This page contains information, downloadable resources, and helpful links for parents and teachers in New York State. If you are looking for specific information that is not included here, please contact us.
- Ten Tips for Your Child's Success in School
- New streamlined Financial Aid Application (FAFSA)
- Early Dual Language Learning
- Parents: Do you want a gifted or hard-working child?
- Not Your Mother's PTA
- Education News Parents Can Use
- No Child Left Behind and Education in New York State
- A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement
Annual Synthesis 2002 by Anne Henderson and Karen Mapp
- A New Wave of Evidence: Key Findings
- What Research Says About Parental Involvement in Children's Education In Relation to Academic Achievement
- President Obama's Education Plan 2009
- 35 tips created to give Moms, Dad, Grandparents and other adults short and easy ideas to be more involved in a young child's educational development
- Literacy Begins At Home
Visit the EPIC website for more information on the following programs for parents:
FACTS Parent Guides and Fact Sheets
You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to download and print these materials. For a paper copy, please contact FACTS at
(315) 788-8450 or email your request to gad58@cornell.edu.
No Child Left Behind and School Accountability
- No Child Left Behind -parent guide
- No Child Left Behind -fact sheet
- Understanding New York State Assessments -parent guide
- New York State Standardized Tests -fact sheet (Spanish)
- New York State Learning Standards -fact sheet (Spanish)
- Understanding the New York State Parent Report -fact sheet (Spanish)
- Understanding the New York State School Report Card -fact sheet (Spanish)
- Supplemental Educational Services -fact sheet (Spanish)
- School Choice -fact sheet (Spanish)
- Title I -fact sheet (Spanish)
- Temporary Housing -fact sheet
- Public School Options-fact sheet
Helping Your Child with School
- Communicating with School
- Parental Involvement -parent guide
- Parental Involvement -fact sheet (Spanish)
- Working Together with School -parent guide
- Getting Ready for Kindergarten -parent guide
- Gifted Students -fact sheet
- Helping with Homework -parent guide
- Helping with Homework -fact sheet (Spanish)
- Getting Ready for College -parent guide
- School Attendance -fact sheet
Helping Your Child at Home
- Healthy Choices
- Bullying and Your Child
- Raising Responsible Children -parent guide
- Reading to Your Child -parent guide
- Help Your Child Learn to Read -parent guide
- Support Your Child's Learning at Home - Preschool to Kindergarten -parent guide
- Music and Rhyming -fact sheet (Spanish)
- Play is How Children Learn -fact sheet (Spanish)
- What if I Have Concerns about my Child's Development? -fact sheet (Spanish)
- How do I Choose an Early Intervention Service Provider? -fact sheet (Spanish)
- Choosing a Child Care Provider -fact sheet
- Children and Media -parent guide
- Monitoring Your Child's Internet Use -fact sheet
Parent Information Press (A quarterly newsletter for parents in New York State)
- Issue 11-Summer 2010
- Issue 10-Spring 2010
- Issue 9-Winter 2010
- Issue 8-Fall 2009
- Issue 7- Summer 2009
- Issue 6- Spring 2009
- Issue 5- Winter 2009
- Issue 4- Fall 2008
- Issue 3- Summer 2008
- Issue 2- Spring 2008
- Issue 1- Winter 2008
Want to join the newsletter mailing list? Call Gwen Decker (315) 788-8450 or email your request to gad58@cornell.edu.
Downloads from the U.S. Department of Education
- A Blueprint for Reform: The Reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA)
- No Child Left Behind Parent Guide
- No Child Left Behind: Questions Parents Ask About Schools
- No Child Left Behind: Choosing a School for your Child
- No Child Left Behind: Creating Strong Supplemental Educational Services Programs
- No Child Left Behind: Supplemental Educational Services Brochure
- Helping Your Child Succeed In School
- A Parent's Guide to No Child Left Behind (NCLB)
Online Parent Training (Before opening, please make sure your computer's speakers are turned on.)
- Working Together with School - A Parent's Guide to Helping Children Succeed
Online Parent Training (Before opening, please make sure your computer's speakers are turned on.)
- What Every Parent Should Know to Survive the College Years
Christine Schelhas-Miller, Department of Human Development, Cornell University
- New! PIRC Blog/Discussion Forum for Parents and Teachers
- Back to School media spot
October is Parental Involvement Month media spot
Media spots aired on FOX and CBS (You will need Windows Media Player to view the media spots, please
make sure your computer's speakers are turned on.)
Links
- U.S. Department of Education - Resources for Parents
- U.S. Department of Education - No Child Left Behind
- U.S. Department of Education - Choices for Parents
- New York State Education Department-Releases Test Dates
- New York State Education Department - Resources for Parents
- New York State School Report Cards
- New York State School Accountability
- New York State Schools in Need of Improvement
- National PTA Organization
- New York State PTA Organization
- PTA -Model Partnerships
- PTA-Seeing is Believing Brief-promoting family engagement through schools
- Grow Parent Website (from New York State Education Dept.)
- New York State Free Tutoring Providers
- Just the Facts for New York Parents
- Creating Strong District School Choice Programs
- Inside Schools (New York City)
- New York State Family Resources
- Great Schools (National)
- Parents as Teachers National Center
- National Parent Teacher Association
- National Center for Learning Disabilities
- Get Ready to Read
- National Institute on Media and the Family
- Zero to Three
- New York State Regents Prep
- Federal Financial Aid Programs
- New York State Financial Aid Programs
- American Academy of Pediatrics - Parenting Corner
- Child and Family Web Guide - Tufts University
- Read, Write, Think - Summer Activities
- Figure This - Math Activities for Families
- PBS Parents
- Families-Schools Resource Database
- Family Literacy-Family Progress
- Bookshare-World's largest accessible digital library for persons with print and learning disabilities.
- Independent Guide to NYC public schools
- Creating family friendly schools.
For Professionals
New!
Family Engagement Podcast for Middle and High School Personnel Episode 1
The Challenges of Working with Parents Webinar
Race to the Top Fund: Final Rule for the US Department of Education
Creating Family Friendly Schools On Line Training
PIRC Blog/Discussion Forum for Teachers and Parents
NYSSBA Conference
Attention NYS School Board Association Conference Participants:
As promised here are copies of the files we shared with you during our
presentation. Please contact us if we can be of any further assistance.
Deanna Lothrop
dlothrop@mail.boces.com
315-779-7071
Shelley Richards
richardss@epicforchildren.org
716-332-4140
- Meeting Title I Parent Involvement Plan Requirements
- NCLB Title I School PI Policy-Parent and Teacher Surveys
- The Missing Piece of the Proficiency Puzzle Rubric
- District-Level Parental Involvement Template
- School-Level Parental Involvement Template and Checklist
- Summary of Final Title I Regulations Changes October 2008
- Title I Monitoring Indicators 2008-2009
(Title I information published by LRP Publications)
Resources for Teachers and Schools
- The Challenges of Working with Parents Webinar (Slide presentation only)
- American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
- Principles and strategy
- State Fiscal Stabilization Fund
- Title I, Part A of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
- Part B of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)
- A New Wave of Evidence: The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement
Annual Synthesis 2002 by Anne Henderson and Karen Mapp
- A New Wave of Evidence: Key Findings about Impact
- What Research Says About Parental Involvement in Children's Education In Relation to Academic Achievement
- President Obama's Education Plan 2009
- 35 tips created to give Moms, Dad, Grandparents and other adults short and easy ideas to be more involved in a young child's educational development
- Ten Things Schools can do to Create Great Family-School Partnerships
- To explain the achievement gap, examine the parenting gap
Visit the EPIC website for more information on the following programs for teachers and schools
- Communicating with Families
- Home Visits for Teachers
- An Overview of Parental Involvement Policies
- An Overview of School-Parent Compacts
- An Overview of Title I Requirements
- Increase Communication and Family Engagement with your school website
- Involving Parents in the School Decision-making Process
- Communicating with Parents about School Choice and SES
- Family Engagement
- Family Resource Centers
- Family Friendly Walk Through
School Connections (A newsletter for teachers in New York State)
- Issue 11 - Summer 2010
- Issue 10-Spring 2010
- Issue 9-Winter 2010
- Issue 8- Fall 2009
- Issue 7- Summer 2009
- Issue 6- Spring 2009
- Issue 5- Winter 2009
- Issue 4- Fall 2008
- Issue 3- Summer 2008
- Issue 2- Spring 2008
- Issue I- Winter 2008
Want to join the newsletter mailing list? Call Gwen Decker (315) 788-8450 or email your request to gad58@cornell.edu
Links
- U.S. Department of Education - No Child Left Behind
- U.S. Department of Education - Resources for Teachers
- New York State Education Department-Releases Test Dates
- NY Learns
- Accelerate U-New York State Assessments
- Accelerate U-New York State Learning Standards
- Harvard Family Research Project
- National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools
- National Network of Partnership Schools
- National Coalition for Parental Involvement in Education
- National Parent Teacher Association
- Family Friendly Schools
- Zero to Three
- Child and Family Web Guide - Tufts University
- New York Comprehensive Center
- PBS Teachers
- Families-Schools Resource Database
- Bookshare-World's largest accessible digital library for persons with print and learning disabilities
- Top 20 Websites No Teacher Should Start the 2010-2011 year Without
Resources in Spanish (Recursos en Español)
- Ayudando con la Tarea
Helping with Homework
- La Música y el Rimar con los Niños Pequeños
Music and Rhyming
- Pruebas Estandarizadas del Estado de Nueva York
New York State Standardized Tests
- El Juego es Cómo los Niños Aprenden
Play is how Children Learn
- ¿Qué es una escuela de Titulo I?
What is Title I?
- Comprendiendo la Cartilla de Notas de Escuelas del Estado de Nueva York
Understanding the New York State School Report Card
- ¿Puede mi niño obtener tutoria gratis pormedio de SES?
Supplemental Educational Services (SES)
- Cómo elijo a un proveedor de servicios de intervención temprana?
How do I choose an early intervention service provider?
- ¿Cuáles son los Criterios de Aprendizaje del Estado de Nueva York?
New York State Learning Standards
- ¿Qué es las participación parental?
What is Parental Involvement?
- Opción de Escuela Pública
Public School Choice
- Comprendiendo el Reporte para Padres del Estado de Nueva York
Understanding the New York State Parent Report
- ¿Qué Pasa Si Tengo Preocupaciones Acerca del Desarrollo de mi Niño?
What if I Have Concerns about my Child's Development?
- Guía de recursos para las familias hispanas
Herramientas que ayudan a los estudiantes a triunfar en la escuela
Toolkit for Hispanic Families
- Cómo ayudar a su hijo a ser un buen lector
Helping Your Child Become a Reader
- Cómo ayudar a su hijo con la tarea escolar
Helping your Child With Homework
- Cómo ayudar a su hijo durante la edad preescolar
Helping Your Preschool Child
- Cómo ayudar a su hijo a tener éxito en la escuela
Helping Your Child Succeed in School
- Cómo ayudar a su hijo con las matemáticas
Helping Your Child Learn Mathematics
- Cómo ayudar a su hijo a ser un ciudadano responsible
Helping Your Child Become a Responsible Citizen
- Preguntas que hacen los padres sobre las escuelas
Questions Parents Ask about Schools
- Servicios Educativos Suplementarios: Referencia Rápida para Padres
Supplemental Educational Services: Quick Reference for Parents
- Libre elección de escuela pública: Referencia Rápida para Padres
Public School Choice: Quick Reference for Parents
- Recursos y Actividades en Español
Grow Parent Website from the New York State Education Department
- Colorín Colorado
Muchos padres no tienen muy claro cómo motivar a sus hijos a leer y escribir. ¡Por eso les damos ideas sobre la motivación este mes!
Website for teachers and parents of English Language Learners
- Recursos adicionales en español
Los recursos para apoyar a profesionales en su trabajo con familias que hablan espaol y miembros de la comunidad.
Resources to support professionals in their work with Spanish-speaking families and community members.