Partners for Learning:
Preparing Teachers to
Involve Families

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How can teachers, principals, and other school professionals work more effectively with parents and families?

Join a national discussion on how universities, colleges, schools, and communities can better prepare teachers to involve parents and families in the education of their children. Featured will be innovative programs and best practices from leading colleges of education, as well as school districts and communities from around the nation. The program is scheduled to include Vice President Al Gore and U.S. Secretary of Education Richard Riley.

How can I participate?

• Find a site with satellite downlink capability, like a university, a community college, a school district office, or a community access station.

• Invite teachers, parents, college and university administrators, and school officials to take part in the teleconference at your local event.

• Register your participation in one of two ways: fax registration or online registration to receive information and materials.

• Convene the group to watch the satellite broadcast on Wednesday, November 5th at 2:00 pm Eastern time. If possible, host a local discussion of the issues to be raised during the teleconference, before or after the broadcast.

• Learn from model programs and practices from across the country and gather ideas that might work in your community.

The teleconference is free, but please register your participation.
"Partners for Learning" is being co-produced by the
Partnership for Family Involvement in Education and the U.S. Department of Education

For more information call 1-800 USA LEARN.

Partners for Learning:
Preparing Teachers to Involve Families

The following organizations are members of the teleconference planning committee:

American Federation of Teachers	National Education Association
Bank Street College	University of Minnesota
Working Mother Magazine	American Association of Colleges
Teachers College Columbia University	East Carolina University
National PTA	Harvard University Family Research Project
Vanderbilt University	Child & Family Policy Center
National Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education	Council of Independent Colleges
Maryland state Department of Education	Consortium for the Advancement of Private Higher Education
Council for Basic Education	Education Trust
National Association of Elementary School Principals	Council of Chief State School Officers
Council for American Private Education	National Association of Secondary School Principals
American Association of School Administrators	National Coalition of Title I and Chapter I Parents

special thanks to:

The Office of the Vice President

The Family-School Steering Group of the
Partnership for Family Involvement in Education

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