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Convention Attendees Can Now Download the App!

Stay up to date during Convention 2022 with information on: general meetings, workshops, exhibitors, convention surveys, games, and more!

Scan the QR code below to download the app.

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  • Click the link: https://event.crowdcompass.com/capta2022
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Virtual School Smarts Program Launch Meeting – Nov. 20

Join us via Zoom on Friday, November 20 from 3-4:00 p.m. to learn more about the award-winning School Smarts Parent Engagement Program’s transformation to a virtual environment.

For the past 10 years School Smarts has inspired more than 10,000 parents to more deeply engage in their child’s school experience.

The seven-session School Smarts program provides training and knowledge to help parents understand how they play an integral role in their student’s educational outcomes. Each session offers opportunities for participants to share their own experiences, ask questions, and consider how they can take a more active role in their child’s education.

School Smarts graduates are able to:

  • Explain why parent involvement matters so much
  • Identify ways to prepare their child for a successful high school experience to support college and career possibilities
  • Summarize ways to learn how their child is doing in school
  • Describe how to cultivate relationships with the school board, principal, teachers and staff
  • Share how to prepare for a successful parent-teacher conference
  • State different ways to practice leadership within a school community
  • And, much, much more!

This Zoom meeting offers the opportunity to check out the School Smarts program for yourself, and find out how to bring the program to the families in your school community.

Click here to register today: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJ0tcuGorTopGdMZpgcZRQCfDZi0xNjGnbtO

Help Your Child Succeed in Math with “Discover Math Together”

You don’t have to be a “math person” to help your child be successful at mathematics!

During our “Discover Math Together” virtual learning series this summer, Alex Kajitani, California Teacher of the Year and “The Rappin’ Mathematician,” will lead three sessions that will give parents the confidence, knowledge, and strategies to help their children succeed in math!

Here are the remaining dates, times, and registration details:

  • Session II – Engaging & Amazing Resources for Learning Math Online: Wednesday, July 29, 2020, 4:30-5:30 pm
    This fun-filled session gives parents tips and resources that they can use with their children to learn math, remotely, or any way. Explore and play with some great resources that you can use immediately with your own kids, from virtual manipulatives to engaging websites and videos.
  • Session III – Ten Ways Parents Can Help Their Kids Succeed in Math (Even If They Don’t Consider Themselves a “Math Person”): Wednesday, August 5, 2020, 4:30-5:30 pm
    In this session Alex offers a fun and engaging look at how we can help our kids get excited about math, and see the value of it in their own lives.

Click the following Zoom link to register for any or all of the sessions: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJIpdu2hrjsoHdR3fK1JHCdWmLleRZ6kV2QW

About Alex Kajitani: Alex is the 2009 California Teacher of the Year, and a Top-4 Finalist for National Teacher of the Year. He is known around the world as “The Rappin’ Mathematician,” and was featured on The CBS Evening News, where Katie Couric exclaimed, “I LOVE that guy!” Alex is also on a mission to get every kid in America to learn their times tables, and to make this happen, he created the wildly popular online program www.MultiplicationNation.com.

Hear recordings of our online “Listening Sessions” from June 17 and June 25

California State PTA recently held several interactive online networking sessions, hosted by President-Elect Carol Green, where we discussed distance learning and the challenges of parenting during the pandemic. We shared resources and best practices, and learned from parents and guardians what works for you, and what has proved the most challenging.

June 17 – “Connecting with PTA Leaders”

If you’d like to watch a recording of this session, click here.

GUEST PANELISTS: Michael Morgan, Vice President for Membership Services; Mariaelena Huizar, Vice President for Health and Community Concerns; and Otis Cross, Chair of District Presidents and California Principals who work with PTAs.

June 25 – “Family Engagement — Supporting families and schools during challenging times”

If you’d like to watch a recording of this session, click here.

GUEST PANELISTS: Lisa Borrego, Director of Family Engagement and Partnership Development for San Juan Unified School District, and Marín Trujillo, Coordinator of Community Engagement for West Contra Costa Unified School District.

California State PTA Partners with State Superintendent in Virtual Parent Circle Event to Help Support Families During the Pandemic

State Superintendent Tony Thurmond hosted the first online event for the new Virtual Parent Support Circle yesterday in the form of a panel discussion with California Surgeon General Dr. Nadine Burke Harris and partners from the California State PTA and the Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE).

The panel highlighted the diverse challenges our parents are encountering. According to Thurmond, the Virtual Parent Support Circle seeks to reach out and hear directly from parents across California and encourage them to do their best while sharing resources and supports as they cope with distance learning and economic challenges.

“Through this virtual support group, I felt compelled to provide a space to let California parents know they are not alone as this pandemic affects parents differently,” Thurmond said. “Some parents work and don’t have access to reliable child care, or there may be technology limitations and language barriers to consider. Other parents are also teachers, who have poured their hearts into supporting both their own children and their students. As a father of two daughters in public schools, I am committed to ensuring resources—and, yes, emotional support—are reaching parents as they deal with so much uncertainty. The California Department of Education is committed to providing clarity during this unprecedented time.”

Yesterday’s event featured video testimony from parents across the state about their respective challenges and an overview of academic, bilingual, and mental health resources. Dr. Burke Harris spoke about dealing with stress and the importance of daily exercise, and encouraged parents to take care of themselves and reach out to others for support.

This was the first of many events planned for the Virtual Parent Support Circle series. It can be watched via Facebook Live on the California Department of Education (CDE) Facebook page. The PowerPoint utilized during yesterday’s presentation with information on parent resources will be published on the CDE web page in the next few days and then shared on the CDE’s social media. Comments from parents and educators are welcomed at COVID19@cde.ca.gov.