WAPEN WASHINGTON PARENTING EDUCATION NETWORK

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WAPEN WASHINGTON PARENTING EDUCATION NETWORK
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WAPEN HistoryWASHINGTON PARENTING EDUATION
NETWORK

• 2001 Activities
• WAPEN Advisory Group formed
• Two parenting educators meetings were held to
  strategize building a state-wide parenting
  education network.
• Seattle, WA (October 19)
• Moses Lake, WA (September 26)
• 40 participants each

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WAPEN HistoryWASHINGTON PARENTING EDUATION
NETWORK

• 2001 Sponsors
• Comprehensive Health Education Foundation
• Family Support Washington
• Foundation for Early Learning
• Organization for Parent Education Programs
• Talaris Research Institute
• WA State Child Care Resource Referral Network
• WA Council for Prevention of Child Abuse and
• Neglect
• WA State Department of Health
• WA State University Cooperative

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WAPEN HistoryWASHINGTON PARENTING EDUATION
NETWORK

• 2002 Activities
• One parenting educators networking retreat was
  held
• (40 participants) to begin developing WAPEN
• (September 24-25, 2002)
• Developed shared core values
• Identified seven WAPEN committees members
• Developed WAPENs commitments
• Developed one-year budget with action plan
• Offered WAPEN Listserv

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WAPEN HistoryWASHINGTON PARENTING EDUATION
NETWORK

• 2002 Funders
• Community, Trade, and Economic Development
• Comprehensive Health Education Foundation
• Discuren Charitable Foundation
• Foundation for Early Learning
• Talaris Research Institute
• WA Council for Prevention of Child Abuse
• and Neglect
• WA State University Cooperative

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WAPEN HistoryWASHINGTON PARENTING EDUATION
NETWORK

• 2003 Activities
• Organizational Development
• Developed WAPEN logo, mission, vision, and key
  strategies
• Needs Assessment
• Surveyed 133 parenting educators summarized data
• Communication
• Developed WAPEN Fact Sheet/PowerPoint
• Professional Development
• Supporters and funders provided trainings on key
• parenting education practices with
  research-based
• parenting education tools

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WAPEN HistoryWASHINGTON PARENTING EDUATION
NETWORK

• 2003 Funders
• Comprehensive Health Education Foundation
• WA State University Cooperative
• 2003 Supporters
• Bellevue Community College
• Catholic Family and Child Services
• Community, Trade, and Economic Development
• Edmonds Community College
• Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies
• Foundation for Early Learning
• Kent School District
• Organization for Parent Education Programs
• Talaris Research Institute
• WA Council for Prevention of Child Abuse
• and Neglect
• WA State Department of Health

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WAPEN HistoryWASHINGTON PARENTING EDUATION
NETWORK

• 2004 Activities
• Needs Assessment
• Shared 2003 Needs Assessment Data
• Implemented strategies to meet needs
• Communication
• Developing WAPEN Website with directory key
  links
• Developed monitored WAPEN Forum
• Continued to offer WAPEN Listserv
• Professional Development
• Supporters and funders provided trainings on key
• parenting education practices with
  research-based
• parenting education tools

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WAPEN History WASHINGTON PARENTING EDUATION
NETWORK

• 2005 Proposed Activities
• Communication
• Maintain WAPEN Website
• Monitor WAPEN Forum and Listserv
• Provide consistent messages and raise awareness
• about the value of parenting education
• Professional Development
• Supporters and funders provide trainings on
• key parenting education practices with
• research-based parenting education tools
• Develop a brochure highlighting effective
  parenting
• education

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WAPEN HistoryWASHINGTON PARENTING EDUATION
NETWORK

• 2004 Funders
• Comprehensive Health Education Foundation
• WA State University Cooperative
• 2004 Supporters
• Bellevue Community College
• Catholic Family and Child Services
• Community, Trade, and Economic Development
• Edmonds Community College
• Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies
• Foundation for Early Learning
• Kent School District
• Organization for Parent Education Programs
• Talaris Research Institute
• WA Council for Prevention of Child Abuse
• and Neglect
• WA State Department of Health

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Introducing WAPEN
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Membership

• WAPEN (Washington Parenting Education Network)
• has a broad membership that includes parenting
• educators from all systems across the state.

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Mission

• WAPENs mission is to provide leadership and
• infrastructure to support Washington State
• parenting educators in their work with families.

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Vision

• Through WAPEN, parenting educators will
• Strengthen our identity as a community
• and profession.
• Advance professional standards and
• practices.
• Utilize research, training, and
• professional support to provide
• high-quality services and information.
• Encourage all families in Washington state to
• expect and receive parenting education.

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Strategies

• Increase awareness of the value of parenting
  education.
• Increase access and reduce barriers to families
  seeking parenting education.
• Promote continuing education and professional
  development for parenting educators.
• Create networking opportunities to share
• research, resources, best practices, and to
  foster
• coordination and collaboration among parenting
• educators.

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Values

• WAPEN members believe that
• Parenting education supports families in giving
• children the opportunity to grow up safe and
• healthy and able to reach their full potential.
• Raising compassionate, responsible, caring
• children can improve our world, and
• parenting education is important in helping
• parents with this vital mission.
• All parents deserve to experience joy and
• competence in raising children.

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Values (cont.)

• WAPEN members believe that
• Honoring, respecting, and supporting the
• strengths and unique qualities of all
• families and cultures is necessary when
• working with families.
• A diverse offering of affordable, high-quality
• parenting education classes and materials
• provides options to meet the varying needs
• of families.

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Values (cont.)

• WAPEN members believe that
• Training and utilization of research-based
• information and best practices improves the
• effectiveness of parenting education.
• Strong and effective programs involve
• families and parenting educators as learning
• partners within a respectful environment.

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Committees

• Networking
• Needs Assessment
• Diversity Recruitment
• Research
• Communication
• Funding
• Organizational Development

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Advisory Group

• Judy King, WA State
• Community, Trade
• Economic Development
• judyk_at_cted.wa.gov
• Lorrie Grevstad, Department
• of Health
• Lorrie.grevstad_at_doh.wa.gov
• Garrison Kurtz, Foundation for
• Early Learning
• garrison_at_earlylearning.org

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Advisory Group (cont.)

• Maria Vera, Catholic Family and
• Child Service
• mvera_at_cfcs3cities.org
• Rosemarie Clemente, Kent School District
• roclemente_at_comcast.net
• Jill Sells, MD, Physician
• jill.sells_at_stanfordalumni.org

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Advisory Group (cont.)

• Janyne Slabaugh, Edmonds CC
• jslabaug_at_edcc.edu
• Sue Anderson, C.H.E.F.
• suea_at_chef.org
• Lori Stern, C.H.E.F.
• loris_at_chef.org
• Jan Faull, C.H.E.F.
• Janfaull_at_aol.com

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Advisory Group (cont.)

• Bridgett Chandler, Talaris Research
• Institute
• bc_at_talaris.org
• Maria Gehl, WA Council for
• Prevention of Child Abuse and
• Neglect
• gehlmj_at_dshs.wa.gov
• Drew Betz
• WSU Cooperative Extension
• betz_at_wsu.edu

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Advisory Group (cont.)

• Julie Soto, OPEP, Bellevue CC
• isoto_at_bcc.ctc.edu
• Bernie Dorsey, Parent Trust/Conscious
• Fathering
• bernie_at_consciousfathering.org

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2003 WAPEN Needs Assessment Data

• Gender/Ages
• 133 Parenting Educators Surveyed
• (all females)
• 42-45 Years Young (23)
• 52-56 Years Young (21)
• 46-51 Years Young (21)
• 37-42 Years Young (21)
• 58-62 Years Young (13)
• Youngest 42
• Oldest 73

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Ethnicity
• White/Caucasian (101)
• Hispanic (6)
• American Indian/Native American (3)
• Western European (2)
• Hispanic/White (2)
• Black (1)
• Chinese (1)
• European/Irish/Eng. (1)

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Ethnicity (cont.)
• Northern European (1)
• WASP (1)
• White/Jewish (1)
• White/Native American (1)

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Years as a Parenting Educator
• 6-12 Years (34)
• 1-5 Years (31)
• 16-20 Years (23)
• 13-15 Years (18)
• 26-35 Years (8)
• 21-25 Years (7)

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Counties
• King (36)
• Benton/Franklin (17)
• Spokane (12)
• Snohomish (10)
• Benton (5)
• Clark Pierce (4)
• Many others listed

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Organizations
• Community Colleges (53)
• Health Departments (19)
• School Districts/ESDs (10)
• Technical Colleges (7)
• Cooperative Preschools (7)
• Many others listed

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Employment
• Part-time (65)
• Full-time (49)
• Misc. others listed

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Populations They Reach
• Families with
• Children ages 3-5 (115)
• Babies/toddlers (110)
• School-aged youth (50)
• Teens (32)

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Populations They Reach (cont.)
• Families with limited
• resources (73)
• Immigrants/refugees (42)
• Head Start (39)
• ECEAP (30)

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Family Configurations They Work With
• Two parents (128)
• Single parent (124)
• Blended families (110)
• Adoptive (75)
• Grandparents raising
• children (57)
• Foster parents (55)
• Fathers (45)

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Family Configurations Also Mentioned
• All families
• Homeless families
• Family members raising
• children
• Military families
• Teen parents

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Family Configurations Also Mentioned
• Divorced parents/CPS
• Early Head Start
• Even Start
• Families with children who
• have special needs
• Expectant fathers

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Family Configurations Also Mentioned
• Wealthy parents
• Work First families
• Young parents
• Migrant families
• DV and homeless families

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• What priority should WAPEN set for a
• campaign to promote parenting
• education across Washington State?
• Highest (60)
• High (56)
• Moderate (4)
• No priority (1)

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• How They Deliver Parenting Education
• Facilitate group discussions (105)
• Speaker (91)
• Teach a class series (76)
• Present workshops (76)
• Facilitate learning activities with parents and
  children (72)
• Teach a specific curriculum (50)
• Home visitor (42)
• Mentor (one-one parent coach) (31)
• Therapeutic or counseling groups/individuals (11)

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Top Five Topics
• Behavior management (125)
• Child development (77)
• Nutrition (27)
• Brain development/early
• learning (22)
• Health safety (22)
• Temperament (21)
• Emotional development (19)

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Top Five Topics (cont.)
• Sibling relationships (15)
• Family relationships (15)
• Kindergarten readiness (14)
• Sleep issues (10)
• Stress management (9)
• Parenting techniques (9)
• Many others listed

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• How They Determine Family Needs
• Ask them (61)
• Simple surveys (47)
• Watch, observe, listen (13)
• Referral (5)

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• How They Receive Parent Feedback
• Surveys/evaluations (132)
• Ask them (85)

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Most Relevant Training to Prepare Them
• Specific trainings/conferences (66)
• Experience/learning (53)
• College ed./degrees (44)
• Parenting experience (28)
• Mentors/co-workers (16)

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• How Employers Support Their Professional
  Development
• Pays registration fees (60)
• Purchases materials (38)
• Pays travel (35)
• Onsite training (33)
• Release time (33)
• All of the above (23)
• Many others listed

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• How Often Can They Attend Professional
• Development Events?
• Quarterly (52)
• Twice a year (30)
• Monthly (18)
• Once a year (13)
• As often as needed (4)

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Conferences They Attend Regularly
• WSU Parenting Conference (36)
• WAEYC (39)
• OPEP (19)
• NAEYC (8)
• Healthy Child Care WA (6)
• Many others listed

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• How They Prefer to Learn
• Workshops (115)
• Conferences (106)
• Lectures/speakers (100)
• Peer discussions (87)

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• How They Prefer to Learn
• Articles journals (83)
• Books (69)
• Videos (58)
• Web (57)
• Classroom (25)

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Professional Development Documentation
• Needed
• Certificate of Participation (52)
• Clock Hours (28)
• Graduate Level Credits (14)
• 300-400 Level Credits (6)
• CEUs (3)
• 100-200 Level Credits (3)

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Support They Need as a Parenting Educator
• Training, research, trends (37)
• Networking with colleagues,
• fresh, creative ideas from
• parenting educators in similar
• positions (27)
• Funding (8)
• Library of free materials (5)
• Full classes/marketing (4)

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Are There Local Parenting Networks?
• I dont know (44)
• Yes (39)
• No (13)

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Support That Would Interest Them If They Were
  WAPEN Members
• Local/regional trainings (10)
• Online exchanges (6)
• Regular networking meetings (4)
• Monthly newsletters (3),
• research, creative ideas

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Support (cont.)
• Library of parenting
• resources (2)
• Tips/ideas to keep classes fun
• help parents apply what they
• have learned (2)
• Many others (see list)

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Membership Fees They Would Be Willing to
• Pay
• 25 (41)
• 20 (26)
• 10 (19)
• 15 (17)

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Benefits They Would Expect from Membership
• Resources, current information, library (27)
• Quarterly newsletter, online hard copy (35)
• Regional trainings/workshops, annual
• calendar (25)

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2003 Needs Assessment Data (cont.)

• Benefits (cont.)
• Networking, membership directory (18)
• Conferences (13)
• Listserv Website (11)
• Materials/training discounts (11)