Hamden Parents SEE
Class of 2015
Leadership
The Four Core Beliefs of Parents SEE:
■ All children can achieve at high levels and
meet high standards.
■ Our society has the responsibility to educate
Parents SEE was developed
and is offered by:
Connecticut Commission on Children
and
Connecticut Center for School Change
For further information please contact:
all children.
■ Parental involvement in education is
essential to student success.
■ Informed civic engagement makes
schools better and helps children
achieve at higher levels.
“ The staff was excellent and they were
well prepared for each presentation.”
“Excellent sharing of ideas, experiences
and data.”
“Course was very informative and
interesting”
- Hamden Parents SEE Graduates
Brenda Shuler
brendajshuler2000@yahoo.com
Ridge Hill School
Family Resource Center
203-407-2035 x 28 (phone)
http://www.ctschoolchange.org/what-we-do/impactareas/developing-leadership
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Parents Supporting Educational Excellence
Change
Educational
Policies &
Practices
Partnering
A civics leadership initiative; provides
strategies and tools to prepare
parents, grandparents and guardians to
partner with schools, to improve
education for all children.
What is Parents Supporting
Educational Excellence?
■ It’s a chance to make a difference for children
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and for their schools.
■ It’s a place to engage in dialogue and practice
skills needed to effect constructive change.
■ It’s an opportunity for parents to acquire
■ Parents acquire skills to address public policy
knowledge to become leaders, change agents
and active participants in education.
issues and engage as civic leaders to improve
schools for all children.
■ Transportation stipends are provided as
necessary.
SESSIONS
TOPICS
Retreat
Getting started and course
overview
What do effective schools look
like?
What is change?
How and why do schools change?
Effective
Schools
Change
School
Change
Education
System
School
District
Citizen’s Role
Who Participates?
Why Do We Do It?
■ Research shows a clear link between student
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achievement and parent/family involvement.
Students are more successful when schools,
families and communities work together.
Parent involvement at home, at schools, and in
communities really does make a difference.
■ A coordinator and design team recruit and select
parents.
■ The design team and the parents reflect the
■
diversity of the community.
Parents are engaged while a local civic design
team oversees program implementation.
Student
Success
Café
Conversation
School
Improvement
Policy
Parent
Leadership
Leadership
Goals
What is our educational system?
How does your school district
function?
What is a citizen’s/parent’s role in
how the school district functions?
Why do some students succeed in
school while others do not?
What is a parent’s role in children’s
learning and school improvement?
When are improvements in
schools warranted?
What are key education policies?
How do parents lead in schools?
How does understanding and a
civic tool kit lead to effective parent
leadership in education?
Graduation
Enroll Today! Spaces Limited
Hamden Public Schools
STARTING January 2016
For more information contact
Brenda Shuler
Parents SEE Coordinator
203-407-2035 x28
How Do We Do It?
■ Participants explore Leadership, Change,
■
Educational Policies and Partnering.
School leaders attend as guests, facilitating
dialogue and policy partnerships.
The Curriculum Outline
■ FREE COURSE
■ 14 evenings from 5:00-8:30 with dinner
■ Child care provided