Alabama Parent Education Center

Alabama Parent Education Center
Alabama Parent Education Center

Alabama Parent Information & Resource Center (ALPIRC)

  

Family Friendly Walk Through (FFTW)

FFWT Brochure CoverOur New FFWT program is designed to help schools identify ways they can work with families to create a stronger learning environment for students.

Read the FFWT Brochure (pdf).

Learn more from our blog post.
  

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Parent Information and Resource Center

PIRC serves parents in every county of Alabama providing training, information and support to parents of children in low performing schools and annual regional Parent Leadership training. - More -

- Workshops and Conferences -
  

Academy for Parent Leadership and Engagement

The APLE Academy consists of one orientation session and five one day sessions over the course of one academic year. Participants are teams of parents and teachers who will enhance their skills so they may help others become true partners in the education of their children. Every participant works with their school community to create a leadership project. - More -
  

Alabama Network for Children with Disabilities

ANCD is a statewide project providing training and information to
parents of special needs students. We train Parent Leaders across the state to work with other parents to improve the educational outcome of disabled students. - More -
  

Programs of Adult and Community Education

PACE provides programming to assist adult learners who are committed to improving their academic and life skills, including adults preparing for their GED. This program operates in conjunction with other family serving agencies to provide services. - More -
  

Coosa County Partnership for Youth

CCPY is a joint project of the APEC, Coosa County Public Schools, Cheaha Mental Health Center and the Alabama Department of Mental Health/Mental Retardation. CCPY's goal is to improve the existing system for the delivery of mental health services to children attending public schools. - More -
  

Fathers Forward

The APEC's Fatherhood Initiative Program, generously funded by the Children's Trust Fund of Alabama, was designed to reduce childhood abuse and neglect by encouraging the increased involvement of fathers. - More -
  

 

The Alabama Parent Education Center is implementing the Parent Information & Resource Center (PIRC) grant from the US Department of Education, Office of Innovation and Improvement as ALPIRC. These federal funds will assist parents and schools across Alabama.

All project activities help to:

  • Understand and implement Section 1118 of the No Child Left Behind Act; and
  • Increase academic achievement through Parent Involvement.

The Alabama PIRC (ALPIRC) goals are:

Assist parents in low performing schools with understanding the Alabama Accountability System, state and local school report cards and opportunities for public school choice and supplemental educational services through School Improvement Institutes that consist of:

  • An evaluation of the current parent involvement status;
  • In service presentations of research based practices for school improvement; and
  • A series of workshops for parents to help them support their children's education.

APLE logoCreate a network of trained Parent Leaders throughout Alabama who implement local parent involvement activities through the Academy of Parent Leadership and Engagement (APLE) that consists of:

  • A year long parent leadership academy; and
  • A long term support network for trained parent leaders.

Build state and local capacity for effective parent involvement by providing technical assistance in the implementation of effective parental involvement policies and creating shared responsibility among parents and educators for student achievement through:

  • Participation on state and local committees; and
  • Publication of Research Briefs highlighting effective practices to support parent engagement.

Provide early childhood services to families and provide support for local early childhood programs in both urban and rural areas though:

More Information

For more information, contact Alabama PIRC Director Sherri Wilson.

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