Author: Julia Pile

#ParentCampChat– Wednesday 12/114 9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm PT – Ready for Week 25 – Retooling the Transition Years

Julia Pile
2019-12-11 ParentCampChat - Transition Years with Paula McPeake

#ParentCampChat– Wednesday 12/114 9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm PT – Ready for Week 25 – Retooling the Transition Years Ms Paula McPeake (@PmcPeake1) is back with us this week leading a chat on Retooling the Transition Years.  Elementary to Middle, Middle to High and High to College.  How can we make these usually difficult years easier? Catch #ParentCampChat each Wednesday night on Twitter starting at 9:30 pm ET/8:30 pm CT/7:30 pm MT/6:30 pm PT.  Check out our upcoming topics on the Calendar page on the ParentCamp website.  Make sure you follow…

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#ParentCampChat– Wednesday 12/04 9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm PT – Ready for Week 24 – College Scholarships: Show Me Where to Find the Money

Julia Pile

#ParentCampChat– Wednesday 12/04 9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm PT – Ready for Week 24 – College Scholarships: Show Me Where to Find the Money In this week’s ParentCampChat, author and college expert Dan Bisig (@DanBisig) of College & Beyond aka “Dan the College Man” will help educate students and parents on WHERE to find extra Money to help pay for college and WHAT a student MUST do to position her/himself to standout in the scholarship selection process!  Dan will also Cover (time permitting): When should you start looking for scholarships What…

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#ParentCampChat– Wednesday 11/20 9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm PT – Ready for Week 23 – Family-School Communication – High School Focus

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2019-11-20 ParentCampChat

This week, ParentCamp team member, Jeremy Bond (@JeremyDBond) is back with us talking about Communication – but with a focus on the high school level.  He will be fresh off of a parent/teacher night with his daughter who is in high school. Jeremy Bond attended his first ParentCamp at the U.S. Department of Education in 2015, moderated a packed breakout session and would return the following years as a ParentCamp Board member and facilitator. During this same period, in 2015 Jeremy joined the first global Digital Citizenship Summit in his…

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#ParentCampChat– Wednesday 11/13 9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm PT – Ready for Week 22 – Starting a Parent Organization

Julia Pile
2019-11-13 ParentCampChat

#ParentCampChat– Wednesday 11/13 9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm PT – Ready for Week 22 – Starting a Parent Organization The most common question the ParentCamp team is asked is:   How do we hold a ParentCamp at our school?  The second most common question we are asked is: How do we start a parent organization at our school?  This week we are going to tackle the second question.  Julie Pile (@juliepile), ParentCamp team member is going to lead the discussion of how to start a parent organization at your school.  Julie was…

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#ParentCampChat– Wednesday 11/6 9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm PT – Ready for Week 21 – Critically At-Risk: There is no job description for this!

Julia Pile
2019-11-06 ParentCampChat

#ParentCampChat– Wednesday 11/6 9:30 pm ET/6:30 pm PT – Ready for Week 21 – Critically At-Risk:  There is no job description for this! We have a very special guest this week.  Dr. Joe Hibbett (@joeymh) of the Boone County Schools in Boone County, KY.  Joe is the principal of the Alternative School and does a phenomenal job of engaged students and families back into education who we have previously lost. Every educator has head the term “at-risk.”  Have parents/guardians?  It is interesting to note that caretakers of at-risk students report…

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