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Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

PIRC Online Lunchtime Learning Series

 

 

Creating a Welcoming Environment in Your School

 

This session was originally presented on October 26, 2011

 

Presenter: Dr. Mark Lewis, PA PIRC Director

 

Audience: School staff, parent organizations, parents

 

Description: Research reveals that high performing schools work to ensure that they maintain a welcoming environment for families of their students. The PA PIRC team has adapted a Family Friendly Walk Through process to assist schools in examining key elements of their environment and culture to discern areas that currently contribute to such an environment, as well as areas where greater focus or attention might be warranted.  Learn the key components of the Family Friendly Walk Through process and how your school might benefit from it.

 

Outcomes:
As a result of this session participants will:

  • Understand the basic components of a welcoming school environment
  • Learn how schools can access PA PIRC’s Family Friendly Walk Through Process

SLIDES

 

Presentation Slides (PDF format)

 


Session Recording (For online playback or offline playback and audio only)

  • Recorded Session/Offline Playback (You can download the session recording and view the recording without an internet connection. To download the file, right click on the Recorded Session/Offline Playback link and then select Save Link/Target As. Save the .jar file to a location on your local drive. You can then open the file to view the recording.)
  • Audio file (MP3 format)

 

 


Afterschool Partnering with Parents and Schools to Support Student Success

This session was originally presented on September 28, 2011

Presenter: Kacy Conley, Director of the Pennsylvania Statewide Afterschool Youth Development Network (PSAYDN)

 

Audience: Parents of elementary to high school students; education professionals; and community and faith-based organization staff who work with parents; and afterschool professionals

 

Description: Research shows that  quality afterschool programs keep kids safe, inspire learning and help support working families. Conversely poor quality programs can produce negative outcomes for children and youth. Join Kacy Conley, Director of the Pennsylvania Afterschool Youth Development Network (PSAYDN) in learning what are the elements of quality afterschool programs and what impact they can have in supporting a host of positive outcomes for students including: better grades, attendance and conduct in school; more academic and enrichment opportunities; better peer relations and emotional adjustment and lower incidences of obesity, drug use, violence and pregnancy. Participants will also have the opportunity to discuss how the parents, schools and afterschool programs can partner together to support policies that ensure that quality, accessible sustainable programs are available for all students.

 

SLIDES

 

Presentation Slides (PDF format)

 

 

Session Recording (For online playback or offline playback and audio only)

  • Recorded Session/Offline Playback (You can download the session recording and view the recording without an internet connection. To download the file, right click on the Recorded Session/Offline Playback link and then select Save Link/Target As. Save the .jar file to a location on your local drive. You can then open the file to view the recording.)
  • Audio file (MP3 format)

 

 

Increasing Parent Involvement in Your Community

This session was originally presented on August 24, 2011


Presenter: Erin Hart, Director of Strategic Alliances, Partnerships and Programs, National PTA


Audience: Parents of elementary to high school students; education (K-12 professionals; and community and faith-based organization staff who work with parents

Description: Have you ever wanted to learn how you can increase parent involvement in your school community? If so, plan to join us for our next webinar that will feature practical tips and information on how to engage families from National PTA. The presentation will include information about the National Standards for Family-School Partnerships and you will be provided with six strategies to engage parents and families. You will also learn about the tools, resources and funding that National PTA has available that will help you implement and assess family engagement.

 

National Parent Teacher Association (PTA) website

 

 

SLIDES

 

Presentation Slides (PDF format)

 

 

Session Recording (For online playback or offline playback and audio only)

  • Recorded Session/Offline Playback (You can download the session recording and view the recording without an internet connection. To download the file, right click on the Recorded Session/Offline Playback link and then select Save Link/Target As. Save the .jar file to a location on your local drive. You can then open the file to view the recording.)
  • Audio file (MP3 format)

 

 

 

Bullying Prevention for Parents: What Can You Do to Help?

This session was originally presented on July 27, 2011

 

Presenter: Michelle Nutter, Certified Trainer for the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, Center for Safe Schools Project Manager

 

Audience: Parents of elementary to high school students; education (K-12) professionals; and community and faith-based organization staff who work with parents

 

Description: This session will focus on what you can do to help your child understand the impact of bullying on bystanders, children who bully and children who are bullied.  Specific information will be provided to give parents tips to help children and youth understand their role in countering bullying.

 

SLIDES

 

Presentation Slides (PDF format)

 

 

Session Recording (For online playback or offline playback and audio only)

  • Recorded Session/Offline Playback (You can download the session recording and view the recording without an internet connection. To download the file, right click on the Recorded Session/Offline Playback link and then select Save Link/Target As. Save the .jar file to a location on your local drive. You can then open the file to view the recording.)
  • Audio file (MP3 format)

 

 

 

College and Career Readiness

This session was originally presented on June 22, 2011

 

Presenter: Rosemary Nilles, PaTTAN Educational Consultant

 

Description: This session focused on College and Career Readiness and how students need to be prepared for college level courses or a job that can support a family.

 

About the Presenter: Rosemary Nilles is an Educational Consultant with the Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network. Her areas of concentration include Secondary Transition, Secondary School Improvement, Leadership, Response to Instruction and Intervention (RtII) and Effective Instruction. In this capacity, she works with teachers and administrators across Pennsylvania. She has served in the public schools as a special education teacher and special education administrator,  working with students ranging from early intervention through high school.  Rosemary is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst and completed the Education Policy and Leadership Center (EPLC) Fellowship Program in 2004.

 

Audience: Parents of middle to high school students; education (K-12) professionals; and community and faith-based organization staff who work with parents

 

SLIDES

 

Presentation Slides (PDF format)

 

 

HANDOUTS

 

Career Clusters and Pathways (PDF format)

Helping Your Child Make Career Decisions (PDF format)

Parent Involvement = Student Success (PDF format)

Why Should My Child Explore Careers? (PDF format)

 

 

Session Recording (For online playback or offline playback and audio only)

  • Recorded Session/Offline Playback (You can download the session recording and view the recording without an internet connection. To download the file, right click on the Recorded Session/Offline Playback link and then select Save Link/Target As. Save the .jar file to a location on your local drive. You can then open the file to view the recording.)
  • Audio file (MP3 format)

 

 

 

Strengthening Families

This session was originally presented on May 25, 2011

Presenters: Lynda Martino, Family Support and Community Development Coordinator

Audience: Parents of children birth through high school; education (pre-K and K-12) professionals; and community and faith-based organization staff who work with parents

Description: This session will focus on the Strengthening Families approach to working with families to prevent child abuse and neglect.  Developed by the Center for the Study of Social Policy, the strengths-based approach outlines five easily understood protective factors that when implemented, help to build families' capacities to promote children's healthy and safe development, reduce abuse and neglect, and improve school success. 

As a result of this session participants will:

  • Learn about the five protective factors and how they relate to the prevention of child abuse and neglect.
  • Look at what characteristics make people more likely to have positive experiences and more likely to have positive outcomes despite the risk factors they might face.
  • Discuss ways to imbed the protective factors approach into work.

 

Presentation Slides (PDF format)

 

Session Recording (For online playback or offline playback and audio only)

  • Recorded Session/Offline Playback (You can download the session recording and view the recording without an internet connection. To download the file, right click on the Recorded Session/Offline Playback link and then select Save Link/Target As. Save the .jar file to a location on your local drive. You can then open the file to view the recording.)
  • Audio file (MP3 format)

 

 

School Readiness: Creating Terrific Transitions

This session was originally presented on April 27, 2011

 

Presenters: Becky Leiter, Early Head Start Director; Beth Fairchild, Early Intervention TA Consultant; Eleanor Ciccone, Senior Head Start TA Specialist

Audience: Parents of children birth through high school; education (pre-K and K-12) professionals; and community and faith-based organization staff who work with parents.

Description: This panel presentation will highlight the critical aspects for successful transitions of children birth through school entrance.  Presenters from the field of early learning including Early Head Start, Head Start and Early Intervention will discuss goals of transition planning as well as information and resources to support successful experiences for families.

As a result of this session participants will:

  • Understand the relationships between educational settings, families and community that are critical to the process
  • Find out what’s involved for families, children and professionals engaged in the transition process
  • Learn about the federal regulations guiding transition planning

 

Presentation Slides (PDF format)

 

Session Recording (For online playback or offline playback and audio only)

  • Recorded Session/Offline Playback (You can download the session recording and view the recording without an internet connection. To download the file, right click on the Recorded Session/Offline Playback link and then select Save Link/Target As. Save the .jar file to a location on your local drive. You can then open the file to view the recording.)
  • Audio file (MP3 format)

 

 

 

WHAT IS SPECIAL EDUCATION?  What is “Special” about Special Education?  Who Benefits from Special Education?

This session was originally presented on March 23, 2011

Presenter: Kay Lipsitz, Director, Parent Education Network

Audience: Parents of children birth through high school; education (pre-K and K-12) professionals; and community and faith-based organization staff who work with parents

Description: Audience members will learn about Special Education. They will learn what Special Education means, where services are provided, related services, referrals, evaluations and about Individualized Education Plans, placement and due process.

As a result of this session participants will:

  • Understand parent rights and responsibilities pertaining to their special needs child
  • Understand the responsibilities of the federal, state and local educational agencies with regards to Special Education
  • Learn how to access to Special Education resources

 

Presentation Slides (PDF format)

Question and Answer Compilation (PDF format)

 

Session Recording (For online playback or offline playback and audio only)

  • Recorded Session/Offline Playback (You can download the session recording and view the recording without an internet connection. To download the file, right click on the Recorded Session/Offline Playback link and then select Save Link/Target As. Save the .jar file to a location on your local drive. You can then open the file to view the recording.)
  • Audio file (MP3 format)

 

 

What Parents Need to Know about Response to Instruction and Intervention (RtII)

This session was originally presented on February 23, 2011

Offered by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, Bureau of Special Education, in partnership with PA Parent and Information Resource Center (PA PIRC)

Description: This live, online session will provide parents an opportunity to learn about the Response to Instruction and Intervention model, commonly referred to as RtII. The session will be divided into three segments in order to provide an interactive component.  The first portion of the session will be general information regarding the RtII framework. This will be followed by a short interview segment of commonly asked questions.  The final portion of the session will allow participants to ask questions.

Presenter: Ann Hinkson-Herrmann, Educational Consultant, Pennsylvania Training and Technical Assistance Network (PaTTAN)

Target Audience: Parents of school-aged children

 

Presentation Slides (PDF format)

 

Session Recording (For online playback or offline playback and audio only)

  • Recorded Session/Offline Playback (You can download the session recording and view the recording without an internet connection. To download the file, right click on the Recorded Session/Offline Playback link and then select Save Link/Target As. Save the .jar file to a location on your local drive. You can then open the file to view the recording.)
  • Audio file (MP3 format)

 

 

Family-School-Community Partnerships Improve Student Achievement

This session was originally presented on January 26, 2011

Presenter: Anna Hinton, Ph.D., Director, Parental Options and Information, Office of Innovation and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education

Audience: Parents of children birth through high school; education (pre-K and K-12) professionals and, community and faith based organization staff who works with parents

Description: Learn more about how family-school-community partnerships have positive impacts on student success. Dr. Hinton will discuss the value of family engagement to their children’s learning and to school system improvement efforts.  She will address the importance of schools and community organizations linking to provide more seamless and comprehensive services with children and families. She will also provide examples of roles and responsibilities for each partner. In addition, selected Pennsylvania schools that have teams participating in the Solid Foundation process will share examples of strategies that have worked for them.

Outcomes:
As a result of this session participants will:

  • Understand parent rights and responsibilities pertaining to their children’s learning
  • Describe parent engagement as a shared responsibility that is continuous and occurs in multiple settings
  • Access resources on the PIRC website

 

Presentation Slides (PDF format)

 

Session Recording (For online playback or offline playback and audio only)

  • Recorded Session/Offline Playback (You can download the session recording and view the recording without an internet connection. To download the file, right click on the Recorded Session/Offline Playback link and then select Save Link/Target As. Save the .jar file to a location on your local drive. You can then open the file to view the recording.)
  • Audio file (MP3 format)

 

 

Supporting the Healthy Social and Emotional Development of Young Children
Part 1: Exploring the Resources

This session was originally presented on June 17, 2010

Presenter: Julia Slater, Educational Consultant, Early Intervention Technical Assistance

Session Description:  Part 1 of this two-part webinar will provide an overview of the Center on the Social and Emotional Foundations for Early Learning’s Pyramid Model for Supporting Social and Emotional Competence in Infants and Young Children. Participant groups will explore the online materials and resources available to aid home visitors in identifying and addressing social and emotional developmental issues in young children and together discuss how these resources will be useful in their day-to-day work with the children and families they serve.

Who Should Attend/Listen to Recording: Family Support Home Visitation Staff and Supervisors

 

Recorded Online Session

In order to view the recorded presentation, you must have the Elluminate Live! Java application downloaded to your personal computer. There is no cost to download the software. To configure your computer, visit the Elluminate support page at: http://www.elluminate.com/support/  

Audio file (MP3 format) 


SLIDES: Supporting the Healthy Social and Emotional Development of Young Children - Part 1: Exploring the Resources (PDF format)


HANDOUTS: Below are a series of Social Emotion support resources from the Center on the Social Emotional Foundations for Early Leaning (CSEFEL) or Technical Assistance Center on Social Emotional Intervention (TACSEI) websites.

Early Childhood Positive Behavior Support Institute 2010 - July 13-16, 2010 (PDF format)

 

 

Supporting the Healthy Social and Emotional Development of Young Children
Part 2: Supporting Parents in the Process

This session was originally presented on June 17, 2010

Presenter: Susan P. Zeiders, Educational Consultant, Early Intervention Technical Assistance

Session Description: Part 2 of this two-part webinar will address the importance of encouraging and providing feedback to parents as they learn to support their young child's development. Specific strategies will be provided.

Who Should Attend/Listen to Recording: Family Support Home Visitation Staff and Supervisors

 

Recorded Online Session

In order to view the recorded presentation, you must have the Elluminate Live! Java application downloaded to your personal computer. There is no cost to download the software. To configure your computer, visit the Elluminate support page at: http://www.elluminate.com/support/


Audio file (MP3 format) 


SLIDES: Supporting the Healthy Social and Emotional Development of Young Children - Part 2: Supporting Parents in the Process (PDF format)

 

 

An Introduction to the Visit Tracker/Visit Planner Web-Based Contact Management System for Parents as Teachers (PAT) Organizations

This session was originally held on February 18, 2010


The Pennsylvania Parent Information and Resource Center and the Pennsylvania Parents as Teachers State Leader Office, offered a one-hour, online session on the web-based family contact management system, Visit Tracker/Visit Planner. This training was designed for staff and management professionals of organizations using Parents as Teachers (PAT).

The following goals were established for the session:

  • Introduce PAT professionals to the Visit Tracker/Visit Planner web based contact management tool.
  • Outline ways in which Visit Tracker can assist programs on a daily basis to track family and child enrollments, contacts, screenings, and exit data; as well as to plan visits.
  • Provide information about daily and year-end report functions Visit Tracker.
  • Answer commonly asked questions about Visit Tracker

This session demonstrated of how educators and supervisors of PAT programs use the Visit Tracker Web on a daily basis to track family and child enrollments, contacts, screenings, and exit data; as well as to plan visits. The reporting tools for daily reports as well as year-end reports will be demonstrated also.

Presenter: Laura Ruether, Owner, DataKeeper Technologies

Laura is the developer of the Visit Tracker/Visit Planner software and has been supporting PAT programs for over 12 years.

Laura developed this software originally for her mother who is a PAT supervisor/educator in Missouri. Every school district in Missouri is mandated to have PAT and over 90% now use Visit Tracker also. Currently over 5000 educators use the Visit Tracker Web software in all 50 states and abroad.

Laura started her career as a public school teacher, became a school administrator, and later began writing software for the educational market. She has a master’s degree in Informational Technologies and consults on many educational tracking software projects.

 

This session has been archived below in a number of convenient formats.

  • Session Slides (PDF format)
  • Recorded Session/Online Playback (internet connection required)
  • Recorded Session/Offline Playback (You can download the session recording and view the recording without an internet connection. To download the file, right click on the Recorded Session/Offline Playback link and then select Save Link/Target As. Save the .jar file to a location on your local drive. You can then open the file to view the recording.)
  • Audio file (MP3 format)

NOTE: In order to view the recorded presentation, you must have the Elluminate Live! Java application downloaded to your personal computer. There is no cost to download the software. To configure your computer, visit the Elluminate support page at: http://www.elluminate.com/support/

 

 

Solid Foundation® Team Online Session

This session was originally held on February 19, 2010

The Pennsylvania Parent Information and Resource Center (PA PIRC) recently offered a one-hour, live, online session about Solid Foundation® . This training was designed for Solid Foundation team members (school staff and parents).

The following goals were established for the session:

  • Update team members about activity targets and expectations for this year;
  • Outline ways in which the Resource Manual can assist team members as they implement the school Community Action Plan;
  • Provide information about the web based school team site for plans and progress; and
  • Answer questions about the Solid Foundation® process.

This session has been archived below in a number of convenient formats.

  • Session Slides (PDF format)
  • Recorded Session/Online Playback (internet connection required)
  • Recorded Session/Offline Playback (You can download the session recording and view the recording without an internet connection. To download the file, right click on the Recorded Session/Offline Playback link and then select Save Link/Target As. Save the .jar file to a location on your local drive. You can then open the file to view the recording.)
  • Audio file (MP3 format)

NOTE: In order to view the recorded presentation, you must have the Elluminate Live! Java application downloaded to your personal computer. There is no cost to download the software. To configure your computer, visit the Elluminate support page at: http://www.elluminate.com/support/

 

 

 

Family-School-Community Partnerships: Powerful Support for Student Success

The Pennsylvania Departments of Education and Public Welfare, in partnership with the Center for Schools and Communities, offered a one-hour, live, online professional development opportunity entitled, “Family-School-Community Partnerships: Powerful Support for Student Success” with presenter Karen Shanoski, Family-School-Community Partnership Project Manager with the Pennsylvania Parent Information and Resource Center (PA PIRC).

The session provided ways that families can be effectively engaged with their child’s education and how family-school-community partnerships create a powerful support for student success.

The presenter, Karen Shanoski, is a Family-School-Community Partnership Project Manager with the PA PIRC. Her current work focuses on family-school-community partnerships with an emphasis on effective family engagement. Ms. Shanoski is the recent recipient of the prestigious 2008 Patrick F. Toole Kudos Award, an annual award that recognizes a full-time Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit staff member for achievement, dedication and service to schools, children and the community at large.

 

Session Slides (PDF format)

View the recorded online presentation

In order to view these recorded presentations, you must have the Elluminate Live! Java application downloaded to your personal computer. There is no cost to download the software. To configure your computer, visit the Elluminate support page at: http://www.elluminate.com/support/