All Blog Posts Tagged 'education' (7)

Traditionally, it's always seemed as though families are less engaged at the high school level. There are also fewer resources for engaging families at the secondary level. Coincidence? I bring this up because  a few new resources have been released this week. Each of these focus on effective strategies for engaging families in their children's schools at the secondary level.…

Today I was asked about specific strategies that PTA units can use to support student success. Standard 3 of the PTA National Standards for Family-School Partnerships is supporting student success and is someting that many people struggle to implement. According to the National Standards, Goals, and Indicators for Family-School Partnerships, supporting student success occurs when "families and school staff continuously collaborate to support students' learning and healthy development both at…

Hello, friends! Today the fantastic team at National PTA uploaded a webinar that explains the Take Your Family to School Week grant applications and process. We are really excited to have made this available to you so you can develop really strong applications! Thanks to the generous funding from the AXA Foundation, we will be giving away 45 grants of up to $1,000 to PTA units in good standing. Grants are due by 5:00 pm eastern time on October 28, 2011.

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So week two is nearly in the books. What have I learned? PTA staff are phenomonal! They work even harder than I'd imagined, and I had imagined they had worked pretty hard! I also learned that a lot of people out there are hungry for information and we need to find better ways to communicate effectively. I hope the Great Idea Bank takes off and we can use it as a forum to post information so I don't have to email all of you individually when something interesting is…

My name is Sherri Wilson and I am the new Senior Manager of Family Engagement in Education at National PTA. I've been involved in PTA since my oldest son (who is now 24) began Kindergarten. Over the years, I have served as President of a local unit, Chair of Communications on the state board and most recently Vice President of Programs for Alabama PTA. My professional career began when I started working as a Parent Advocate at a Parent Information and Resource Center when my youngest son…