Innovative Educators

Planning a Successful Parent and Family Weekend

Registration Fee: $345.00

Description

Planning a Successful Parent and Family Weekend

On-Demand Training

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Overview

Planning a successful parent and family weekend requires support, time and resources. This presentation will focus on how to plan an effective program at your institution from start to finish. Learn how to effectively engage, thoroughly inform and creatively entertain parents during this popular weekend. Discover how to partner with parents to support student development and how to utilize campus resources for planning, staffing, and budgeting for this very important event.

Objectives

Participants will learn:

Best practices for parent and family weekend programming
Creative ideas/themes for parent and family weekend
How to involve the campus community in the planning process
How to create a timeline and a budget
The different components of a successful parent and family weekend
What are appropriate roles for parents in order to support student development
How to market your program
What the future holds for parent and family weekends

Who should attend?

You can use it wherever and as often as you want, offering consistent training to all of your hires.

Student affairs administrators
Parent program directors, administrators, and staff
Development officers and staff
Housing staff
Counselors and advisers
Recruiters
Admissions officers
Orientation staff
Anyone who works with parents

Who is the speaker?

Susan Brown, Associate Director Parent Programs and Services, has seventeen years’ experience as the Associate Director of Northeastern University’s Office of Parent Programs and Services. She has developed a highly recognized needs based program involving parents, students and the entire Northeastern community.

During her tenure, she created the University’s first Parent Advisory Board and Parents’ Association. In addition, Susan developed the nation Administrators Promoting Parent Involvement (APPI) Conference. Recently, APPI celebrated its tenth anniversary.

Susan has been a nation leader in bringing together varied institutions such as Syracuse, The University of Minnesota, and the University of North Carolina to share strategies related to parent relations.

A prime advocate for collaboration, Susan does not believe in the concept “Helicopter Parents”, but rather that institutions need to “partner with parents”.

Registration Information

You can purchase a single presentation or a pack of 3, 6 or 12. The more you buy, the more you save. For a single presentation, add the product to your cart and follow the steps. If purchasing more than two events, add the products to your cart and enter the appropriate coupon code.

Package Deals (for our products costing $345):

3 presentations for $750 - enter coupon code 3ondemand when registering (Save $285)

6 presentations for $1395 - enter coupon code 6ondemand when registering (Save $675)

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If you are interested in ordering multiple presentations that involve our products priced at $200 or $545, please contact Val at val@ieinfo.org or call 303-775-6004 for the multiple discount. Please note: a presentation costing $545 counts as two presentations, as these trainings consist of two sessions.

Or you can register via fax by clicking on this form: Paper-based registration form

How does it work?

1. We email you a link and password that will give you access to the On-Demand Training presentations
2. You distribute the link and password to your entire faculty and staff via email
3. You will have access to these links for one full year

What are the benefits of On-Demand Trainings?

Accessible: Email the trainings to your entire faculty and staff, so they can take advantage of training opportunities anytime, anywhere. They can watch in the comfort of their office, their home or while traveling.
Cost-Effective: No travel required. An innovative way to provide your entire faculty and staff with a variety of professional development opportunities for one low price! The more you train, the more you save. The registration fee is per institution, not per person.
Easy: It's as easy as point, click, participate. If you run into any problems, we're always here to help.
Practical: Our training sessions focus on the most critical and relevant issues facing educators today. Our primary goal is to provide participants with the information, training and skills necessary to immediately implement positive change at their institutions.
Top-Notch Speakers: Our speakers are subject matter experts and recognized in their field.
Flexible: When you purchase an On-Demand Training, it is yours for one full year. You can use it whenever and as often as you want during the year, offering consistent training to all of your hires.
Satisfaction Guaranteed: Our On-Demand Trainings are 100% guaranteed. Thus, there is no risk. If you are not completely satisfied, we will refund your money in full.

How will we use these trainings?

Hybrid Professional Development: Distribute an On-Demand Training to faculty and staff at the beginning of each month and plan a discussion session at the end of the month to determine how you will implement the strategies presented.
Online Faculty and Staff Learning Communities: Distribute On-Demand Trainings to faculty and staff so they can watch anytime, anywhere. Contact Innovative Educators at val@ieinfo.org and we will create an online discussion group specifically for your institution at no extra charge.
In-Service Training: Plan a day and time to show an On-Demand Training in a lecture hall or large conference room and invite faculty and staff to attend a debrief immediately following the presentation.
Staff Recognition: Develop a program around the On-Demand Trainings with monthly themes and recognize the staff members that implement the best idea related to the theme.
Team-Building: Utilize these On-Demand Trainings to develop cross-functional and cross-discipline teams to foster collegiality.
New Employee Training: Include these trainings as part of your new employee training program to ensure consistency.
Implementation and Follow-Up: Use the guide and evaluation materials provided by Innovative Educators to plan, implement and track your progress.

If you have any questions, please contact Val at val@ieinfo.org or call 303-775-6004 for more information.