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Parent Involvement

PPS-SF is an information resource for parents enrolled in public schools. From online resources to partnerships with other organizations, PPS-SF strives to find ways to support public school parents in getting involved in their child's education.

SFUSD Parent Engagement Plan

See the district's new Parent Engagement Plan. Help your school implement strategies to engage and encourage parent involvement.

English (pdf)
Spanish (pdf)
Chinese (pdf)


Successful school programs

Learn from other schools – don't reinvent the wheel! From the work of the PPS Parent Involvement Task Force, SFUSD now hosts stories of programs started by parents at different public schools. Go to this page on the SFUSD website.

 

Parent Involvement Handbook

Everything a school needs to know to improve Parent Involvement! Includes tips for effective parent involvement, ideas, stories, tools and resources. This handbook (English, 627kb, doc) was put together by the PPS Parent Involvement Task Force in 2002.

Parent Involvement video

See our Parent Involvement video, produced by PPS and Baseball Rodent Productions. Featuring interviews with parents, BOE Commissioner and Education Advisor to Mayor Newsom (and former PPS-SF Executive Director) Hydra Mendoza For a copy of the video, please contact PPS at info@ppssf.org or (415) 861-7077.

 

HIGHLIGHTS

 

Addressing the issues at my children's school is easier with the input and support of the larger community of public school supporters."

- Parent Survey 2007

 

Press

Today's Parent Involvement - Volunteering and Decision making; Lisa Schiff; SFKids.org

Two-part series on NBC's Class Action show about Parent Involvement

PPS-SF Executive Director Ellie Rossiter is one of the featured panelists on the show.

1. Encouraging Parent Involvement

2. A Contract for Parents

 

Effective Parent Engagement efforts

The Gates Foundation commissioned Chris Brown to do a scan of effective parent engagement efforts across the country. Thanks to the Gates Foundation, we are free to circulate this document (English, 369kb,pdf).