Minnesota Parent Center: Parental Involvement

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Are you looking for opportunities to learn more about parent involvement? Check out these free resources to build your skills.

Making Family and Community Connections is a self-paced online workshop for teachers, which provides a good introduction to parent involvement, based on Epstein’s Six Types of Involvement.
Parent Teacher Education Connection includes six online modules based on the National PTA Standards and designed to support pre-service and in-service teacher development of cross-cultural competence in engaging parent involvement in the learning of K-12 students.
Children, Youth, and Families Education and Research Network offers interactive online training sessions and webinars on a variety of topics including parent involvement. Past sessions are archived.
Modules for Community and Family Involvement with Schools review emerging findings and research in the area of family and community involvement with schools in three interactive strategy briefs, which are available in English and Spanish.
Thinkfinity Literacy Network's Online Courses guide educators, program managers, students and volunteers in the best literacy instruction and lifelong learning habits.

Beyond the Building

Quick skill-building activities for educators to use at staff meetings to increase teachers’ capacity for engaging parents in education.

Are you looking for something fun to do with your family in the Twin Cities? The Family Times calendar of events may help.

Parental Involvement

Studies show that children are more likely to succeed when parents are actively involved in their education

they learn more
earn higher grades
they have better school attendance

What does parental involvement mean and how can schools and families work together more effectively to help students learn? Minnesota Parent Center offers the following links to resources organized into three family involvement strategies, based on Epstein’s Six Types of Involvement.

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Minnesota Parent Center is a partner in the Minnesota Say Yes to No campaign. Learn more about this effort; we’re all working together to raise healthy, self-reliant kids so they will be successful in school and life.

Free Posters for Schools

Show everyone in your school that “Parent Involvement Matters” with these colorful posters. Full-sized, glossy posters include MN PIRC contact information. Order yours today! Please specify Elementary or Secondary School Poster. Call MN PIRC at 952.838.9000, or email mnpirc@pacer.org.

Elementary Schools, Parent Involvement Poster

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Secondary Schools, Parent Involvement Poster

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This publication was produced in whole or in part with funds from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement, Parental Information and Resource Center program, under Grant #84.310A. The content herein does not necessarily reflect the views of the Department of Education, any other agency of the U.S. government, or any other source.

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