Valuing Families and Communities

Here are some examples of how IDRA can help you

• Plan for community engagement
• Plan for parent involvement
• Develop parent leadership
• Form effective partnerships
• Conduct community asset maps
• Create an engaged school
• Mobilize community-based organizations
• Link schools, communities and colleges
• Evaluate programs
• Offer WOW Workshops on Workshops, IDRA’s highly popular, practical training of trainers workshop.

Examples of our work

• Parent Leadership Model – expanding on traditional approaches by emphasizing parents as leaders and as trainers of other parent leaders – http://www.idra.org/Texas_IDRA_PIRC.htm/idras_parent_leadership_model/
• Parent Action for School Success – Take the next step in meaningful school-home engagement for student success.
• Community Engagement Toolkit – resources, workshops, materials and technical assistance tools for schools, universities, community groups and parents – http://www.idra.org/Texas_IDRA_PIRC.htm/community_engagement_tool_kit/
• Parent Institutes – conferences for parents and liaisons with experts on state policies, home and school curricula, and leadership development –

Contact IDRA to explore individualized contracted technical assistance in a number of areas.