parentEDU Catalog
Parents: You may watch all of the presentations located on the parent EDU catalog. Please select your topic and click "Watch the Video". Specific classes also include resources for parents to download and/or print.
This is a live catalog. More classes will be added during the school year.
Audience: Parents of students in Grades 2-12
This class speaks with parents about the social-emotional and mental health benefits of setting a routine for students at home. Also discussed will be the need to make a workplace or "home classroom" area that is used specifically for doing classwork. Join us as we learn what we can do to help reduce anxiety and increase focus of your students at home.
- Math
Audience: Parents of students in Grades 6-8
This class will review the sequencing of math topics in grades 6-8 and provide insight into prior knowledge that is required for the different topics, as well as how to build a strong foundation to fill in gaps from previous years. Parents will be provided with a variety of strategies to help their children improve their understanding of mathematics including a review of key concepts and topics, topic sequence, and strategies for helping to support students as they fill in learning gaps.
- Math
Audience: Parents of students in Grades 3-5
During this class, parents will gain an array of at home strategies for supporting their children as they develop their math skills to increase their confidence, deepen understanding, and support a growing independence in mathematics.
- Math
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-2
During this class, parents will gain an array of at home strategies for supporting their children as they develop their math skills to increase their confidence, deepen understanding, and support a growing independence in mathematics.
- Math
Audience: Parents of students in Grades 6-12
This class will focus on the main topics included on the Algebra Regents, as well as strategies and resources to help your child prepare for success. Calculator tips and tricks will also be shared.
Audience: Parents of students in Grades 6-12
This class offers a basic understanding of how to balance a chemical equation. Parents will learn about what a chemical formula looks like, how to count the number of atoms in a chemical formula and how to successfully balance a simple chemical equation. Please come prepared with a pencil and a piece of paper as we practice this together.
- Social Studies
Audience: Parents of students in Grades 3-5
This class will walk parents through the steps to build a time capsule at home. This fun activity is a great way to teach your child that they are living history
- English
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-12
We will discuss how parents can be most effective during the revision and editing process and practice strategies that don't include rewriting the assignment themselves. Parents will learn how to use graphic organizers and other strategies to support and motivate struggling writers. The workshop will conclude with ideas and resources for inviting writing outside of school, finding authentic audiences for children's writing, and improving grammar and vocabulary.
- Social-Emotional
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-12
Simple shifts in how we praise our children can boost confidence and academic achievement while teaching resiliency in the face of challenges. Explore how Carol Dweck's research on motivation can fundamentally change how you talk to your children, and as a result, change how they see themselves. This interactive workshop will engage parents in exploring their own mindsets and practicing strategies that will help their children develop growth mindsets and the ability to learn from setbacks.
- Library Services
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-12
YouTube, TikTok, Minecraft, Oh My! Are the kids safe when they are using their school issued device? How about a personal phone or iPad? As new technology comes out, parents and caregivers aren't always sure if they should be allowing their children to download certain apps or search on different sites. This class will give tips and tools to evaluate some of the sites and apps kids want to use.
- English
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-12
This class will equip parents with an extensive toolkit to draw from to support their children's development as readers at home. Topics that will be covered include reading levels and selecting a "just right" book, encouraging reluctant readers, developing reading habits, strategies to use when helping struggling readers, carving out time for reading, how to talk to a child about a book you haven't read, and making reading a family tradition.
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-2
This class will provide parents an understanding of ways math is now being taught to children in the early grades. Also parents will learn why memorizing multiplication facts is no longer required. Learn why it is important for young children to learn this way, so that you can better support your student at home.
Audience: Parents of students in Grades 3-5
This class will show parents how the area model and number bonds are used to teach multiplication and division conceptually to children. Learn why learning this way better prepares your child for success in math during the later years.
Audience: Parents of students in Grades 3-5
This class will show parents how students learn fractions and operations with fractions visually. Learn why it is important for young children to learn this way, so that parents can better support their children at home.
- Specialized
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-12
Technology seems to have infiltrated every aspect of our lives, but at what cost? This workshop will explore the most recent research on the positive and negative effects of technology on children. Participants will be challenged to consider how their own family values align or conflict with the technology use in their homes. Finally, we will explore simple ideas and procedures for implementing change regarding technology use that make our children partners in our efforts.
- Social-Emotional
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-12
"Smart is not something you are. Smart is something your get." What is a growth mindset and how can you help your children develop a growth mindset? Learn how having a growth mindset can help your children succeed in school and in life.
- Social-Emotional
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-12
Let's turn your child's "I Can't" into "I CAN!" with easy to use strategies to promote positive thinking.
- Other Classes
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-12
What is productive struggle and why is it so incredibly important for learning? Learn how productive struggle can lead your child to deeper learning and how to embrace the power of productive struggle in all subject areas.
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-12
Understanding your child's challenges will help you learn and apply new strategies to support your child's ability to remain focused and on-task.
- English
Audience: Parents of students in Grades 3-8
This class will guide parents to support their children's reading activities. Here you will learn easy tips and tricks to making your student successful during online learning.
- English
Audience: Parents of students in Grades 3-8
This class speaks with parents about ways to help their young writers. We will discuss different writing styles and how to help your student include important writing strategies.
- Specialized
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-12
Learn easy to implement systems and routines that will put an end to the nightly homework battle while at the same time developing your child’s confidence and independence. Common issues that will be addressed include heavy reliance on parental assistance, homework frustration and meltdowns, rushed and careless work, and homework avoidance and procrastination.
- Science
Audience: Parents of students in Grades 2-7
This class explains a method of using science to help classifyobjects. Parents will learn how to use aspects of an object thatcan be seen with their eyes to create a formal scientificclassification. Please come prepared with a pencil and a piece ofpaper as we practice this together.
Audience: Parents of students in Grades 4-12
This class teaches parents how to organize a structured scientificobservation in their own home or yard. We will learn the basics ofanimal behavioral observation and how to assist children to learnto appreciate nature by observing it as young scientists andnaturalists. Please come prepared with pencil and paper as wepractice this together.
- Science
Audience: Parents of students in Grades 4-12
This class offers parents an understanding of science journaling.Writing scientifically is an important skill for children to have asthey move to higher grades. It is important for science students tobe able to observe and write about items in the world factually, ina scientific manner without opinion or emotion.
- Social Studies
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-12
We all want our children to feel welcome and accepted in school. Research shows us that children who see school as a safe place are more likely to be successful. Creating this type of school culture cannot be achieved without involvement from parents. In this class, we will discuss the importance of creating a culturally responsive school environment and how you, as parents, can support this goal.
- Math
- New
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-12
This workshop will help to inform parents of the difficulties many students have with mathematics as well as several strategies that can be incorporated to a student’s everyday routine in an effort to improve student success. There is a clip in this video that is very detailed and informative on how to take effective notes that is extremely helpful. It is encouraged to have your child sit and view this video with you and they will benefit from the information provided within.
- Math
- New
Audience: Parents of students in pre-K-6
This workshop will help to inform parents of the importance of incorporating math into everyday life. Parents will explore numeracy and its development with young children, as well as the importance of numeracy development regarding a child’s future academic success. Parents will see examples of how to incorporate math into conversation and daily life with elementary aged children in order to build strong foundational math skills, which is vital for student success.
- New
- Specialized
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-12
Today’s world of hectic schedules, information overload, and high expectations demands that our children be masters at time management, organization, planning, and flexibility. Recent research has shown just how crucial these executive function skills are to future academic, career, and life success. This workshop will present parents with an overview of executive function skills and explore strategies parents can use at home to support their development.
- Social-Emotional
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-12
Every parent wants to provide their child with the best and safest future. The book, 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do, written by international best selling author Amy Morin's book points out how common parenting habits are preventing us from teaching children the skills they need to become mentally strong adults. This session provides an overview of this book, highlights, and ideas to ponder.
- Library Services
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-12
Where can anyone go to fine reliable resources online these days? We hear that information is biased or fake, so how can I tell? This class will give tips and tools for evaluating and finding information to be able to feel confident in your and your child’s research on almost any topic.
- English
Audience: Parents of students in Grades 6-12
Is your tween or teen a reluctant reader? This workshop will explore the reasons behind the decline in reading for pleasure that typically happens as children enter middle school and why parents and teachers must work to counteract this trend. Parents will consider what kind of reader their tween or teen is, learn ideas for encouraging reading for pleasure at home, and gain new tools for matching teens with books they actually want to read.
- Other Classes
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-12
Learn how to open lines of positive communication during times of differing opinions and points of view. Please have your child with you for this program. *There is a project involved in this program. Participants should be prepared with a sheet of construction paper, a small amount of white paint and a pencil.
- Other Classes
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-12
Data privacy and security has become increasingly important as we have come to rely on remote learning to educate students. Join us to learn more about the state and federal laws that protect student data and the data privacy and security best practices parents can apply as children learn remotely.
- Specialized
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-12
Establishing open lines of respectful and honest communication with your child's teachers is essential to your child's success in school, yet many parents are at a loss on how best to do this. Participants will explore how much involvement is too much or too little, the best ways to approach teachers about difficult issues, and ways to help our children become their own advocates.
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-12
As students become more independent, we need to support them in making their own healthy decisions during the school year and beyond. During this session, parents and guardians attending will learn a variety of family friendly games, activities, skills, and exercises to practice along with their child at home or outside.
- Social Studies
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-12
Teaching our children what it means to be a good citizen is one of the most important parts of maintaining our democracy. Beginning at an early age, children need to understand how and why to be informed and involved members of society. In this class we will discuss how to promote positive behavior that will engage your child to be civic minded.
- New
- Other Classes
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-12
Developing effective routines and habits is an important part of time management and organization. When we create the routines for our children, they become dependent on us and don't develop these important skills. This workshop will provide parents with a framework for helping their children create and practice their own effective routines and habits.
- Social-Emotional
Audience: Parents of students in Grades K-12
As school schedules and learning changes, many students are experiencing high levels of stress and anxiety. Parents and guardians attending this session will discover how to support our learners’ mental health at home throughout these turbulent times
- Social Studies
Audience: Parents of students in Grades 7-11
Social Studies classes have changed what success looks like. Students no longer need to simply memorize facts and dates. Social Studies instruction now requires children to think analytically about the events of the past, make connections, and explain information in a more sophisticated way. These skills are requirements on the Global 10 and US History Regents exams. In this class, you will learn how Social Studies education has changed, and what skills your child will need to be successful.
- Math
Audience: Parents of students in Grades 6-8
This workshop will help to inform parents of the purpose of the NYS Mathematics Testing Program and provide a deeper understanding to its components. Parents will explore the purpose of the state tests and their administration. Parents will see what types of questions are asked as well as examples. Lastly, parents will understand their child’s performance level and how to decode the student score report. Attached is a link to access parent resources located on the last page.
- Math
Audience: Parents of students in Grades 3-5
This workshop will help to inform parents of the purpose of the NYS Mathematics Testing Program and provide a deeper understanding to its components. Parents will explore the purpose of the state tests and their administration. Parents will see what types of questions are asked as well as examples. Lastly, parents will understand their child’s performance level and how to decode the student score report. Attached is a link to access parent resources located on the last page.
- Science
Audience: Parents of students in Grades 4-8
This class introduces parents to the science concepts of objective(fact) and subjective (opinion). In science, students are requiredto be able to tell the difference between facts and opinions asthey move through experiments and observations. Parents willlearn simple practice methods to help students understand this asit applies to the world around them.
Audience: Parents of students in Grades 3-8
This class will give parents the opportunity to explore the worldthrough virtual field trips. These fun "field trips" can be done fromhome at any time to teach students about the world in a fun andengaging way.
- Math
Audience: Parents of students in Grades 3-12
This workshop will act as a guide to help parents understand Common Core Math Standards and why NYS is adopting the Next Generation Math Standards. You will learn the benefits and mishaps that have occurred with adoption and implementation of the Common Core Math Standards. Parents will understand the purpose and need for revising the Common Core Math Standards. Attached is a link to access parent resources located on the last page.