Free Early Literacy and Kindergarten Readiness Train-the-Trainer Events Offered in September & October!
NH State PIRC is offering four free "Train-the-Trainer" sessions to early childhood educators and caregivers, librarians and community members who have a love of literacy. Attendees agree to offer one or more workshops to parents of young children within six months of attending.
Trainings provide all workshop materials, including discussion starters and activities including easy to learn, engaging and fun low-cost ways for parents of young children to actively promote a love of reading and language and help their child get ready for school.
For more information, click here.
Parents and Educators Working Together!
NH State PIRC is offering collaborative sessions with Title I schools and districts on how the No Child Left Behind education law creates the perfect opportunity for parents and schools to strengthen their partnership and promote student achievement. (Watch the video of how Manchester School District and PIRC did this in April.) Please call your school to request a session, or call NH State PIRC. Read More
VIDEO:
The Power of
Parent Engagement
Click onthe image above to watch"On the Same Page - Families and Schools as Partners" on Youtube. This is a compelling video that describes the research on why efforts to engage parents in their children's education is so important. From NY state's EPIC (Every Person Influences Chilren) organizaton (NY's PIRC program is under EPIC).
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Bring a Free Early Childhood Literacy Workshop to your School or Library!
NH State PIRC has a team of volunteers ready and willing to teach parents of children birth-5 years how to help their children make the most of story books and language. If you are in a parent-teacher group, parent support group, play group, or something similar, and can help organize the event, our volunteers can come and offer the workshops for free. Please seedownload this brochure (PDF)or call Kimm at 848-5446.Read moreabout our early literacy workshops.
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Are Social Networking Sites Unhealthy for Teens?(Parenting Teens Blog)
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Reauthorization of ESEA, Our Perspective(About the future of NCLB) (Forum for Education and Democracy Blog)
More Recent Articles & Blogss...
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Michelle Obama makes a passionate, personal case for each student to take education seriously. It is this new, brilliant generation, she says, that will close the gap between the world as it is and the world as it should be.
Someone always asks the math teacher, "Am I going to use calculus in real life?" And for most of us, says Arthur Benjamin, the answer is no. He offers a bold proposal on how to make math education relevant in the digital age.
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The NH Parent Information and Resource Center (NH State PIRC) is a US Department of Education-funded program aimed at improving student academic performance by increasing parental involvement in children’s education. NH State PIRC offers workshops, publications, toolkits, newsletters, tip sheets, and support to parents, PTA’s, schools, school districts, and community organizations. In most cases, our services are entirely free.
NH State PIRC focuses on four primary areas: Early Childhood Reading and Language Development, including School Readiness; Parental Involvement in Education; Family-School-Community Partnerships; and the No Child Left Behind education law.Our aim is to assist parents, schools, parent-teacher goups, community organizations and businesses to take a more proactive role in promoting parents' involvement in their children's education.To learn more about these topics, click on any of the topic windows above or use the navigation menu above or the quick picks menu to the left.
Our Services and Resources
For Parents of Infants and Toddlers
- Preparing Your Child to Read and Learn
- Understanding the Stages of Child Development
- Parenting Information andsupport, including tip sheets, DVDs, and CDs
- Preschool and Kindergarten Readiness workshops and materials
- Literacy Volunteer Program
For Parents of School-Age Children
- Understanding the “No Child Left Behind” Education Law
- Workshops for improving at-home learning
- Identifying and referral to community resources
- Toll-free Parent Helpline 1-866-9NHPIRC
(866-964-7472)
- Parenting Information and support, including tip sheets, DVDs, and CDs
For Schools
- Training and Technical Assistance for Increasing Parent Involvement, Developing stronger Family-School-Community Partnerships, and meeting Title I Section 1118 Goals
- School Community Index — A tool for assessing parent involvement and school climate
- Home-and-School Communication Toolkit
- Online Resources
See also our
Events Page.
