10 Things You Will Learn
- Continuously enhance “I Care” Curriculum facilitation skills.
- Learn how to improve “I Care” results using multiple implementation situations.
- Learn how to use “I Care” data to identify improvement opportunities, accelerate results, and increase productivity.
- Learn how to use the “I Care” Strategic Plan instruments to align community school leaders and community stakeholders.
- Gain a better understanding of the benefits of “I Care” and how to communicate them in an empowering way.
- Learn how to establish self–sustaining community parental involvement and character education teams and partnerships.
- Gain a better understanding of how to use technology and multimedia to enhance the relevance of character education and appeal to the natural interests of students.
- Learn unique and specific strategies from networking with schools that are implementing “I Care” nationally.
- Learn 176 Ways to Involve Parents.
- Can attend supplement sessions of choice, such as Helping Boys to be Successful in School, Mentoring with “I Care,” and more.
Phase II Session Strands
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The Significant Difference “I Care” Can Make in the Home, at School, and in the Community
Before and after examples, anecdotes and stories, as well as measurement data reveal how “I Care” can impact the home, school, and community.
The Secrets to Effective School-Family Communication II
Careful listening is just one of the secrets of effective communication between school and family. The importance of positive relationships and how to create them will be the focus of this session.
Action Planning for Reaching the Next Level
Enlarge your vision for how “I Care” can benefit your school, district, and community; then plan the action steps for turning the vision into reality. Large and small group discussions will identify strategies for extending “I Care” from where it is to where it can go. Tools and time for outlining an action plan will be provided.
Making “I Care” Parental Involvement Stick
Learn how to communicate “I Care” so powerfully that it “sticks” in the minds and hearts of parents, students, teachers, and community partners and inspires greater commitment and buy-in from all involved.
How to Establish Communities and Cities of Character
Hear from members of business, local government, and other community organizations that have formed “I Care” Community-School Partnerships. They will share both how-to tips and the results they are enjoying.
Becoming a Passionate Change Agent
As the person who champions “I Care” in your school or district, how’s your passion quotient? Experts say passion is as important as vision and absolutely essential to motivating change. In this session you’ll learn how to find your own passion and stir up passion in others.
The Effectiveness of “I Care” with Diverse Populations
“Parents coming to school for the first time ever.”—That’s one of the results we’ve seen when “I Care” has been used with diverse populations. Hear parent liaisons, principals, and others share how they have addressed the unique needs of their “I Care” parents.
Strategies for Involving Local Government; Business and Industry; Law Enforcement; Chambers of Commerce; and Community and Faith-Based Organizations
What can a school district do to inspire members of the community to get behind “I Care”? People who have done it will share their strategies and successes.
Measuring and Tracking Parental Involvement
This session examines the use of each of the available parental involvement reports generated from the “I Care” On-Line Data Management Service. Specific examples will be shared that have empowered teachers, parents, and students to initiate more positive interactions with one another.
Getting Fathers Involved with “I Care”
Participants in this session will learn the secrets to getting fathers involved in the education of their children. Participants will also examine how their values, assumptions, and teaching styles impact the involvement of fathers.
“I Care” Implementation in Middle & High Schools
Attendees will discover how easy it is to make parental involvement an integral component of the middle and high school curricula. Facilitators for this session will share the opportunities, the challenges, and their successes.
Funding Resources for “I Care” Curricula & Workbooks
Attendees will be introduced to a number of resources to finance the implementation of “I Care” Curricula and recommended trainings and incentives in their respective school districts. The presenter will share how to change systems and processes to make them work for the betterment of children.
Distinguished “I Care” Schools
Presentations will be given by school representatives that have successfully implemented “I Care” Curricula and have documented improved achievement results. The presentations will provide new insights and school-tested implementation tools.
