1. Role of Parents in Public Education
Hot Topics
Positive Partnerships with Parents
Scenarios with parents
Break
Presentation: Audrey Smith – DPAC-Roles of Parents in Education

2. Hot Topics

3. Supporting Parents in Schools
Related Burning Questions: How to be a respected teacher.

4. What the research says
Parent Advisory Councils
School Planning Councils
How Teachers Can Promote Parent Partnerships
Welcoming Schools

5. Parent Involvement
What the research says:

6. Parent Advisory Councils (PAC)

7. School PACs

8. District PACs (DPAC)

9. Provincial PACs (BCCPAC)

10. School Planning Councils (SPCs)

11. Teachers & Parents

12. Welcoming Parents

13. Scenarios

14. Suggested References:
Parent Advisory Councils
School Planning Councils
Parent Initiatives at Schools
Parental Involvement:
A Research Brief for Practitioners by Bonnie Stelmack University of Alberta

15. Case Studies

16. Ticket out the door