2009 Pennsylvania Parent Forum

Linking Parent Engagement to Strong Results for Students:  Research and Evidence-Based Practices

This event was originally held on June 18, 2009 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

The 2009 Pennsylvania Parent Forum focused on research, parent perspectives and evidence based practices about parent engagement; school readiness; family, school and community connections; and personal and relational factors that support strong results for students. Linking Parent Engagement to Strong Results for Students: Research and Evidence-Based Practices examined insights, research and opinions about challenges and successful strategies in implementing effective parent engagement practices, policies and programs designed to promote strong results for children.

Part I: Panel Discussion - Pathways to Parent Involvement
Runtime: 1:14:57

Moderator: Ms. Marnie Johnson, Education Coordinator, WITF,
Inc.
Dr. Sam Redding, Executive Director, Academic Development
Institute, Director, National Center on Innovation & Improvement
Dr. Sue Stepleton, President and Chief Executive Officer, Parents
as Teachers National Center, Inc.
Dr. Heather Weiss, Founder and Director, Harvard Family
Research Project

Part II: Panel Discussion - Parent Voices
Runtime: 57:30

Moderator: Mr. Ron Cowell, President, Education Policy and
Leadership Center
Ms. Bonita Allen, Consultant, Title I State Parent Advisory
Council/Parent Involvement in Education
Ms. Andrea Lawful-Trainer, Consultant, Delaware Valley Minority
Student Achievement Consortium (DVMSAC)
Ms. Kay Lipsitz, Director, Parent Education Network
Ms. Wanda Mojica, Member, Parent Advisory Council, Migrant
Education Program
Ms. Michele Morrow, President, PA PTA
Ms. Marilyn Taylor, Member, Head Start Council, PA Head Start
Association

Part III: Panel Discussion - Practices That Engage Parents and Promote Partnerships
Runtime: 56:54

Moderator: Dr. Sam Redding, Executive Director, Academic
Development Institute, Director, National Center on Innovation &
Improvement
Ms. Cindy Baumert, Co-Chair Commissioner’s Parent Advisory
Council, The Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership and
the Prichard Committee
Ms. Deb Fritz, National Service Representative, PTA
Ms. Catherine Jordan, Program Manager, Afterschool, Family and
Community Programs, SEDL
Dr. Steven Sheldon, Director of Research, National Network of
Partnership Schools

Detailed Agenda
(PDF format)