About Us
Building Parents As Advocate For 21st Century
Be Active
Get Involve !!
Parent-U-Turn offers a wide range of professional development services to support change and drive school improvement. Our consultants provide presentations and workshops tailored to the individual needs of our clients.
We work with schools, districts, and state agencies to equip educators with the tools and knowledge to prepare all parents to successful navigate their child beyond K-12 grades to college and beyond. Our expert consultants have supported K-12 parents and teachers in many of schools and districts. These ongoing relationships with schools have produced an extensive database of research on successful practices.
Parent-U-Turn can provide a single workshop or a comprehensive and sustained program of professional development. Sample topic areas include:
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Parent-U-Turn’s parent involvement model will train parents about their rights, understanding and collecting data, and how to advocate for their children. Parents will learn:
- the rights of children as students and their own rights as parents—to visit the classroom, to take off work to attend school activities.
- about course requirements and the curriculum used in the classroom.
- ways to support their children—“It’s important that parents discuss with teachers how to engage their child and use the child’s strengths to build strength in the child’s weakest academic area,” says Valerie Muñoz, co-founder of Parent-U-Turn.
- how to read data from STAR testing and other school assessments—“Parents need to know [this] in order to improve their children’s education,” says Johnson. “Plus [these are] skills parents need to be an equal partner on decision-making councils.”
- how to collect data through surveys, focus groups, and assessments.
- how to write complaints and hold people accountable.
- ways to successfully advocate for their children, particularly those in special education.
Past and Present Clients:
Lynwood Unified School District
Los Angeles Unified School District
UCLA Center X
Pepperdine University
Inglewood Unified School District
Parent-U-Turn is creating a parent facilitator guide in English and Spanish ;
