Presenting Green Valley Academys Parent Liaison

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Presenting Green Valley Academys Parent Liaison

• Building Bridges between Home, School and the
  Community

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Introduction

• My name is Sandra Butler and I am your link
  between home and school and my goals are to help
  you become more knowledgeable of school policies
  and procedures, to help you learn how to
  implement PBIS at home, and to help you become an
  active member of the Green Valley Academy family.

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What is PBIS?

• PBIS stands for Positive Behavioral Interventions
  and Support.
• It is a process for creating safer and more
  effective schools .
• PBIS focuses on improving a schools ability to
  teach and support positive behavior for all
  students.

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Ways to Support PBIS at Home

• Catch your child doing something good and praise
  him/her.
• Review your childs point sheet daily.
• Reward your child when positive behavior goals
  are met.

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Communicating with Adolescents

• If your adolescent seems reluctant to talk, do
  something together-take a walk, go for a
  drive,perform a chore around the house.
• When your adolescent makes a strong statement,
  say something like, I can see that you are
  upset I want to hear what you have to say
  Then listen without interrupting.
• Ask questions that shift focus away from your
  childAsk how a friend feels about a certain
  topicAsk what advice your child would give a
  friend.

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Ways to Support your Child at Green Valley Academy

• Attend all monthly parent meetings
• Visit classroom at least twice during the school
  year
• Volunteer
• Provide updated addresses and phone numbers and
  notify school of any changes
• Make sure students arrive to school on time
• Parent shadow your child if necessary
• Provide email addresses if applicable
• Visit Parent Resource Center
• Check out books/dvds/videos on parenting from GVA
  Parent Mini-Library located in Parent Resource
  Center

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Find out about the Following

• School Improvement Plan
• Action Team for Partnership Plan
• Results of the School Climate Survey
• School Data available online

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How well do you know your Child?

• Teens spend more time in front of the mirror than
  in front of a textbook.
• Teens need a degree of privacy to think things
  through Everyone needs some personal space.
• Teens are changing and developing Get to know
  and adjust to the new person.
• Teens want independence but they need to know
  that hands other than their own are ready to take
  the wheel-reaffirm your authority.

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Your Personal Invitation

• Green Valley Academy invites you to visit often,
  to stay as long as you like, to help us keep our
  schoolhouse clean and to help our students
  succeed in school and in life.
• Thank you parents/guardians!
• Sandra L. Butler
• Parent Liaison