Track 13
Family and Community Partnerships

Jennifer Calder is the Program Coordinator for the Montana Parent Information and Resource Center (MT PIRC), a program of WORD, Inc.

Jeanne Moon, Program Director, Family Resource Centers at WORD

Laura Pickett is a Trainer and Parent Educator with the Family Resource Center Program at WORD, and the Montana PIRC

Laurie Phelan, Montana Head Start State Based Training Office

Research confirms what educators, families and communities know.  Working together works!  Join us as we explore what it means to partner with families and communities using Joyce Epstein’s “Keys” as a framework for planning meaningful involvement.  Specific strategies, research, programs and practices to engage all families and community members in order to support the growth and learning of young children will be shared.

Who should attend? Family advocates, directors, teachers

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