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For the past 18 years, as a way of assisting parents to support their children in becoming positive contributors to society, the Education for Excellence Parent Leadership Training® has been presented in Spanish and English to more than 4000 public school parents. In an effort to make this life-transforming course available to even more parents, Education for Excellence is working in partnership with CEI-PEA to offer the Parent Leadership Academy, a 30-hour “train the trainer” program that empowers parent support personnel (parent coordinators, social workers, guidance counselors) from schools and organizations to “own” and offer the Parent Leadership Training® in their communities. Graduates of the Parent Leadership Academy will:

  • Improve their relationship skills, leadership ability and professional competence
  • Be able to turnkey and skillfully present the Parent Leadership Training® to parent participants in their local community
  • Gain counseling skills that enable them to support and advise parents more effectively

VALUE OF PARENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY TRAINING FOR PARENT SUPPORT PERSONNEL

  • Leadership Training for parent support personnel (Parent Coordinators). Embody leadership principles that will enable them to communicate, listen and resolve conflict more effectively with parents, teachers, students, colleagues, and administrators.
  • Counsel, support and advise parents more effectively when they come to them with challenges.
  • Demonstrate more compassion and understanding for the multicultural experience.
  • Gives role as Parent Educator to parent support personnel (Parent Coordinators).
  • Once trained will have the opportunity to present a proven Parent Leadership Trainings® in a school indefinitely
  • Promotes parent engagement as they assume the role of Parent Educators and assist in the development and implementation of a school-based Department of Parent Education in their schools.
  • Provides a model for training parent support personnel who work with the parents of pre-school children.

PARENT LEADERSHIP ACADEMY PARTICIPANTS

  • Parent Coordinators
  • Social Workers
  • Councilors or other relevant staff members
  • Parent Association Presidents
  • Parent Support Personnel from community organizations

LOGISTICS

  • The 30-hour training will take place one day a week for five consecutive weeks. It can also be offered in a weekend format for three consecutive weekends.
  • For purposes of continuity, it is highly recommended that two parent support personnel from a school or community organization be trained.
  • There will be approximately 30 participants in each training representing from 15-20 schools. Dr. Rosenbaum will present the training.

CERTIFICATION

After being trained, in order to be certified, Academy students must observe an Education for Excellence facilitator presenting the Parent Leadership Training® to a group of parents. This requirement may be met in one of three ways:

  1. Students may bring one parent from their community to attend a Parent Leadership Training® presented at CEI-PEA in four, 3-hour evening sessions at no additional charge. This option is highly recommended.
  2. Students may observe a Parent Leadership Training® that is being conducted at a client school or organization. There is no fee for this observation.
  3. The student’s school or organization may hire Education for Excellence to conduct the Parent Leadership Training® at their location. In this case, the student will have an opportunity to co-facilitate the course and receive one-to-one training with the Education for Excellence facilitator. The usual fee of $4500 will be assessed for this training.

MATERIALS

  • Education for Excellence will supply all books and materials necessary for the training.
  • All participants will receive:
    • A copy of the course text El Arte de Ser Padres and Masterful Parenting
    • Presentational DVDs to be used when facilitating the Parent Leadership Training® in Spanish or English.
    • A facilitator's manual that covers each class
    • Instructional DVDs that explain each slide to be used in each class
    • A copy of the journal that parent participants use in classes 7-9
  • A certificate entitling them to present the Education for Excellence Parent Leadership Training®

TRAINING COST

  • The cost for the 30-hour training is $2800 to train one representatives from each school. The fee to train 2 representatives from a specific school or organization is $4500. This fee includes books, DVDs, manuals and all materials.

AGREEMENTS

  • Once certified, the facilitator is permitted to present the Education for Excellence Parent Leadership Training® in Spanish or English to parents.
  • The in-class DVDs may not to be altered.
  • In order to maintain quality control, the certified facilitator may not train others to facilitate the training.
  • All books for the training (El Arte de Ser Padres, Masterful Parenting), as well as the journals, must be purchased from Education for Excellence.

Parent Leadership Academy Training Program Synopsis


SESSION ONE (each session is 3.5 hours)
INTRODUCTION AND THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING

  • Pre evaluation questionnaire*
  • To tell the truth warm up exercise*
  • Introduction and outline for course
  • Leadership Principle …Real Listening
  • What do we do instead of listening* (p. 29)
  • Role playing what we do instead of listening*
  • HOME ASSIGNMENT - Listening to your children (p.32)

SESSION TWO
CHOICE

  • Review Listening home assignment
  • Leadership Principle …Choice
  • Leadership Principle …How You Relate to the Issue is the Issue
  • Leadership Principle …Reflection Before Action
  • How Do You Make Yourself Miserable activity*
  • THE DISCIPLINE OF LOVING
  • HOME ASSIGNMENT - Habits and Choice (p.171)

SESSION THREE
ACCEPTANCE

  • Review Habits and Choice home Assignment
  • Leadership Principle …Acceptance
  • I’m Looking at the Man in the Mirror exercise* (p.65)
  • Acceptances and Temperament (p.117)
  • HOME ASSIGNMENT – Acceptance… Improving Relationships (p.67)

SESSION FOUR
TAKING RESPONSIBILITY AND FORGIVENESS

  • Review Acceptance home Assignment
  • Leadership Principle …Responsibility (p.78)
  • How We Create, Promote or Allow Whatever is Happening in Our Lives
  • Internal vs. External Locus of Control
  • Possibilities…What do You Think You Deserve handout
  • Leadership Principle…Forgiveness
  • Forgiveness exercise* (p. 85)
  • HOME ASSIGNMENT – Forgiveness of Self and Others (p.87)

SESSION FIVE
COMMUNICATION AND CARING

  • Review Forgiveness home assignment
  • Leadership Principle …Assertive Communication
  • Communication questionnaire* (p.91)
  • Passive, Aggressive and Assertive handout* (p.94)
  • Role playing Passive, Aggressive and Assertive*
  • HOME ASSIGNMENT - Changing Habits in Communication (p.104)

SESSION SIX
RESOLVING CONFLICT PEACEFULLY

  • Review the Communication home assignment
  • Seven Steps to Resolving Conflict Peacefully (p.141)
    1. Intention for peaceful resolution
    2. Empathic listening
    3. Understanding, reflecting and validating other person’s feelings
    4. Taking responsibility for your feelings
    5. Understanding the other person’s point of view
    6. Communicating assertively
    7. Finding a solution
  • Role playing Choices in Dealing with Conflict Situations in the School*
  • This or That Exercise*
  • Perception and Point of View Video*

SESSION SEVEN
LIVING IN POSSIBILITIES

  • Survival vs. Possibility
  • What Do You Think You Deserve handout*
  • Hand out journals*

SESSION EIGHT
SKILLFULLY FACILITATING THE PARENT LEADERSHIP TRAINING®

  • Handing out and going over facilitator's manual
  • Going over each slide with facilitator's manual
  • Key points for skillful facilitation
  • Key issues regarding Health:
    • Nutrition
    • Relaxation Techniques

    SESSION NINE
    SKILLFULLY FACILITATING THE PARENT LEADERSHIP TRAINING®, DISTRIBUTING COURSE DVDs, AWARDING CERTIFICATES

    • Going over each slide with facilitator's manual
    • Key points for skillful facilitation
    • Next steps for parents
    • Distributing DVDs to be used in presenting the Parent Leadership Training®
    • Distributing DVDs to be used as review for each class
    • Award Certificates

    * in-class material or exercise


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