FAMILY-STAFF PARTNERSHIPS – A DRIVING FORCE

Family-staff partnerships can be built a number of ways, including when family leaders and staff participate in capacity building together. In this newsletter, we share about a grassroots effort where local agencies are partnering with promotores on a community change agenda; we share about a statewide initiative bringing parents and staff together; and we share about professional development that invites families and educators to learn from each other’s experiences. These opportunities deepen understanding and build relationships that result in positive outcomes for children and families in the home, in classrooms, and in the community.

Family Staff Partnerships a Driving Force

Parent Services Project fosters parent leadership in Head Start programs

Head Start programs in New Jersey and Puerto Rico now have more tools and activities to support parent leadership and engagement, thanks to trainings recently offered by Parent Services Project (PSP). PSP partnered with Region II Head Start to offer the trainings to parent leaders, program staff, and directors.

Statewide effort blends parent leadership, family support

Parent Services Project (PSP) and other partners are working together to offer parent leadership training that also helps strengthen families. A pilot training now underway in Stockton helps parents develop protective factors by blending PSP’s Parent Leadership Institute curriculum with a national family support framework known as Strengthening Families.

Countywide promotores collaborative tackles community problems

Marin Promotores are coming together to take on local issues that affect families’ health as part of a countywide collaborative. Promotores, or community health workers, in four communities are spreading awareness about the impact that key factors, such as poverty, immigration, housing, and transportation, have on health. Parent Services Project (PSP) plays a key role as part of the collaborative and also as the fiscal agent.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

California Parent Leadership Conference

  • 2/21/12, 2/22/12 California Parent Leadership Conference, Ontario, CA. Presented by the CA. Dept. of Social Services and Parents Anonymous. PSP will present a workshop and is co-sponsoring this statewide conference. Register at: https://www.strengthening-families.org/plconference/

Parent Leadership/Family Engagement

  • 2/7/12, 3/20/12 San Rafael City Schools – Family Engagement Task Force, San Rafael, CA
  • 2/8/12, 2/15/12 Vision & Voice Parent Leadership Institute, Stockton, CA
  • 2/4/12, 3/3/12, 3/22/12 Vision & Voice Parent Leadership Institute at Graton Rancheria Tribal TANF, Rohnert Park, CA
  • 2/11/12 College Readiness Parent Leadership Institute, San Rafael, CA
  • 2/13/12, 3/12/12 Dad’s Group, San Pedro School, San Rafael, CA
  • 2/14/12 SJB Child Development Centers, San Jose, CA
  • 2/16/12 Strengthening Families Roundtable- Parent Partnerships focus, Sacramento, CA
  • 2/18/12, 3/17/12, 3/21/12 College Readiness Parent Leadership Institute, Novato CA
  • 2/21/12, 2/22/12 California Parent Leadership Conference workshop, Ontario, CA
  • 2/29/12 Emotional Literacy Parent Workshop, Graton Rancheria, Rohnert Park, CA
  • 3/7/12, 3/10/12, 4/28/12 Vision & Voice Parent Leadership Institute, San Pedro School, San Rafael, CA
  • 4/20/12 Parent workshop, College of Marin, Indian Valley Campus, Novato, CA

Raising A Reader

  • 2/6/12 Read aloud at Bahia Vista Head Start, San Rafael, CA
  • 2/8/12 Read aloud at San Pedro Head Start, San Rafael, CA
  • 2/10/12 Read aloud at Fifth Avenue Head Start, San Rafael, CA
  • 2/15/12 Parent workshop at Fifth Avenue Head Start, San Rafael, CA
  • 2/4/11 Bay Area Raising A Reader Coalition
  • 2/22/12, 3/21/12 Read aloud at College of Marin, Indian Valley Campus, Novato, CA
  • 2/23/12, 2/29/12 Parent workshop at San Pedro Head Start, San Rafael, CA
  • 2/27/12 Read aloud at San Rafael High School Head Start, San Rafael, CA
  • 2/23/12, 2/29/12 Parent workshop at San Pedro Head Start, San Rafael, CA
  • 3/7/12 Read aloud at Martin Luther King Head Start, Marin City, CA
  • 3/21/12, 4/18/12 Parent workshops at Meadow Park Head Start, Novato, CA
  • 4/16/12 Parent workshop, Hamilton Head Start, Novato, CA
  • 2/15/11 MC3 Family DayCare Providers Workshop: Connecting Books about Food with Reading Skills Development

Other Events & Activities

  • Every Friday, Aprendiendo Juntos (Spanish language playgroup), San Rafael, CA
  • 2/8/12 Marin Organizing Committee Civic Academy, St John’s Episcopal Church, Ross, CA
  • 2/14/12 Canal Concilio meeting, San Rafael, CA
  • 2/16/12 Marin Organizing Committee Civic Academy, Congregation Rodef Sholom, San Rafael, CAA
  • 2/27/12 San Rafael Promotores Workshop, San Rafael, CA
  • 3/20/12 Marin Organizing Committee Civic Academy, Presbyterian Church of Novato, CA

For more information on trainings, events or activities, contact us at [email protected].