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The Parent Leadership in Special Education Training
is Coming to Exeter!

February 2, 9, and 16
5:00 – 8:00 pm

This 8-hour training will help parents gain the leadership skills
needed to effectively work with school districts to increase familyschool
partnerships in special education. Family members and
school district personnel encouraged to apply.
Attendance at all three sessions is required.
For more information and an application, please visit the NH
Connections website
www.nhconnections.org
1-800-947-7005 ext. 110
admin@picnh.org

Download the flier here!

 

Regional Forum was held at Great Bay Community College in Portsmouth on November 3, 2011

The world cafe style forum offered the opportunity to participate in small group discussions about family-school partnerships in special education in a relaxed setting. Click here to read the highlights and see what attendees thought what are the ingredients of a family-school partnership, what makes a school a community and who is responsible for educating children with disabilities.

Read about the 2010 Forum by clicking here!
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Seacoast Regional discussion understanding and using the data from the NH DOE's Parent Involvement Survey in Special Education.


Held on January 10, 2012, and hosted by the Rochester School District at the Community Center, the conversation focused on understanding the The NH Department of Education Bureau of Special Educations' Parent Involvement Special Education Survey data. Parents, community members and administrators came together to better understand the data and what it means. Parents and those working in Special Education partnered up and had the following to share.

Several Special Education Administrator attended including Joanne Simons, Director of Pupil Supports and Instruction from Portsmouth who stated that she "has been meeting with her coordinators toNHC Pam look at how to address the training and resources need expressed by parents on her surveys and appreciated hearing from some of the parents who attended last night from another district".

Michael Hatfield, Director of Special Services in Seabrook wants to "strengthen relationships with parents and gain information to teach parents about the Parent Involvement survey".  He mentioned that parents (and school personnel) interpret the data differently."

Sharon Pray, Director of Pupil Services from Rochester offered "to have parent network meetings and would help set it up. Also have a discussion with parents on what things the district can work on using their district parent involvement survey data!" join this conversation to understand what the results mean and how your school can use them to increase family school partnerships in special education.
 

 

 

 

Welcome to the Seacoast Region of NH Connections!

My name is Pam Miller Sallet and I am excited to be part of the Seacoast NH Connections (NHC) team as the regional facilitator. I have met some of you through attending the NHC kick-off meetings or through facilitating the Preschool Technical Assistance Network (PTAN) Seacoast regional meetings. Additionally, I work on several other early childhood grants and am also a parent of a school age child in this region. It is with all these hats that I look forward to working with school district representatives, parents, community members and students as we work together to promote family-school partnerships in special education. We can learn much from each other though joint collaborations and building relationships.


If you're interested in getting connected with Regional news, or have any questions about family/school partnerships in special education, please contact:

Pam Miller Sallet
Regional Facilitator
pms88@comcast.net
(603) 772-7848


 

Joyce Epstein Wants Effective School Partnerships for All

Excerpt from Interview:
The Challenge Vol. 15, No. 4

What benefits do school partnerships offer to schools and teachers?

"When schools, families, and communities work well together, students see that many adults value education and genuinely want to help them succeed in school and beyond."

"I see more school districts realizing the importance of putting a focused, organized partnership program into place. It makes a world of difference when schools give parents real options to become involved. Just wishing for, or even demanding, participation will not guarantee success. Effective partnership programs require structure and established processes to be effective and sustainable."

Joyce Epstein, Ph.D., is director of the Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships at Johns Hopkins University. She also serves as director of the National Network of Partnership Schools and is a research professor of sociology, both at Johns Hopkins. She has researched school partnerships and their impact on student achievement for more than 25 years.

Click here for more information about the research on school, family, and community partnerships or the National Network of Partnership Schools.