10 STEPS TO A PERFECT PARENT PROGRAM

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10 STEPS TO A PERFECT PARENT PROGRAM

• Faith Scibienski, Colleen Pedersen
• Lynn Fisher, Ellen Burgess
• West Windsor-Plainsboro Community Middle School

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1. Play Out Ideas

• Survey parents
• IRS, SAC suggestions
• Research trends
• Check out your own childrens schools

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2.Pool Your Resourcesaka Please, can we have
some money ?

• Local grants
• Corporate grants and foundations
• PTSA
• Title IX
• Charge!

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3. Partner Up To Find Presenters

• In the building/district
• Faculty, administration, staff
• In the community
• Organizations, police
• In the field
• Therapists
• In the world
• Authors, speakers, presenters

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4. Plan The Details

• Develop checklist
• Program name and blurb
• Speaker biography
• Time and space
• Approvals
• Purchase orders
• Babysitting?

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5. Publicize

• Flyers and registration forms
• Website, listserv
• School newsletter
• Local paper, TV channels
• Counselors at other buildings

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6. Personal Invitations

• Parents
• Teachers (offer P.D. hours)
• Administrators
• Community members

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7. Prepare Materials And Agenda

• Power Point
• Parent packets/folders
• Resource lists and bibliographies
• Brochures
• Gifts
• Evaluations

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8. Put It All Together

• Confirm space
• Signs, sign-ins, surveys
• Gather materials and equipment
• a/v, flipchart, pencils
• Decorations
• Refreshments

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9. Pray
!
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10. Process And Reflect

• Review evaluations, compile data
• Calculate P.D. hours
• Plan for the next program
• Breathe!

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Our school website ishttp//www.wwprsd.org/cms

• Click GUIDANCE link
• Click RESOURCES FOR COUNSELORS link
• for handouts and other documents