News from the Training Department

 

Greetings from Director of Training Susan Reed

Another busy training year has begun! In my 14 years of training parent educators, I've always been impressed by the excitement generated by a room full of people with a common purpose. Until recently, there has been no way to harness that energy after the workshop was over. That's why we were so pleased to find a way to keep leaders like you connected. The new Leaders Forum is e-mail based and free to join. Training Coordinator Dana McKie and I are both active participants in the forum. If you haven't yet joined, give Dana a call and she can fill you in. It's free and it's a wonderful way to learn from each other.

Of course you are always welcome to contact us with your questions, suggestions and stories. Just call 800-825-0060 x120 or send e-mail to training@activeparenting.com. Were here to support you!

Susan Reed, M.Ed.
Director of Training

In July and August, parenting education leaders from all over North America and as far away as Australia joined Dr. Michael Popkin and Director of Training Susan Reed for the Training of Trainers (ToT) seminars in Atlanta and Malibu (CA). Participants deepened their knowledge of the programs while learning how to train other parenting educators. Several agencies jump-started their parenting programs by sending several people to be trained: Forward in the Fifth, a community education group in Berea, KY; Washington School District of Phoenix, AZ; and a group from Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) working within the Quinault Indian Nation of Taholah, WA.

Each 3-day event featured a mixture of activities, discussion, practice and just plain fun. Next year's ToTs have been scheduled for July 15-17 in Atlanta and August 5-7 in southern California. Contact our Training Department to be placed on the mailing list for the ToT brochure when it is printed in the spring of 2004. (Just call 800-825-0060 or send e-mail.)

Many thanks to our training partners at Pepperdine University, who provided the facility for the ToT on their beautiful Malibu campus.

Click here for more photos from ToT 2003.

Joel Monge performs a skit in Malibu.

Above: the Malibu ToT.

Marlo Thomas-Watson in Atlanta.

In Atlanta, Barb Bailey and Janet Rivers-Thompson confer.

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Laurie Hugelmeyer, AP's Australia Distributor, makes her presentation at the Malibu ToT.

Special Leader Training Workshops

Along with our regularly-scheduled Leader Training Workshops (call us or see the web site for the latest list of dates & locations), Active Parenting can bring customized LTWs directly to your organization. Click here for an article about our biggest Special LTW this year120 Arkansas leaders trained in 3 days! Alabamas Jefferson County School System also hosted a big training session. Not all SLTWs are quite that big, though. You only need 12 for your own. Give Dana McKie a call at 800-825-0060 x120 for more information.

Thank you, partners!

As always we are very grateful to our Training Partners for their assistance in scheduling Leader Training Workshops. By providing a meeting room and other assistance, these partners helped bring more parenting education to their community while earning a $25 product credit for each attendee. This past year, the Family Life Council of Greater Greensboro (NC) holds the record for most LTW participants. Director Emilie Gottsegen says she includes the LTW dates in her newsletter, but mostly the program has great word of mouth in our county. She also notes that Greensboro's location in central North Carolina is advantageous: People come from all over to be trained here.

Click here for more information about how you can be an APP Training Partner, call 800-825-0060 x120 or send an e-mail to Dana McKie.

2003-2004 Training Partners

The Upper Room - Cynthia Kurth, Derry NH

Vision of Glory Lutheran Church - Anne Marie Finsaas, Plymouth, MN

Family Support Council - Andy Conover, St. Louis MO

Monongahela Hospital - Anita Leonard, Monongahela PA

Archdiocese of Miami Office of Family Life - Elaine Syfert, Miami FL

Elk Grove High School - Denise Claessens, Elk Grove Village IL

Diane Lewis, Knoxville TN

Archdiocese of New Orleans - Drea Capaci, New Orleans LA

Family Life Council - Emilie Gottsegen, Greensboro NC

Columbus Council of PTAs - Irma Turner, Columbus OH

St. Francis Cabrini Hospital - Joann Derbonne, Alexandria LA

Community Hospital North - Janet Murphy, Indianapolis IN

Jeanne Tauscher, Maitland FL

North Hills Youth Ministry - Joan Schenker, Pittsburgh PA

College of Lake County - Laura Rovange, Vernon Hills IL

The Giving Tree - Mariann Davids, Port Clinton OH

Hope House Ministries - Mary Ann Bazata, Port Jefferson NY

Andover College - Mark Jenkins, Portland ME

Half Moon Bay Even Start - Roxana Fine, Half Moon Bay CA

Jewish Family & Childrens Services - Sally Cooper, Princeton NJ

Center for the Family - Sarah Jackson, Malibu CA

Plymouth Park United Methodist Church - Shirley Miller, Irving TX

Jordan Hospital - Susan West, Plymouth MA

Child Guidance Center - Suzanne Wallace, Bridgeport CT

Prevention Plus Consulting - Tami Damian, Lincoln NE

First Step - Teresa Northrup, Cockeysville MD

Jeopardy Foundation - Vicki Edwards, San Fernando CA

Irvine Presbyterian Church - Zandra Wilson, Irvine CA

Pamela Wood, Nashville TN

Cornell Cooperative Extension - Barbara Boyer, Warsaw NY

North Dakota State University - Kathleen Schmaltz, Mandan ND

Mountain Grove High School - Libby Bowie, Mountain Grove MO

Dedham Middle School - Carrie Vincent, Dedham MA

The Catholic Diocese of Memphis - Pat Perry, Memphis TN

Reprinted from Leader magazine.
Copyright 2003 by Active Parenting Publishers, Inc.