What is PIRC Parental Information and Resource Center

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What is PIRC?Parental Information and Resource
Center

• Presented by
• Shelley Richards
• Julie Schwab
• Every Person Influences Children
• NYS PIRC

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Agenda

• PIRC Overview
• Relationship between PIRC and Title I
• Relationship between EPIC and PIRC
• Local PIRC Services and Implementations
• Research Findings

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Parental Involvement Elementary and Secondary
Education Act (ESEA/NCLB)

• The ESEA/NCLB of 2001 contains 14 different
  Titles as a federal law to improve education for
  all children. The goal is to have all children at
  grade level by 2014.
• ESEA/NCLB recognizes the importance of parental
  involvement via Title I part A (sect 1118)
  
• PIRCs are authorized Under Title V, part D,
  subpart 16.

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A Quality PIRC Framework 2008-2009

• Will help build a statewide infrastructure for
  parental involvement
  
• Statewide leadership through networking and
  collaboration
  
• Provide systemic services to LEP, minority and
  low income parents that build parental capacity
  and awareness
  
• Capacity Building for SEAs, LEAs, Schools via
  direct services or information
  
• Policies and practices
• Technical assistance and training
• Build relationships with SEA
• Operate centers
• Alignment with Title I and ESEA coordinate
  efforts
  
• Learning and Improvement
• Evaluate services and conduct research

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What is a PIRC ?

• Parental Information and Resource Centers
• A national network of 62 statewide PIRCs across
  the U. S.
  
• Funded for five years (2006-2011)
• There are 2 PIRCs in NYS

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PIRC Priorities and Services

• Disseminate information and technical assistance,
  locally statewide on ESEA/NCLB, specifically
  
• School Accountability
• Supplemental Educational Services
• School Choice
• Provide direct services to parents
• in the form of workshops training to improve
  parenting and parent involvement,
  
• 30 of services serving early childhood
• Collaborate with state local educational
  personnel
  
• promote advance parent involvement to help
  close the achievement gap
  
• Provide technical assistance to Title I offices
  and schools in developing their PI Plans.

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PIRC Priorities and Services

• Provide technical assistance locally, regionally
  and statewide regarding
  
• Best practices in parent involvement
• Best practices in parent involvement plans (Title
  I).
  
• Promote the collaboration of parent involvement
  entities to advance parent involvement

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New York State PIRC Programs
EPIC (Every Person Influences Children)operates
PIRC centers in Bronx, Queens, Buffalo,
Rochester, Yonkers,Syracuse, Fallsburg, and
Monticello
Families and Communities Together with Schools
(FACTS) is based in Watertown, NY and serves
Northern New York, in partnership with Jefferson
- Lewis BOCES
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NYS PIRC Statewide Technical Assistance

• Dissemination of reader friendly materials and
  newsletters on a variety of topics
  
• Partnerships with WNED-public TV and commercial
  TV to create PSAs.
  
• On-line Parent Training Program
• Partnership with NY Newspaper Publishers
  Association Newspapers in Education - Parenting
  and Parent Involvement tips. Classroom
  Connection
• Present workshops and training at state and
  national conferences
  
• Pre-service training for student teachers
• Building statewide capacity for parental
  involvement
  
• On the Same Page Summit
• Creation of a documentary on Parent Involvement
  and Family Engagement
  
• New York State PIRC website www.nyspirc.org

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Additional Tools

• Sample Title I Plans
• Checklist for Plan Requirements

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Additional Resources

• www.nyspirc.org
• www.nationalpirc.org
• www.epicforchildren.org/pirc
• Summary of EPIC/PIRC services in BPS

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PIRC Workshops
One-Shot Workshops (2 hours) Taking Charge of Yo
ur Childs Future Creating Home School Partnershi
ps
OR
Choose from 23 different topics in our Young
Child Series Listening Responding to Childre
n Single Parenting Communicating with teache
rs Dealing with Crisis and Trauma Structure
Limits Preventing and Managing Problem
Behavior Using Television Wisely Resolving C
onflicts Promoting Non-violent Solutions
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Workshop Series

• Ready, Set, Read (7 Week Series)
• Brain Development Learning Styles
• The World of Reading Understanding How Children
  Learn to Read
  
• Reading with Your Child (2 Part Workshop)
• Reading is Everywhere Learning through Play
  Daily Life (2 Part Workshop)
  
• Helping Your Child Succeed in School

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Workshop Series
Parenting Infant Toddlers (6-8 Week Series)
Knowing Yourself as a Parent Tuning into Your Chi
ld Helping Your Child to Cope Setting Limits Es
tablishing Routines Learning Through Play
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4 Week Series

• Parent Advocacy Training
• Advocacy Who, What, When, Why How
• Forming a Winning Team
• Maneuvering through the School System
• Building a Relationship with Your Child

• Helping Your Child Succeed in School Through
  Character Education
  
• Developing Respect Caring in Young Children
• Character, Conscience and Values
• Structure Limits Preventing and Managing
  Problem Behavior
  
• Promoting Non-Violent Solutions

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SES Providers-How can PIRC help your school
reach parents?
Eligible Buffalo Public Schools

• B.E.S.T.- School 6
• Frank Sedita- School 30
• Lovejoy Discovery School- School 43
• International School- School 45
• Science Magnet- School 59
• Pfc. William Grabiarz- School 79
• Makowski- School 99
• Grover Cleveland HS- School 202
• Burgard HS- School 301

Bob Lanier Center
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PIRC Workshops Events
Buffalo Public Schools

• B.E.S.T-6
• Open House
• Community School-53
• Welcome Back Event
• Poster Contest- 2nd Place Winner
• Timea Barlow
• Fathers/Families Night Out
• Houghton Academy-69
• Open House/Report card distribution event
• One-shot workshop held Structure Limits

• William Grabiarz-79
• Held 4 week workshop series
• Stanley Makowski-99
• Welcome Back Event
• Poster Contest-
• 1st 3rd Place winners
• 1st Place- Alex Magee
• 3rd Place- Timneshia, Timothy Timnajia
  Benton
  

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For more information or to schedule a workshop
please contactJulie Schwab

• 716-332-4159
• or
• schwabj_at_epicforchildren.
• Be sure to check out our website for additional
  information resources.
  
• www.epicforchildren.org

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Additional Resources

• Beyond the Bake Sale by Anne T. Henderson,
  Karen Mapp, Vivian Johnson, and Don Davies
  
• National PTA Family Engagement Standards
  www.pta.org
  
• Parents and Teachers Working Together by Carol
  Davis and Alice Yang
  
• School, Family and Community Partnerships
  Preparing educators and improving schools by
  J.L. Epstein
  
• Every Teachers Guide to Working with Parents by
  Gwen Rudney
  
• Promising Partnership Practices by National
  Network of Partnership Schools at John Hopkins
  University
  

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EPIC Research Studies

• EPIC Pilot Study of Ready, Set, Parent!
• Pathways to Parenting
• Control Group Study (EPIC Conducted, UB
  Analyzed)
  
• Pathways to Parenting
• University at Buffalo School of Social Work
  4-Year Study
  
• Ready, Set, Read and Pathways to Parenting
• University of Missouri St. Louis 3-Year Study
• Character Education
• University at Buffalo Research Projects
  (Current)
  
• Just for Teens
• Parent Intervention Program
• Pathways to Parenting
• Just for Teens in NYC
• Rutgers University 4-Year Study
• Ready, Set, Read
• In Development
• National Institute of Health Just for Teens
  Study

EPIC Research Projects EPIC is running over 21 di
fferent research projects with 4 university
partners
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Research says

• Children whose parents participate in EPIC
  Pathways to Parenting
  
• Have higher performance in five developmental
  domains cognitive, language, personal/social,
  gross motor, and fine motor compared to
  national averages
• Have parents more engaged in their education
• Have more interactions with their parents who are
  more confident and better equipped to help their
  children succeed in school and in life
  
• Are read to more than their peers whose parents
  dont participate in EPIC
  
• Have better health outcomes than children whose
  parents dont participate in EPIC
  
• Have parents who are more confident, have a
  better attitude toward parenting, have more
  knowledge about effective parenting skills, and
  who feel less isolated

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Research says

• Teen Moms who participate in the EPIC Just for
  Teens program
  
• Graduate 98 of the time compared to teen
  parents nationally who graduate 41 of the time
  
• Are more confident, know how to build literacy
  skills in their children, are better able to
  respond to their childrens needs, are better
  prepared to help their children succeed
• Parents marked by extreme stress who
  participate in EPIC programs
  
• Have stronger family relationships, report
  better relationships with their children, are
  more involved in their childrens education, and
  are better able to manage their stress