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Parent Advocates for Students and School workshop Oct. 19

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Scott Air Force Base, Ill. --  The Airman and Family Readiness Center will host a Parent Advocates for Students and School workshop Oct. 19 called "Teaming with School Personnel." The workshop is part of an ongoing effort to educate parents on ways to have a successful and meaningful parent-teacher conference with their child's teacher, as well as ways to advocate for their child. Hosts for this month's workshop will be Linda McNabb, Tammy Cox and Tracy Stough.

The PASS workshops are led by parents and local educators, who train and provide tools to help military parents become advocates for their child while transferring from school to school because of military relocations. Parents learn more about all school systems in general and the local school systems in particular. An additional by-product of the workshops is that educators learn more about the unique needs of military-connected students.

There will be a panel of school administrators from Belleville, Mascoutah, O'Fallon, and Shiloh that will be available to answer any questions that parents may have specific to their child's needs.

With the theme being "Teaming with School Personnel" the hosts will focus on the following objective:

Understanding the importance of proper advocacy for children.

Understanding that parents represent all military families when they present themselves to school personnel.

Understanding the "chain of concern" when resolving issues with school policies or procedures.

Learning the importance of diplomacy and understanding when communicating with school personnel.

This parent workshop is just one example of the many successful workshops that PASS has planned. For more information regarding this workshop, or any other PASS workshop, call the A&FRC at 256-8668.