvement activities. All forms are due by December 19, 2008.
Ideas That Work Need some ideas to get rolling on your parent involvement efforts? The tip sheets below should give you some ideas about how you can support the parents, children, and schools in New Jersey.
VIDEO: Parent Involvement - Why It Is Crucial A segment from Comcast Newsmakers with Joe Bisicchia interviewing Debra Vizzi, Chief Executive Officer of Prevent Child Abuse - NJ. Discusses why parent involvement is so important.
Toolkit Request Form Please send me a Free 2008 Parent Involvement Month Toolkit or CD-ROM with all of the materials you need to host your own unique events to honor parents and create parent involvement opportunities:
