Parent Conferences with the Department of Education
The New York City Coalition for Educational Justice in partnership with the NYC Department of Education held three amazing parent conferences on May 3rd; May 31st and June 7th. Over 750 parents attended workshops and connected with fellow parent leaders. Photos from the conferences can be found here. Workshops included topics such as increasing parent participation and creating community schools through partnerships. In an unprecedented collaboration, CEJ parents were involved in the planning every aspect of the conference as well as co-facilitating all of the workshops with Department of Education staff. This was a great first step in creating a sustainable district-family partnership to strengthen schools and raise student achievement. Below you will find some of the resources from the conferences:
Learning Through Adventure: Using the Big Apple as A Fun Educational Tool
Facilitated by Barbara Palley, Cool Culture and Portia Armstrong, Coalition for Educational Justice
Read Anything Good Lately? Promoting Literacy at Home
Facilitated by Ric Hasenyager, Office of Library Services and Natasha Capers, Coalition for Educational Justice
NovelNY- Free Online Databases
New York Public Library Reading Lists- By Genre and Grades (Pre-K- 5th grade)
New York Public Library Recommendations -By Genre & Topics (Children & Adult Lists)
BiblioNasium- A Cool New Reading Online Community
Teachingbooks.net- Online Multimedia Resources
Middle School, Here I Come! Finding the Best School for Your Child
Facilitated by Jane Heaphy and Karen Alleyne, Learning Leaders and Celia Green, Coalition for Educational Justice
Calling All Parents! How to Build Strong Parent Participation in Your School!
Facilitated by Fran Streich, UFT Parent Outreach Committee; Angel Martinez, New Settlement Parent Action Committee and Megan Hester, Annenberg Institute for School Reform
What is a Community School? Developing Strategic Community Partnerships
Facilitated by Emma Hulse, Vivian Vasquez
Recognizing and Celebrating Images of Excellence: Practical Ideas that will help you contribute to the rituals and best practices in your child’s school
Facilitated by Laura Kotch, NYC Department of Education and Zakiyah Ansari, Alliance for Quality Education
Advocate with Confidence: CEC Roles & Responsibilities
Facilitated by Paola de Kock, Division of Family and Community Engagement and Claudette Agard, Coalition for Educational Justice
Strengthen Your Core: How to Run an Effective SLT
Facilitated by Anthony Settle, Division of Family and Community Engagement and Elzora Cleveland, Coalition for Educational Justice
Build Your Muscle: Using Parliamentarian Rules to Run an Effective Meeting
Facilitated by Daniel Siebold
Parliamentary Procedure Webinar and Slides'