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Family Involvement Inside and Outside the Classroom

In October 2007, Pre-K Now hosted Family Involvement Inside and Outside the Classroom to discuss strategies for engaging parents and other family members in pre-k programs - a key element of high quality. Alicia Narvaez of the Virtual Pre-K Initiative and Bev Raimondo with the Commonwealth Institute for Parent leadership presented research-based methods for effectively increasing family involvement and creating support structures to keep family members involved over time.

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Facilitator:

Bob Sexton
Executive Director
The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence

Agenda:
1.  

Welcome by Libby Doggett, Executive Director of Pre-K Now
2.  

Introduction of topic and speakers by Tom Schultz

3.  

Presentations by:

Alicia Narvaez (slide presentation)
Director, Virtual Pre-K
Chicago Public Schools Office of Early Childhood Education
Virtual Pre-K Initiative

Bev Raimondo (slide presentation)
Center for Parent Leadership Director
The Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence
Commonwealth Institute for Parent Leadership

4.  

Question and answer session
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