Oklahoma City, OK, October 1, 2008:  The Oklahoma Parent Information and Resource Center (OK PIRC) has partnered with the Oklahoma Congress of Parents and Teachers (OK PTA) to promote “Parent Involvement Month”. Signed into proclamation by Governor Brad Henry September 2, 2008, the month of October is now designated as Parent Involvement Month. The goal of Parent Involvement Month is to increase awareness of the need for parents to be more involved in their child’s education and to become an active partner with their child’s teachers and school as their involvement is crucial to the future success of their child. To that end, OK PIRC and OK PTA have created a Parent Involvement Month Calendar and a Parent Involvement Checklist targeted to parents and teachers to increase parent-school partnerships to be distributed to schools statewide. OK PIRC is a statewide technical assistance and training center whose mission is to build partnerships between schools and families to increase student achievement and parental engagement, birth to high school. The success of Oklahoma’s children depends on the strength of the partnership between parents and schools. 

 

For more information about parent involvement, technical assistance and support, please contact the OK PIRC at (405) 478-4078 or the OK PTA at (405)681-0750.