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Parent TrainingsParent Workshops We know from research and from personal experience that students who have involved parents not only go further and do better in their education, but are also more likely to be successful in life.
With this in mind, the Denver Public School District has developed a partnership with the Colorado Statewide Parent Coalition (CSPC) and the Parent Information and Resource Center (CPIRC) to develop workshops in both Spanish and English, that schools can use when communicating with the parents of their students. Currently, three workshops, complete with parent handouts, are available on this Web page (see below). Feel free to use them and adjust them to meet the needs of your school or community. Based on our availability, we are also willing to come to your school to work with teachers on preparing the workshop, or to offer support during the workshop.
It is our desire to build on these workshops and have more to offer schools. If you use the trainings and make modifications for your school, we would love to see them and maybe make them available to other schools. If you use the trainings as they are, we would love to hear some feedback as to how they worked for you.
If you would like more information, please call Flor Amaro at 720-423-3653, or email at Flor_Amaro@dpsk12.org.
The links on this page are to directly download files that are either Word or PowerPoint. In order to successfully download, read and print these files, your computer will need to have Microsoft Office© loaded in its software or "Program files". The documents are listed first in English, then below, in Spanish versions are listed. To jump to a specific workshop, click on one of the links below:
Parent Training Support Documents: Workshop 1- Introduction to the DPS Literacy Program In English: Introduction To The Literacy Program [ppt] Handouts: En Español: Introduction To The Literacy Program - Spanish [ppt] Handouts: Workshop 2- Home Learning Support Students who are successful in school have parents who take time to work with them at home and support what they are learning in school. This workshop covers a variety of different topics to help parents support at home what their children are learning in the classroom. Parents will discuss why homework is important as well as how to make homework time a productive, learning time and how to help their children develop good study habits. Parents will also learn about the Million Word campaign and steps they can take to help their children achieve this goal. Presenters address the topic of how parental attitudes towards learning and/or their children’s school or teacher may ultimately affect their children’s education. Participants discuss the importance of building relationships between parents and teachers, and parents and their children by being involved in school activities, as well as by having simple conversations to get to know In English: Home Learning Support [ppt] Handouts: En Español: Handouts:
The beginning of the workshop addresses the importance of parent meetings and of maintaining communication between the home and the school. It then breaks parent – teacher meetings down into three (3) focus areas: 1) Before the Meeting, 2) During the Meeting and, 3) After the Meeting. Each focus area walks parents through ideas of how to prepare and what questions to ask. The workshop also provides worksheets they can bring with them to meetings as well as a check off list for them to keep at home to help them follow up on suggestions from or discussion items with the teacher.
In English: Parent-Teacher Meetings [ppt] Handouts: En Español: Parent-Teacher Meetings - Spanish [ppt] Handouts:
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