When parents and schools work together, everyone wins!
We offer the onsite and virtual workshops listed below free to schools, community centers, and families.
Parent Engagment Program 2025-26 Brochure
2025-26 Workshop Flyer
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Workshop Descriptions
- Parent Engagement
Distinguish between Parental Involvement and Engagement. What are the ways parents can be engaged? What is the effect of parent engagement on children? Enhance the effectiveness of strategies for parental engagement. Gain knowledge of requirements in federal law for Title 1 Parents involvement. - How You and Your Child Learn
Understand our unique ways of learning and thinking, our learning preferences. Think about each of your family members’ ways of taking in and giving out information. Improve family communication and learning. - Family Learning Outside School Time
Build leadership skills in the critical thinking process. Strengthen and support learning at home. Learn about “HOTS” (Higher Order Thinking Skills). Use this approach to strategically analyze and solve problems. - Barriers to Learning – Understand Learning Progress Reports
Identify barriers to student learning. Learn how to use probing questions to reduce barriers to learning. What are “fixed” and “growth” mindsets and why does it make a difference? Differentiate among protective factors to promote student learning. (Learn to encourage and track student learning.) Learn to access HI DOE and school-specific learning systems. - Hawai‘i Multi-Tiered System of Support
This workshop explores how HMTSS ensures that every student receives the appropriate level of support to succeed academically and reach their full potential. Tier 1 focuses on providing high-quality instruction and positive behavior strategies, Tier 2 offers additional support through small group instruction, counseling, and behavior interventions, Tier 3 supports students with significant needs with intensive, individualized support, specialized services, and wraparound care. - Hawai‘i Special Needs Resources
Leaders of the Hawai‘i SPIN (Special Parent Information Network) and other Hawai‘i special needs organizations will provide an overview of special needs programa and resources to support special needs children and their families. Then Basic Special Education Process under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA), special education IEPs and 504 rights will be described. This workshop will support parents in finding resources to meet the educational needs of children with disabilities. - Digital Learning & Living #1 – Our Digital World, School and Home
Understand the opportunities and challenges for students in today’s digital age of learning. Consider our own learning modes in comparison. What has been gained and what is at risk?Topics include: Digital learning and living, Digital terms and systems, Digital school communications and Learning apps. - Digital Learning & Living #2 – Social Media, Literacy, Citizenship
In our second digital workshop, in order to benefit from digital advances in living and learning, enhance human relationships, protect safety, mental health, and privacy we focus on media literacy, social media, citizenship, safety and mental health principles, processes and resources. - Digital Learning & Living #3 – AI + Hawai‘i Innovations + More
In our third digital workshop, in order to benefit from digital advances in living and learning, enhance human relationships and for our families to thrive in the future, we focus on AI and advanced digital applications that can help our children, our families, our selves and our careers. - Careers and College – Preparing for the Future
Become familiar with College and Careers Readiness Standards. Understand performance level descriptors. Discuss formative and summative assessment (EDIT – Look at new 21st century Careers and the skills and knowledge required. Consider current learning trends and how they apply to future careers – including Science of Reading, Gaming, Project-Based learning, Critical thinking, Coding, Common Core standards.) - Parent Leadership and Advocacy
Enhance skills for effective communication with schools. Understand the components of advocacy. Learn how to take a leadership role in addressing conflicts. Share your goals for your family’s education going forward. - Family Benefits from HĀ and Social Emotional Learning
The HĀ outcomes – Belonging, Responsibility, Excellence, Aloha, Total Wellbeing and Hawai‘i, are the foundation for community and learning in our schools. Social Emotional Learning (SEL) has proven highly effective in raising student and adult happiness and success within that context. We will explore the SEL dimensions of Self-Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, and Responsible Decision-Making to see how they can impact our children’s and our own lives. - Family Roles in Student Well-being and Mental Health
How can families be most helpful as students cope with stresses and challenges in their lives? Insights into development and behavioral health challenges at various ages will be explored. We will share identified and discussed. - Finding Community Resources
This workshop explores resources within our communities that can be used to meet the needs of our residents. We will show ways to find people, places, organizations, services, or things that provide support or assistance whether resources come from governmental departments, non profits dedicated to specific services, or informal connections. - Early Childhood Learning Needs and Supports
What do our children need to flourish from birth to kindergarten? How can we, with our various jobs and responsibilities meet these needs? This workshop will review early childhood needs and the programs available in Hawai‘i to support families with quality early learning and childcare. - Transition to Kindergarten: Ready, Set, Go!
Starting kindergarten is a big milestone for both children and families! This workshop helps families prepare for the emotional, social, and developmental changes that come with entering kindergarten. Rooted in child development theories, parents and caregivers will learn what to expect, common challenges, and practical strategies to support their keiki during this important transition. Walk away with tools, confidence, and resources to help your family feel confident and excited for this new chapter. - Transition to Middle School: Untangling Adolescence
The transition to middle or intermediate school raises questions for families– What’s happening to my kid? How can I support my middle schooler? When does adolescence start and what does it do to my kid’s brain? body? life? friends? school culture? This Knowledge that can calm fears and provide ideas to best navigate the change. - Transition to High School: Making it Amazing Together
Advancing to high school, our students are facing a new larger school with students from more feeder schools and may experience concerns as well as excitement. In this workshop we discuss ways to help our students to identify and share concerns and to minimize stress and maximize confidence and interest by planning, researching, and discussion of the opportunities and challenges and presenting CTE and College Prep, Academies, Internships, and PBL approaches.
STIPENDS
Stipends are an important part of an effective delivery of parent engagement learning to families. We set stipends at $20 for attendance with some interaction (verbal or written) per module and completion of an evaluation at the conclusion of the session. For those who complete a 12 session series, there will be a $100 completion bonus and a Parent Engagement Leadership Certificate.
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