Parent+Education

**Trinity Parent Education Planning Site**
The purpose of this workspace is to allow the members of the Trinity Parent Education committee to work together in a collaborative environment to plan topics and events for Trinity's Parent Education.

Parent Education Resources

Important Dates:
(see 2007-2008 calendar of events below)

Current Issues:
Our budget for 2007-2008 is $4,000. We need to get an idea of how much of that will need to go to pay for the NISC speaker. We need to plan for big-name speaker (Mel Levine, Leonard Sax, Michael Thompson) and local speakers (Mark Crawford, Holly Middleton, etc.). We'd like a big-name for an evening in late October or early November. Would like a local speaker just before NISC speaker to lay the ground-work, or just after to show how to apply.

Parent Education Events from 2006-2007:
Notes and events from 2006-2007

Dates for 2007-2008:
> note: all Trinity Coffee Chats are from 8:15 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
 * August - nothing
 * September - 13th, or 14th - Willy Kjellstrom Internet Safety/info on new web?
 * October - coffee chats: ELD - Thurs. 11th, ULD - Tues. 16th Holly Middleton - helping kids handle social issues
 * November - coffee chats ELD - Tues. 13th, ULD - Fri. 16th
 * December - nothing
 * January - Parent/Teacher Dialog - Alfie Kohen Homework - Thurs. 10th 8:15 a.m. Activity Room
 * January 24th - Alfie Kohn at Westminster 7:30 p.m.
 * February - ELD/UDL combined coffee chat Wed. 6th, 8:15 a.m. Activity Room
 * March - coffee chats ULD - Tues. 4th, ELD - Thurs. 6th
 * April - coffee chats ELD Tues. 15th, ULD Thurs. 17th
 * May - nothing

Events to Schedule:

 * Parent-Teacher Dialog - talk to Stephen about format, discussion leader, dialog questions
 * Big Speaker for next year - evening in late October / early November, trying for Michael Thompson
 * Local Speaker for next year - in February, for combined ELD/ULD coffee chat
 * Website Sessions in Sept/Oct (Willy will be working with parents to help them understand and use the new website)

Topic/Speaker Ideas:
> **Books:** [|"Raising Cain", "Best Friends/Worst Enemies", "The Pressured Child"]
 * [|Dr. Mel Levine] author of [|A Mind at a Time] and [|Ready or Not, Here Life Comes]
 * [|Dr. Michael Thompson] - helping our children with social problems
 * [|Mary Pipher, Ph.D.] **Books:** [|"The Shelter of Each Other", "Reviving Ophelia"]
 * [|Dr. Leonard Sax] **Books:** [|"Why Gender Matters"]