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What is PIRC?
Parental Information and
Resource Center
Presented by
Shelley Richards
Julie Schwab
Every Person Influences Children
NYS PIRC
Agenda
 PIRC Overview
– Relationship between PIRC and Title I
– Relationship between EPIC and PIRC
 Local PIRC Services and Implementations
 Research Findings
Parental Involvement & Elementary and
Secondary Education Act (ESEA/NCLB)
 The ESEA/NCLB of 2001 contains 14
different Titles as a federal law to improve
education for all children. The goal is to
have all children at grade level by 2014.
 ESEA/NCLB recognizes the importance of
parental involvement via Title I part A (sect
1118)
 PIRCs are authorized Under Title V, part
D, subpart 16.
A Quality PIRC Framework – 2008-2009
 Will help build a statewide infrastructure for parental
involvement
 Statewide leadership through networking and
collaboration
 Provide systemic services to LEP, minority and low
income parents that build parental capacity and
awareness
 Capacity Building for SEAs, LEAs, Schools via direct
services or information
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Policies and practices
Technical assistance and training
Build relationships with SEA
Operate centers
 Alignment with Title I and ESEA – coordinate efforts
 Learning and Improvement:
– Evaluate services and conduct research
What is a PIRC ?
Parental Information and Resource
Centers
 A national network of 62 statewide
PIRCs across the U. S.
 Funded for five years (2006-2011)
 There are 2 PIRCs in NYS
PIRC Priorities and Services
 Disseminate information and technical assistance,
locally & statewide on ESEA/NCLB, specifically
 School Accountability
 Supplemental Educational Services
 School Choice
 Provide direct services to parents:
 in the form of workshops & training to improve parenting and
parent involvement,
 30% of services serving early childhood
 Collaborate with state & local educational personnel
 promote & advance parent involvement to help close the
achievement gap
 Provide technical assistance to Title I offices and
schools in developing their PI Plans.
PIRC Priorities and Services
 Provide technical assistance locally, regionally and
statewide regarding
 Best practices in parent involvement
 Best practices in parent involvement plans (Title I).
 Promote the collaboration of parent involvement
entities to advance parent involvement
New York State PIRC Programs
Families and
Communities Together
with Schools (FACTS) is
based in Watertown, NY and
serves Northern New York, in
partnership with Jefferson - Lewis
BOCES
EPIC (Every Person
Influences Children)
operates PIRC centers in
Bronx, Queens, Buffalo,
Rochester, Yonkers,
Syracuse, Fallsburg, and
Monticello
NYS PIRC Statewide
Technical Assistance
 Dissemination of “reader friendly” materials and newsletters on
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a variety of topics
Partnerships with WNED-public TV and commercial TV to create
PSA’s.
On-line Parent Training Program
Partnership with NY Newspaper Publishers Association
Newspapers in Education - Parenting and Parent Involvement
tips. Classroom Connection
Present workshops and training at state and national
conferences
Pre-service training for student teachers
Building statewide capacity for parental involvement
– On the Same Page Summit
– Creation of a documentary on Parent Involvement and Family
Engagement
 New York State PIRC website www.nyspirc.org
Additional Tools
Sample Title I Plans
Checklist for Plan
Requirements
Additional Resources
www.nyspirc.org
www.nationalpirc.org
www.epicforchildren.org/pirc
Summary of EPIC/PIRC services
in BPS
PIRC Workshops:
One-Shot Workshops (2 hours):
Taking Charge of Your Child’s Future
Creating Home School Partnerships
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Choose from 23 different topics in our Young Child Series:
Listening & Responding to Children
Single Parenting
Communicating with teachers
Dealing with Crisis and Trauma
Structure & Limits: Preventing and Managing Problem Behavior
Using Television Wisely
Resolving Conflicts
Promoting Non-violent Solutions
Workshop Series:
Ready, Set, Read (7 Week Series)
•Brain Development & Learning Styles
•The World of Reading: Understanding How Children Learn to
Read
•Reading with Your Child (2 Part Workshop)
•Reading is Everywhere: Learning through Play & Daily Life (2
Part Workshop)
•Helping Your Child Succeed in School
Workshop Series:
Parenting Infants & Toddlers (6-8 Week Series)
Knowing Yourself as a Parent
Tuning into Your Child
Helping Your Child to Cope
Setting Limits
Establishing Routines
Learning Through Play
4 Week Series:
Parent Advocacy Training:
1. Advocacy: Who, What,
When, Why & How
2. Forming a Winning Team
3. Maneuvering through
the School System
4. Building a Relationship
with Your Child
Helping Your Child Succeed in School
Through Character Education:
1. Developing Respect & Caring in Young
Children
2. Character, Conscience and Values
3. Structure & Limits: Preventing and
Managing Problem Behavior
4. Promoting Non-Violent Solutions
SES Providers-
How can PIRC help your school reach parents?
Eligible Buffalo Public Schools
• B.E.S.T.- School 6
• Frank Sedita- School 30
• Lovejoy Discovery School- School 43
• International School- School 45
• Science Magnet- School 59
• Pfc. William Grabiarz- School 79
• Makowski- School 99
• Grover Cleveland HS- School 202
• Burgard HS- School 301
PIRC Workshops & Events:
Buffalo Public Schools
B.E.S.T-6:
• Open House
William Grabiarz-79:
• Held 4 week workshop series
Community School-53:
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Welcome Back Event
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Poster Contest- 2nd Place Winner
*Timea Barlow*
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Fathers/Families Night Out
Houghton Academy-69:
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Open House/Report card
distribution event
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One-shot workshop held:
Structure & Limits
Stanley Makowski-99:
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Welcome Back Event
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Poster Contest1st & 3rd Place winners:
1st Place- *Alex Magee*
3rd Place- *Timneshia, Timothy
& Timnajia Benton*
For more information or to schedule a
workshop please contact:
Julie Schwab
716-332-4159
or
[email protected]
Be sure to check out our website for additional information & resources.
www.epicforchildren.org
Additional Resources
 “Beyond the Bake Sale” by Anne T. Henderson,
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Karen Mapp, Vivian Johnson, and Don Davies
National PTA Family Engagement Standards
www.pta.org
“Parents and Teachers Working Together” by
Carol Davis and Alice Yang
“School, Family and Community Partnerships:
Preparing educators and improving schools” by
J.L. Epstein”
“Every Teachers Guide to Working with Parents”
by Gwen Rudney
“Promising Partnership Practices” by National
Network of Partnership Schools at John Hopkins
University
EPIC Research Studies
• EPIC Pilot Study of Ready, Set, Parent!
• Pathways to Parenting
• Control Group Study (EPIC Conducted, UB Analyzed)
• Pathways to Parenting
• University at Buffalo School of Social Work 4-Year Study
• Ready, Set, Read and Pathways to Parenting
• University of Missouri – St. Louis 3-Year Study
•Character Education
• University at Buffalo Research Projects (Current):
• Just for Teens
EPIC Research
• Parent Intervention Program
Projects
• Pathways to Parenting
EPIC is running over
• Just for Teens in NYC
21 different research
• Rutgers University 4-Year Study
projects with 4
• Ready, Set, Read
university partners
• In Development:
• National Institute of Health: Just for Teens Study
Research says:
Children whose parents participate in EPIC Pathways to Parenting:
 Have higher performance in five developmental domains: cognitive,
language, personal/social, gross motor, and fine motor – compared to
national averages
 Have parents more engaged in their education
 Have more interactions with their parents who are more confident and
better equipped to help their children succeed in school and in life
 Are read to more than their peers whose parents don’t participate in
EPIC
 Have better health outcomes than children whose parents don’t
participate in EPIC
 Have parents who are more confident, have a better attitude toward
parenting, have more knowledge about effective parenting skills, and
who feel less isolated
Research says:
Teen Moms who participate in the EPIC Just for
Teens program:
 Graduate 98% of the time compared to teen
parents nationally who graduate 41% of the time
 Are more confident, know how to build literacy
skills in their children, are better able to respond to
their children’s needs, are better prepared to help
their children succeed
Parents marked by “extreme” stress who
participate in EPIC programs:
 Have stronger family relationships, report better
relationships with their children, are more involved
in their children’s education, and are better able to
manage their stress