FCPS / Prichard Committee Parent / Family Involvement Committee

• Introduction to the Tool Kit
• Parent Involvement:
  Requirements of the Law
• Parent Involvement Policies
• Research on Parent Involvement
• Planning for Parent Involvement
• Communicating with Parents
• Involving Parents At School
• Involving Parents in Academics or How Parents Can Help With Learning
• Involving Hard-to-Reach Parents
• Welcoming Schools
• Training Opportunities For Parents
• Training Opportunities for Educators
• Resources for Parents
• Ideas that Work
• PTA

Purpose

To work in partnership with FCPS to support, encourage, and assist schools in engaging all parents and families in education as a critical component of reaching high levels of student achievement.

Who we are, how we got started, and what we did

Every child deserves a good education and research shows that when parents and families are involved, students and schools are more successful. A committee of parents, educators and citizens began working in the fall of 2000 to identify ways the school district could support and encourage parents and families to become more involved as partners in improving student achievement. [More...]

Contact information

Lou Ann Ramos, facilitator
Parent/Family Involvement Committee
(859) 294-7714
louann.ramos@earthlink.net

Cindy Heine, chair
Toolkit work group
(859) 233-9849
cheine@prichardcommittee.org

A partnership of the Fayette County Public Schools and the Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence