Registration open for August 26th Virtual ParentCamp, Voxer Book Study leading into 9/9 VPC ©ParentCamp, 2016-2020, All Rights Reserved
Here is your line up for Week 16 of Virtual ParentCamp! Make sure you click on the links to get to know our facilitators and all the great resources they bring with them. There are going to be some fantastic discussions this week!
Room 1 – [Strengthen] Proyecto Padres: ¿Por dónde empiezo a ayudar a mi hijo a aprender en casa? Project Parents: ESOL Families Where do I even start helping my child at home? with Theresa Cruz
Theresa Cruz, Hispanic Family Engagement Coordinator, Learning Grove, in Florence, Kentucky returns to Virtual ParentCamp to lead the ESOL room. Welcome back Theresa! Theresa has a great idea for getting ESOL families to join Virtual ParentCamp….many families are not quite sure about joining a Zoom conversation. Have you thought about hosting a small gathering (social distant) at a location in your community and having the group join on the Zoom? Then they can see how it works and participate as a community. Let us know if you would like to give it a try. We would be happy to help!
Room 2 – [Strengthen] Parents as Talent Developers (Part 2 of a 2 part series)
Join Dr. Sheilah Jefferson-Isaac (@7dreamkeepers) or as many of us know her as Doc Sheilah and Dr. Brenda 
Williams Harewood (co-author) (@docbwilliams) of Parents as Talent Developers are back with us this week. We heard the conversations were amazing last VPC and people are excited to get back together to continue the discussion.
This book give minority parents (African American, Latino) the tools they need to help their children perform much better in school. Kernels are seeds in the plant world. The kernels on an ear of corn are the seeds needed to grow the next generation of corn. We use this term in the sense that each parental practice that we highlight in this book should be viewed as a seed for a child’s academic growth.
Room 3 – [Strengthen] Trauma-informed Approach – ACES and Resilience at School during COVID
We are thrilled to have Jim Sporleder (@SporLin) back with us at Virtual ParentCamp.
Jim Sporleder retired in 2014 as Principal of Lincoln High School in Walla Walla, WA. Under Jim’s leadership, Lincoln High School became a “Trauma Informed” school, gaining national attention due to a dramatic drop in out of school suspensions, increased graduation rates and the number of students going on to post-secondary education. These dramatic changes at Lincoln caught the attention of Jamie Redford, who spent a year filming the documentary, Paper Tigers, which tells the Lincoln story.
Room 4 – [Strengthen] How to Positively Support Young Learners at Home! As a parent, family member, teacher
We are thrilled to have Tabatha Rosproy (@TabathaRosproy), 2020 National Teacher of the Year with us this week! Tabatha has been a supporter of Virtual ParentCamp since the beginning and we are thrilled she could join us.
The Little Vikes preschool program at Cumbernauld Village in Winfield was thrust in the national spotlight after its teacher, Tabatha Rosproy, was named National Teacher of the Year. A wonderful accomplishment and recognition for the value of this program. Watch this video of the residents talking about and interacting with the kids.
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Register by 4 pm ET/ 1 pm PT on Wednesday 8/26 at: https://www.parentcamp.org/vpc-registration Bring someone with you! The above link we be the same each week, but you must register EACH week so that you can select your beginning breakout room.
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Registration is open now until 4 pm ET/1 pm PT on Wednesday, August 26th! Please share this email with anyone who may be interested in attending! Due to the size of our Zoom account and managing the event, it will be limited to 100 participants. You will receive a login link to the email you register with at 5 pm ET/2 pm PT on Wednesday.
Flow for the night:
7:50 pm – 8 :00 pm ET/4:50 pm – 5:00 pm PT – Login
8:05 pm/5:05 pm – The Zoom door closes because being present together during the opening 10 minutes is a design feature of ParentCamp.
8:00 pm – 8:10 pm ET/5:00 pm – 5:10 pm PT – Introduction & Ground rules
8:10 pm – 8:50 pm ET/5:10 pm – 5:50 pm PT – Session, you may change sessions anytime during this time
8:50 pm – 9:00 pm ET/5:50 pm – 6:00 pm PT – Wrap-up & Share Out
We will be using PearDeck to share everyone’s thoughts, so please either have another tab open or on another device go to joinpd.com. We will give you the join code when you join the Zoom.
Not sure how to use Zoom? We have created a video to help you out! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbbPiODfD-c&t=20s
Zoom works on almost any device, you may need to download the app. Come as you are, there are NO judgments in ParentCamp!
Link to register to be a facilitator if you would like to facilitate a session: https://forms.gle/HL276MCTsAKXsnbn9
Wish to continue the conversations or just connect with other Virtual ParentCamp participants? Join our Facebook groups that we have set-up just for you!
Virtual ParentCamp – https://www.facebook.com/groups/vpcparticipants/
Virtual ParentCamp – Espanol – https://www.facebook.com/groups/238280000751357/
¿Que’ Es? Virtual ParentCamp? Gracias Theresa Cruz!
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We would like to thank our ParentCamp strategic partners: PearDeck and Cerkl, their tools have been invaluable to us here at ParentCamp!
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Virtual ParentCamp – September 9th Lead-Up Conversation on Voxer:
Hacking School Discipline – 9 Ways to Create a Culture of Empathy & Responsibility Using Restorative Justice Authors 
Brad Weinstein (@WeinsteinEdu) and Nathan Maynard (@NmaynardEDU) will be joining us at Virtual ParentCamp on September 9th. VPC Regulars, Angela Rowe, Ted Huff and Annette Hines will be leading a Voxer Book Study leading up and after they join us. If you would like to join the conversation, please complete the Google form and they will be in touch with you. Voxer is a free app which can be downloaded on both iOs and Android devices.
Note: This book is NOT just for educators, there are many processes and tips that are applicable to dealing with your children and if you are a manager, your employees.
“Hacking School Discipline” Voxer Book Read hosted by the Appalachian GameChangers
This will be an asynchronous book study/talk. You may participate at your convenience using the app Voxer. Get it here: https://www.voxer.com/download/. Then please complete this Google form https://forms.gle/eT3ueeyG3fe9PfQV8. The book study will run until September 24, 2020.
