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Parent University.
Howlett, Hoyt S. – 1983
A description of the Parent University program of the San Rafael (California) City Schools is presented. The Parent University is described as a 1-day event in which parents are offered a variety of seminars and workshops on topics in education and parenting. Materials included in this document are: (1) an overview of the second annual Parent…
Descriptors: Demonstration Programs, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Parent Education
Facilitating Parent-Teacher Interaction.
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Bell-Nathaniel, Afesa – Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 1979
Describes a workshop designed as a mutual training experience for parents and teachers. Goals were: to provide an opportunity for positive interaction and a perception of shared goals between Black parents and their children's teachers. Participants developed a set of action plans to meet the needs of Black children and evaluated the workshop.…
Descriptors: Black Youth, Educational Programs, Elementary Education, Interaction
Strengthening Responsive and Reciprocal Relationships in a Whanau Tangata Centre: An Action Research Project
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Clarkin-Phillips, Jeanette; Carr, Margaret – Teaching and Learning Research Initiative, 2009
This project came about after discussions with the general manager of the Wellington Region Free Kindergarten Association and Jeanette Clarkin-Phillips (University of Waikato) about setting up a research partnership to support the teachers at Taitoko Kindergarten in Levin. The teachers were establishing an integrated community centre (the whanau…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Action Research, Pilot Projects, Parent Workshops
Parents as Partners
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Perrone, Vito – Urban Review, 1971
Defines the concept of comprehensive high school, reviews the inadequac
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Parent Conferences, Parent Participation, Parent Responsibility
Parents as Partners for Excellence in Education. A Conference Planning Guide.
Veyna, Angelina F. – 1988
This guidebook outlines a process for producing a parent educational conference designed to increase parental involvement in children's education. It is based on the experiences of the planners of the Parents as Partners for Excellence in Education conferences that have been conducted by the Orange County, California, Human Relations Commission. A…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Child Relationship
A Guide For Parent Workshops: Parents As Teachers
Barnes, Edith – Day Care And Early Education, 1978
Descriptors: Cooperative Planning, Early Childhood Education, Informal Leadership, Parent Education
Parent Involvement in Education: A Resource for Parents, Educators, and Communities.
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Iowa State Dept. of Education, Des Moines. – 1994
This booklet is designed to help parents, educators, and communities facilitate parent and family involvement in the education of their children. Eight chapters provide: (1) a discussion of the basics of parent involvement, including the benefits of parent involvement, elements common to successful parent involvement programs, and types of parent…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Educational Resources, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education
Increasing Parent Involvement in the Learning Activities of Intermediate (Grades 4-6) Students.
Tomlinson, Ancelyn E. – 1987
Conducted in a school serving mainly Hispanic children, this practicum implemented an intervention designed to increase parents' involvement in the learning activities of their children. Practicum goals were to: (1) increase parents' attendance at Parent Teacher Association (PTA) meetings; (2) increase parents' attendance at parent-teacher…
Descriptors: Attendance, Cooperative Planning, Hispanic Americans, Homework