Libraries are a terrific resource for parents, whether just starting or already long-term.
1) The children’s librarian can usually determine your child’s reading level, and recommend appropriate materials and books.
2) The reference sections have clipping files which you can access. There will be newspaper clippings, brochures, and other items on topic, probably with local stories.
3) The […]
Archive for January, 2007
Urgency Behind Parent Involvement
Published by January 3rd, 2007 in Parent Involvement in Schools. 0 Comments[TO READERS: Is this 1979 (28 yrs ago) article still relevant in 2007? Please comment]
1979, Education Advisory #9
THE URGENCY BEHIND PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN EDUCATION
1. Parents are legally and morally responsible far the education of their children. That is an obligation that must be fully understood. If a child is sent to school (remember, […]
Overcoming Resistance to Parent Involvement
Published by January 3rd, 2007 in Parent Involvement in Schools. 0 Comments[TO READERS: Is this 1979 (28 yrs ago) article still relevant in 2007? Please comment. TA]
1979, Education Advisory #9
OVERCOMING RESISTANCE TO PARENT INVOLVEMENT
Two recent surveys of secondary school principals noted that one of the greatest frustrations was: “parent lack of interest in their children’s progress and their lack of […]
[TO READERS: Is this 1985 brief (25 yrs ago) still relevant in 2007? Please comment]
Brief to West Vancouver District Review Committee on B.C. Education
Tunya Audain, 85/02/26
I’ve been involved with education systems for about 20 years, having taken my first Education Course at UBC when I was pregnant with my first child, now 19. […]
[This was published in Hansard, Aug. 17, 1983 (24 yrs ago) when the Social Credit government was introducing Bill 6, Education Finance Amendment Act dealing with tighter controls over school board spending.]
MR. PARKS: I think the people of British Columbia are beginning to understand what the opposition in their protracted debates, not only on […]
Promise of Parent Involvement in the 70’s
Published by January 30th, 2007 in Parent Involvement in Schools. 0 CommentsPromise of Parent Involvement in the 70’s
As I continue to paint the picture of public school parents in the 70’s you might begin to see why some of us were so frustrated and felt betrayed by an unfeeling system which denied meaningful parent involvement (not fund-raising). We wanted the best for our children but […]
[Always willing to influence the cause of parent involvement, I keep writing briefs when the opportunity arises. Hoping it’s not a lost cause, my latest brief was in 1999.]
Brief to
The Independent Commission on Public Involvement in
Vancouver School Affairs
Dr. Norman Robinson, Commissioner
By Tunya Audain
September 30, 1999
Overview
My 35 years’ experience with school system tells me […]