The Missing Piece: The Parent Component
Janie Hamilton-Marchini and Marla Loew, Teachers, Pearson Elementary School

Awarded the Promising Practices Citation from CEP and the "Golden Ruler" Award from ICCE, this interactive presentation includes weekly parent-child activities for families to develop meaningful dialogues supporting character education, social skills and curriculum. Parent-student sample assignments focus on developing character traits such as responsibility, respect, compassion and service learning. These topics, translated into Spanish, validate how parent participation builds a strong relationship between home and school, as well as embracing the community as a learning tool. K-6.

Strand: Family and Community Collaboration
Grade Level: K–6

California Education Collaborative for Children in Foster Care: Promising Practices for Data Sharing
Terry Emmet, Ph.D., Education Programs Consultant, Education Programs Consultant; Michelle Lustig, Foster Youth Services Coord., San Diego Foster Youth Services; Virginia D’Amico, Project Specialist, Technical, Sacramento Foster Youth Services; Andrea Zetlin, Ed.D., Professor of Education, Charter College of Education; Jacqueline Wong, MSW, PPSC, Education Programs Consultant, Foster Youth Services, Learning Support & Partner Division.

In this session we will present a comparison of two foster student data sharing systems based at the County Offices of Education. Both systems are strong examples of student identification and tracking within a county and regional area. Research will be presented on necessary and useful data for meeting the needs of foster youth, with a discussion of state efforts to increase data sharing and efforts to establish a statewide system.

Strand: NEW!, Foster Youth
Grade Level: K–12

The Missing Piece: The Parent Component>
Janie Hamilton-Marchini and Marla Loew, Teachers, Pearson Elementary School

Awarded the Promising Practices Citation from CEP and the "Golden Ruler" Award from ICCE, this interactive presentation includes weekly parent-child activities for families to develop meaningful dialogues supporting character education, social skills and curriculum. Parent-student sample assignments focus on developing character traits such as responsibility, respect, compassion and service learning. These topics, translated into Spanish, validate how parent participation builds a strong relationship between home and school, as well as embracing the community as a learning tool. K-6.

Strand: Family and Community Collaboration
Grade Level: K–6

Foster Youth Special Education Issues
Van Vu, Attorney, Best Best & Krieger LLP, CA

This presentation will cover various issues related to educating foster youth, including identifying who has the right to make educational decisions for the child, what information is confidential, what role the child’s social worker or court appointed attorney play in the educational process, and what rights foster youth have related to their education that is unique to their population.

Strand: NEW!, Foster Youth
Grade Level: K–12

California Youth Connection Youth Recruitment & New Chapter Orientation Process Workshop
Jonathan Pearson, Legislative & Policy Coordinator, California Youth Connection, CA

California Youth Connection (CYC) staff will explain the process of developing a CYC chapter in a county that does not have an existing one. In addition, CYC staff will also present techniques on ways to get youth more involved with CYC in counties that have existing chapters. Workshop participants will be provided with the information needed to start a CYC chapter in their home counties.

Strand: NEW!, Foster Youth
Grade Level: K–12

Governmental Relations Update & Crafting Your Message to get the Legislative Support You Need
Xavier Del Buono, Educational Consultant, Del Buono & Associates, OK

Join Xavier Del Buono, for an update on how the legislative efforts on behalf of the CSS program are proceeding. Xavier will share what messages are key to communicate to your legislators at this time and what legislative initiatives are on the horizon that could help or hinder your program. Learn how to best contact, communicate and connect with your legislators so you win their support. School Leaders and Program Advocates won't want to miss this session which will include time for questions and answers from our program's founder and writer of the original SB65 Legislation.

Strand: NEW!, Family and Community Collaboration
Grade Level: K–12