Communicating with Your Child
http://www.uft.org/parent/communicate/
Helping your child develop good study skills is one of the most important ways parents can support children’s emotional and psychological growth during the school years. This site is from the United Federation of Teachers.

Communicating with Your Child’s Teacher
http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/5000/5283.html
Ohio State University offers tips for parents on how to communicate with your child’s teacher.

Educational Trust
http://www2.edtrust.org/edtrust/
This web site offers user-friendly information on the No Child Left Behind Act and other fact sheets and resources. Special sections on state and local policy, national policy, professional development, parents, and community, make this web site a great resource for everyone involved in education. Be sure to check out the “Tools for Parents and Community Members.”

Helping Children Succeed in School
http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/succeed/09-communication.html
An article for parents on parent/teacher communication is available in English and Spanish on this site. Helpful links to other articles and tips for parents are also included.

Public Broadcasting System (PBS) – Establishing Strong Family/School Communication
http://www.pbs.org/wholechild/parents/f-s.html
This article addresses strong Family/School communication with links to other helpful resources.

Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parents Centers
http://www.taalliance.org
This site offers families of children with disabilities information and guidance on how to talk to teachers, staff and schools about their children’s special needs.

The Learning First Alliance
http://www.learningfirst.org
The site is stocked with “practical guides” for communicating with the community about schools, the No Child Left Behind Act and other issues. The “Resources for Parents” section allows families easy access to information about a variety of education issues and practices. There are also downloadable tips and guides to help families become more involved in their children’s education.

What Kids Can Do
http://www.whatkidscando.org
This site is inspirational in reminding us what can happen when we listen to children. It offers resources for talking to children about college, conducting teen-adult forums and engaging students as allies in improving schools.

Bullying
http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.asp?r=697
An article titled What Parents Can Do about Bullying offers practical advice on the topic.

Child Welfare League of America
http://www.cwla.org/positiveparenting/
This site offers links to resources and advice for parents of children of all ages. The resources are divided into different categories to make access easy.

A Family Guide to Keeping Youth Mentally Healthy and Drug Free
www.family.samhsa.gov
Aimed at families of middle and high school students, this site has practical advice and information to help parents with their adolescents.

Healthier Schools New Mexico
http://www.healthierschools.org/
This site highlights the coordinated school/health model from the State of New Mexico.

Kid’s Health - For Parents
http://kidshealth.org/parent/positive/
This web site from Kid’s Health includes topics on Talking to Kids, Learning and Education and Family Life.

Mental Health America
http://www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/information/get-info/strengthening-families/
This site includes a fact sheet for parents with some tips for positive parenting.

Office of Child Development: New Mexico Children, Youth & Families Department - New Mexico Kids
http://www.newmexicokids.org/Family/
You can find information about networking, resource awareness and technical assistance for child care professionals, parents and health educators. Information is offered on child development, health and selecting quality child care.

Parents Reaching Out
http://www.parentsreachingout.org/
Parents Reaching Out is directed at helping families learn to make informed decisions about the care and education of their children. This site includes information on special education issues that parents face, advocacy information and early intervention suggestions.

Parent Smart
www.parentsmart.com
This web site offers everything from help with homework to tips for talking with children about disasters.

Positive Parenting - Peace Begins at Home
http://www.positiveparenting.com/
This web site has many resources for parents on parenting and positive discipline including articles, books and workshops.

Teaching Tolerance
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/index.jsp
This site is for anyone interested in creating communities that value diversity. It contains pages for teachers, parents, teens and kids.

Connect for Kids
www.connectforkids.org
The site includes a Parent Involvement in Education topic page for ideas on how to be an active participant in your child’s education, as well as tips and tools for becoming a more effective advocate.

CRESST Parent Page

A click here takes families to a site with everything from subject-area printables, to both expert and peer advice on such topics as whether to retain your student.

Family Education Network
www.familyeducation.com
Broken down by age and grade level, this site has a treasure trove of learning activities to do with children. It has special sections on issues such as retention and school safety.

For Moms and Dads Only (and other loving caregivers)
http://surfaquarium.com/FAMILY/parent.htm
This site includes an extensive list of links to many resources.

Media Wise
www.mediafamily.org
For families concerned about media, this site offers many facts, tips, research, reviews of video games and movies, as well as a quick quiz to find out about media use.

National Education Association
www.nea.org/parents/index.html
This web site offers information on parent-teacher conferences, understanding testing, getting involved in your child’s school and other resources to help make your child’s school experience successful.

Native American Lore
http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/loreindx.html
This site includes an index of Native American Stories from across the nation.

Reading Rockets New Mexico
http://www.readingrockets.org/resources/c290
Reading is a critical skill for everyone. From the moment a child is born, there are simple things the parent can do to help him or her become a good reader. This site also includes signs to watch for that may indicate that a child may have trouble learning to read, so you can get him or her help early. It offers a step-by-step guide to what parents can do to raise a reader.

A page titled For Families includes the following topics:
http://www.readingrockets.org/families

• Build your child’s early reading skills at home
• Recognize early signs of trouble
• Tap into the power of a high-quality preschool
• Find good schools and good teachers
• Know when your child is struggling in school
• Get extra help through tutoring
• Stand up for your child
• Get extra help through special education

100 Ways to Know More. Do More.
http://www.nmpta.org/100ways.html
There are many ways to be involved. Here, you’ll find 100 suggestions. You’re probably doing some of these things already. The goal is to find a few new ones that you’d be comfortable trying now. Whatever you choose, you’ll soon see the effects your efforts have on your children, their schools and yourself. When parents get involved in their child’s education, everyone benefits.

Family Support America
http://www.familysupportamerica.org/
This site has various resources to identify and support family strengths, including information on work-family stress, reaching out to fathers, involving incarcerated parents and building on family assets.

New Mexico Commission for Community Volunteerism
http://www.newmexserve.org/index.htm
This web site was created to engage citizens of New Mexico of all ages and backgrounds in community based service to address the state’s human, educational, environmental, public safety, health, housing, and other needs.

PTO Today
www.ptotoday.com
PTO Today provides PTA’s and parent organizations with free articles, tips, resources and management tools to develop and sustain family involvement and volunteering in schools.

Project Appleseed
http://www.projectappleseed.org/sitemap.html
Project Appleseed is helping schools involve parents. This organization has created a list of 37 different ways in which parents can help and is on its way to recruiting 5 million parent volunteers nationwide.

Service Leader
http://www.serviceleader.org/new/
This site offers web based resources and links for school administrators, teachers, parent teacher organizations and other parent volunteers, as well as anyone who coordinates volunteer and community partnership activities with other organizations, including businesses.

Advocacy for Academically Talented Students
http://www.cmu.edu/cmites/advocacy.html
This web site has an important resource for parents and teachers of academically gifted students.

The Learning First Alliance
www.learningfirst.org
This web site is stocked with practical guides for communicating with the community about schools, the No Child Left Behind Act and other issues. The Resources for Parents section allows families easy access to information about a variety of education issues and practices. There are also downloadable tips and guides to help families become more involved in their children’s education.

Parents Reaching Out
http://www.parentsreachingout.org/
Parents Reaching Out is directed at helping families learn to make informed decisions about the care and education of their children. It includes information on special education issues that parents face and provides advocacy information and early intervention suggestions for parents.

Parent-School Partnerships: A National MALDEF Program
www.maldef.org/psp
This web site offers step-by-step (free) guidelines on how to write and resolve complaints. The National Parent School Partnership (PSP) Program is a national program designed to train parents, school personnel and community based organizations to lead in the educational attainment of children.

Study Circles
http://www.studycircles.org/en/index.aspx
The resources on this site can help communities and schools start discussions regarding race, educational achievement and diversity. A special section focusing on youth issues offers information on organizing study circles as well as information on training youth to become facilitators.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Youth Entrepreneurship Awareness
http://www.kauffman.org/entrepreneurship.cfm
This web site offers information and resources to support youth entrepreneurship.

The Foxfire Fund
http://www.foxfire.org
Foxfire (The Foxfire Fund, Inc.) is a not-for-profit, educational and literary organization. The organization promotes a sense of place and appreciation of local people, community and culture.

National Council of La Raza
http://www.nclr.org/
This organization is a national Latino civil rights and advocacy organization that works to improve opportunities for Hispanic Americans.

National Hispanic Cultural Center
http://www.nhccnm.org/
The National Hispanic Cultural Center (NHCC) is dedicated to the study, advancement and presentation of Hispanic culture, arts and humanities.

National Native American Families Together Center
http://www.nativefamilynetwork.com/
This site details an outreach program to increase partnerships between Native American Families and the professionals who serve Native American children.

Navajo Nation Chapters
http://www.nndcd.org/chapters.html
A listing of Chapters serving the Navajo Nation is included on this site.

Rural School and Community Trust
http://www.ruraledu.org
The Rural Trust provides a variety of services to increase the capacity of rural schools, teachers, young people and communities to develop and implement high education.

The Smithsonian Folk Life and Oral History Interviewing Guide by Majorie Hunt
http://www.folklife.si.edu
The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage promotes the understanding of diversecultures in the United States and around the world. The Center produces the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, exhibitions, documentary films and videos, publications and educational materials.

Tribal Departments of Education
http://www.ped.state.nm.us/indian.ed/tde.htm
A listing of all the tribal educations agencies serving New Mexico is included in this site.

12 Tips for Communicating with Parents
http://www.vtnea.org/ti-3.htm
This site offers a list of 12 tips for communicating with parents, as well as many resources for both teachers and parents.

Dual Language Education of New Mexico
http://www.duallanguagenm.org/family3.html
The purpose of this site is to provide a basic primer identifying the distinguishing components of a Dual Language program.
Educational Trust
http://www2.edtrust.org/edtrust
This comprehensive web site offers user-friendly information on the No Child Left Behind Act, as well as a wealth of other fact sheets and resources. It includes special sections on state and local policy, national policy, professional development and parents and community.

Learning First Alliance
http://www.learningfirst.org
This site is stocked with practical guides for communicating with the community about schools, the No Child Left Behind Act and other issues. The “Resources for Parents” section allows families easy access to information about educational issues and practices. There are also downloadable tips and guides to help families become more involved in their children’s education.

National Center for Family and Community Connection with Schools
http://www.sedl.org/connections/resources/rb/rb5-diverse.pdf
This site includes an article from the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL) on reaching out to diverse populations which explains what schools can do to foster family-school connections.

Technical Assistance ALLIANCE for Parent Centers
http://www.taalliance.org
This site offers families of children with disabilities information and guidance on how to talk to teachers, staff and schools about their child’s special needs.

What Kids Can Do
http://www.whatkidscando.org
This site is an inspiration in reminding us what can happen when we listen to children. It offers resources for talking to kids about college, conducting teen-adult forums and engaging students as allies to improve schools.

Child Welfare League of America
http://www.cwla.org/positiveparenting/
This site offers links to resources and advice for parents of children of all ages. The resources are divided into different categories which makes access easy.

KidSource Online
http://www.kidsource.com
Resources on this web site are organized by developmental stage and topic to make information accessible.

National Education Association
http://www.nea.org
Classroom tips, up-to-date research and information about issues in education and legislative action opportunities are available on this web site. It includes a variety of send-home resources in both English and Spanish.

Office of Child Development: New Mexico Children, Youth & Families Department - New Mexico Kids
http://www.newmexicokids.org/Family/
You can find information here that supports networking, information and resource awareness and access and technical assistance for child care professionals, parents and health educators. Information is offered on child development, health and selecting quality child care.

Parent Smart
http://www.parentsmart.com
This web site offers everything from help with homework to tips for talking with children about disasters.

Positive Discipline - Teacher’s Homepage
http://www.positivediscipline.com/teachers/index.html
Workshops:
Positive Discipline in the Classroom (developed by Jane Nelsen and Lynn Lott) empowers teachers with skills to prepare students for successful living. Participants will learn how students develop competencies, skills and personal qualities through the class meeting process and other positive discipline methods.
Books:
These are all the materials that a teacher requires for building a positive, democratic classroom environment. The books build the vision and give specific practices, including the Eight Building Blocks of effective classroom meetings. The manual has hundreds of learning activities, most for use with students and others for faculty in-service meetings to assist other teachers in their classrooms.

Positive Parenting - Peace Begins at Home
http://www.positiveparenting.com/
This site includes any resources for parents on parenting and positive discipline including articles, books and workshops.

Teaching Tolerance
http://www.tolerance.org/teach/index.jsp
This web site is for anyone interested in creating communities that value diversity. It includes pages for teachers, parents, teens and kids.

Enhance Student Learning with the Internet
http://www.sun-associates.com/Internet/instrwth.html
This site includes numerous links for teachers to use that incorporate the use of the Internet in the classroom.

Enhancing Student Learning - Intellectual Social and Emotional Integration
http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/95-4dig.htm
Information for teachers on holistic learning and integrating the intellectual, social and emotional elements of student learning is included in this site.

Enhancing Student Learning through Cooperative Groups
http://www.ericdigests.org/1999-2/learning.htm
This site includes tips for using cooperative learning groups in the classroom to enhance learning.

Howard Gardner - Multiple Intelligences and Education
http://www.infed.org/thinkers/gardner.htm
This web page is designed for teachers to explore the theory of multiple Intelligences by Howard Gardner, descriptions of each of the intelligences and helpful links are also found here. Another good site on the theory of multiple Intelligences is Walter McKenzie’s surfaquarium at http://surfaquarium.com/MI/overview.htm

Media Channel
http://www.mediachannel.org/teach
Concerned about students’ media use? Readings, resources, teaching tools and issue guides about media are featured on this site. A downloadable Teacher Toolkit offers teaching units, lesson plans, activities and handouts for media literacy.

Native American Lore
http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/loreindx.html
This site includes an index of Native American Stories from across the nation.

Scaffold for School-Home Collaboration: Enhancing Reading and Language Development
http://www.cal.org/crede/pubs/ResBrief9.htm
This resource for teachers of English Language Learners (ELL) is from the Center for Research on Education Diversity and Excellence (CREDE).

Teaching Diverse Learners
http://www.alliance.brown.edu/tdl/
Resources for the diverse classroom are the focus on this site. You will find tools for everything from elementary literacy, practical teaching and learning strategies and assessment to fostering family involvement and cultural awareness.

TIPS - Teachers Involve Parents in Schoolwork
http://www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000/tips/tipsmain.htm
This web site offers an overview and research supporting interactive homework and blank templates to use in designing activities. There are a wealth of resources for the teacher who wants to promote interaction around school subjects.

Using Technology to Enhance Engaged Learning for At-Risk Students
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/atrisk/at400.htm
This is a resource from the North Central Regional Education Laboratory (NCREL) which includes information on using technology to provide meaningful learning experiences while challenging children.

100 Ways to Know More. Do More.
http://www.nmpta.org/100ways.html
There are many ways to be involved. Here, you’ll find 100 suggestions. You’re probably doing some of these things already. The goal is to find a few new ones that you’d be comfortable trying now. Whatever you choose, you’ll soon see the effects your efforts have on your children, their schools and yourself. That’s because when parents get involved in their child’s education, everyone benefits.

Increasing Parental Involvement
http://www.mstl.org/education/parentalinvolvement.html
Tips for involving parents as active partners in education are included in this site.

New Mexico Commission for Community Volunteerism
http://www.newmexserve.org/index.htm
This web site was created to engage citizens of New Mexico of all ages and backgrounds in community based service to address the state’s human, educational, environmental, public safety, health, housing, and other needs.
PTO Today
http://www.ptotoday.com
PTO Today supports PTA’s and parent organizations with free articles, tips, resources and management tools (available for purchase) to develop and sustain vibrant, equitable family involvement and volunteering in schools.

Project Appleseed
http://www.projectappleseed.org/sitemap.html
The National Campaign for Public School Improvement. Project Appleseed is helping schools involve parents. This organization has created a list of 37 different ways in which parents can help and is on its way to recruiting 5 million parent volunteers nationwide.

Project Appleseed’s Parent Involvement Pledge
http://www.projectappleseed.org/pledge.html


Use Your School’s Parental Involvement Pledge Effectively by Project Appleseed
http://www.projectappleseed.org/usingpledge.html

Promising Partnership Practices
http://www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000/PPP/2005/nav/climate_index.asp
This site offers creative ideas for getting parents to school.

Service Leader
http://www.serviceleader.org/new/
This site offers web based resources and links for school administrators, teachers, parent teacher organizations and other parent volunteers, as well as anyone who coordinates volunteer and community partnership activities with other organizations, including businesses.

Teachers: Action Without Borders
http://www.idealist.org
This site offers resources to teachers wishing to promote youth volunteerism, connect classroom with the community, present your students with a research tool, help students turn their ideas into action or use nonprofit resources in the classroom. It also includes information on volunteering as a family and service learning programs.

14 Choices for Meaningful Student Involvement in School Decision Making
http://www.soundout.org/article.105.html
This site includes ideas for getting students involved in school decision making activities.

Advocacy for Academically Talented Students
http://www.cmu.edu/cmites/advocacy.html
This site provides an important resource for parents and teachers of academically gifted students.


Constructing School Partnerships with Families and Community Groups
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/envrnmnt/famncomm/pa400.htm
This site is a resource from the North Central Regional Education Laboratory (NCREL) on strengthening home/school partnerships.

Public Agenda
http://www.publicagenda.org
This site addresses a variety of educational issues from multiple perspectives, as well as resources for facilitating issue-based discussions in your community.

Public Conversation Project
http://www.publicconversations.org
Anyone interested in engaging in dialogue about the issues confronting our communities and schools should use this web site for resources to help define the questions, keep conversations on track and engage the community.

Study Circles
http://www.studycircles.org/en/index.aspx
The resources on this site can help communities and schools start discussions regarding race, educational achievement and diversity. A special section focusing on youth issues offers information on organizing study circles as well as information on training our youth to become facilitators.

Tools for School Improvement Planning
http://www.annenberginstitute.org/tools
This site has everything one might need to collect, analyze and interpret the data necessary for successful advocacy efforts.

Center for Language Minority Education and Research
http://www.clmer.csulb.edu/projects/shcc.cfm
The Center for Language Minority Education and Research focuses on school and community collaboration, which facilitates meaningful, cross-cultural collaborations among diverse parents, community members and educators. This site features information on professional development, school improvement, leadership and policy and civil rights issues.

Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation Youth Entrepreneurship Awareness
http://www.kauffman.org/entrepreneurship.cfm
This web site offers information and resources to support youth entrepreneurship.

The Foxfire Fund
http://www.foxfire.org/public.html
Foxfire (The Foxfire Fund, Inc.) is a not-for-profit, educational and literary organization. Foxfire’s learner-centered, community-based educational approach is advocated through a regional demonstration site (The Foxfire Museum) and a national program of teacher training and support (the Foxfire Approach to Teaching and Learning) that promotes a sense of place and appreciation of local people, community and culture as essential educational tools.

The National Drop Out Prevention Center/Network
http://www.dropoutprevention.org/
The Dropout Prevention Web site also includes links to:

• School Community Collaboration
• http://www.dropoutprevention.org/effstrat/sch_comm_collab/sch_comm_over.htm
• Service Learning
• http://www.dropoutprevention.org/effstrat/service_learning/overview.htm

New Leaders for Tomorrow’s Schools
http://www.ncrel.org/cscd/pubs/lead21/2-1toc.htm
An article on school community collaboration is included on this site.

New Mexico Indian Children’s Program
http://www.icpservices.org/unm/partners/index.htm
Valuing the uniqueness of each child and family, the Indian Children’s Program (ICP) strives to provide responsive, family-centered and community based services to Native American children with developmental disabilities. ICP belongs to a consortium of three universities – Northern Arizona University, Utah State University and the University of New Mexico. Other sites linked to New Mexico Indian Children’s Program (ICP):

• Pueblo Tribes http://www.puebloindian.com/pueblo_tribal_resource.htm
• Indian Health Service http://www.ihs.gov/
• Navajo United Way http://www.navajoway.org/

The Smithsonian Folk Life and Oral History Interviewing Guide by Majorie Hunt
http://www.folklife.si.edu
The Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage promotes the understanding and continuity of diverse, cultures in the United States and around the world. The Center produces the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, exhibitions, documentary films and videos, publications and educational materials.

The Toolkit for Cross Cultural Collaboration
http://www.awesomelibrary.org/multiculturaltoolkit.html
The Toolkit for Cross-Cultural Collaboration was created as a result of a study of collaboration styles of African American, Asian American, Native American, Hispanic American and Anglo American communities.