Advocate Tips:
- 10 Things Any School Can Do to Build Parent Involvement ... Plus Five Great Ways to Fail!
- Tips for Schools from Parents
Handbook:
- Family Advocacy .pdf [43 pages] — a Handbook for Kansas City Kansas Advocates
Activities – Secondary:
- Crowd-Breakers .pdf [102 pages]
- My Dreambuilding Contract .pdf
Sample Letters:
Following are sample letters for advocates to send to parents. They are in .pdf format and are interactive! You may fill them out online and print them. If you have the full version of Adobe® Acrobat® (not just the free reader), you can also save the file with the data intact. If you just have the free reader, you can save the blank form, but not the inputted data.
- Sample letter to Parent #1 .pdf
- Sample letter to Parent #2 .pdf
- Spanish – Sample letter to Parent #1 .pdf
- Spanish – Sample letter to Parent #2 .pdf
Following are more .pdf sample letters, but are NOT interactive. You would need to compose your own letter using the following as a guide.
- Sample Attempts Letter .pdf
- Sample Student-Led Conference Letter #1 .pdf
- Sample Student-Led Conference Letter #2 .pdf
Translation Services:
The Family Advocacy Department will pay translators to attend your family conferences. Please use timesheets for district employees and send an e-mail with dates and number of hours worked for contracted translators.
If you have someone at your school who you would like to be able to translate after hours, please let us know.
This information should be forwarded to Karen Clemoens at the Education Center, ext. 4385.
Forms:
The .pdf forms are interactive. You may fill them out online and print them. Data will NOT be saved if you only use the FREE reader.
- Family Conference Report .pdf
- Family Conference Report .doc [Word Document]
- Conference Log .pdf
- Conference Log .xls [Excel Spreadsheet]
- Request for Interpreter .pdf