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Dropout Prevention: What Families Need to Know

Family support in a child's education can help build a foundation for success that directly impacts a child's school perfomance in a postive way. This document gives you the tools and tips to help your child in Early Childhood, Elementary school, Middle school and high school to prevent dropout.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood and tagged with Dropout prevention effective practices ESEA family family engagement family school partnership fathers teens high school behavior homework meaningful family engagement community involvement teachers discipline on December 05, 2011 #

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Student Transition from Middle to High School

A parent's involvement in the transition from middle school to high school makes a difference in a student's academic success. This fact sheet will give parents information on how to stay involved from middle school through high school.

Filed under Parents Schools Higher Education and tagged with family family engagement family school partnership education high school teachers Supporting Student Success Title 1 testing ESEA school readiness student performance middle school on October 13, 2011 #

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2011 Proclamation of Family Engagement Month

Governor Sam Brownback has declared October, 2011 to be Family Engagement Month. This official proclamation will download as a pdf file.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood Espanol and tagged with collaboration family family engagement governor's proclamation proclamation parenting leadership parent involvement family professional partnership family school partnership Title 1 on October 11, 2011 #

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How To Help Your Child Become a Better Reader - Espanol

As a child learns to read, your role is to help young readers experience joy and begin to view reading as a pleasurable experience. You can also help children become independent readers through praise and encouragement provided while reading. It is critical that children realize success while reading. This booklet will help children become better readers through offering guidance and giving you tips on how to encourage and support a child’s reading. This is the Spanish version.

Filed under Parents Schools Espanol and tagged with family engagement family literacy Title 1 Order from KPIRC tips parent involvement phonics testing fluency on November 03, 2010 #

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Literacy Activities Packet

This packet of reading activities is courtesy of the Kansas Parent Information Resource Center. Parents can do these activities with their children to reinforce literacy skills in five areas of reading: Phonemic Awareness, Phonics, Vocabulary, Fluency and Comprehension.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood and tagged with literature early literacy Title 1 tips Order from KPIRC writing homework literacy family reading education teachers phonics parent involvement fluency fathers development on October 13, 2010 #

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Off They Go

A what to expect and when to worry guide for parents and care givers of school age children ages 6 to 12.

Filed under Parents Schools Early Childhood and tagged with family tips Order from KPIRC development education parenting Malcolm Smith on August 16, 2010 #

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Coffeyville Community Elementary School, Family and Parent Partnership Project Report (FPPPs)

The Kansas Parent Information Resource Center (KPIRC) annually supports five Family and Parent Partnership Projects (FPPP’s) in public schools across Kansas. These schools are asked to plan, strategize, implement and evaluate family engagement efforts in their school. Each school submits an annual proposal to KPIRC with a specific plan for family engagement planning and strategies for the school year. This is the Family and Parent Partnership Project midyear report from Coffeyville, Kansas.

Filed under Parents Schools and tagged with effective practices family family school partnership Parent Involvement Plan Family Centers on January 18, 2010 #

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Institute for Youth, Education and Families

The YEF Institute has published a new toolkit on Preventing Gang Violence and Building Communities Where Young People Thrive. The toolkit draws upon lessons learned over the past three years from the California Cities Gang Prevention Network, a 13-city network formed to identify strategies for reducing gang violence and victimization. The kit highlights a wide range of city practices and contains eight chapters divided into three sections: marshalling resources to fund anti-gang strategies; strategic partnerships within the criminal justice system, and with county agencies, schools, neighborhoods, and the faith community; and targeted approaches, including street-level outreach and facilitating reentry from detention facilities.

Filed under Parents Schools Businesses and tagged with high school gang preventions guidance community family family school partnership public education parenting on January 15, 2010 #

A Parent's Guide to Understanding Your Building Level Report Card

This brochure provides answers to questions you may have about your school districts building level report card.

Filed under Parents Schools and tagged with school choice AYP NCLB accountability Order from KPIRC family on December 15, 2009 #

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School - Parent Compact Guide

This booklet provides the National Standards fro Family School Partnerships which is a comprehensive guideline that schools can use to determine how successful they are in implementing family school community partnerships. This booklet also highlights examples of parent involvement in schools and school districts across Kansas.

Filed under Parents Schools and tagged with teachers family family school partnership parenting parent leadership Order from KPIRC on August 03, 2009 #

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