Parents as Collaborators Wisconsin State Personnel Development Grant.
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Parents as CollaboratorsWisconsinState Personnel Development Grant
Courtney Salzer
Wisconsin FACETSFamily Assistance Center for Education, Training and Support
Parent Training and Information Center
Pat Bober
Wisconsin Statewide Parent –Educator Initiative
Department of Public Instruction
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IDEA Funded Parent Organizations•Parent Training and Information Center
(PTI)
•Community Parent Resource Center (CPRC)
•Parent Technical Assistance Center (PTAC)
•SEA Discretionary Grant Initiative
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How did we get here?
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A History of Collaboration
•Allowed for time to build trust
•Past working relationships
•State Improvement Grant application
•Commitment to parent involvement
•Collaboration as a SIG goal
•PTI input into SEA grant application
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Where do we focus our collaborative efforts?
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Questions?
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Components of Parent Involvement•Personnel development
•Leadership training for parents
•Parent perspective in hubs, initiatives,
CoPs
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Personnel Development
•Training modules for parents and
educators
•Training of trainers
•Parent and educator co-present
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Leadership Training for Parents
•Parents in Partnership for parents of
youth in transition
•Stipends for parents on boards or 1st
conference
•Outreach to underserved populations
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Parent Perspective in Planning
•Conversation changes when parents
present
•Mutual respect builds upon shared work
•Collaboration is modeled for schools
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Questions?
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How do we keep our collaboration strong?
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Sustaining the Collaboration
•Commit to regular meetings
•Build on previous shared work and
products
•Share opportunities for growth
•Share information dissemination
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Parents are the bridge
to a seamless system of
support
for children and youth
with disabilities.
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Questions?
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