{"id":6150,"date":"2017-03-20T06:00:46","date_gmt":"2017-03-20T10:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/?p=6150"},"modified":"2017-03-20T08:14:18","modified_gmt":"2017-03-20T12:14:18","slug":"popular-parent-connection-sessions-now-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.vbcpsblogs.com\/core\/popular-parent-connection-sessions-now-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Popular Parent Connection sessions now online"},"content":{"rendered":"

Did you miss last month\u2019s Parent Connection session \u201cAcademic and Career Planning Resources,\u201d presented by Virginia Beach City Public Schools (VBCPS) administrators from the offices of Student Support Services and Technical and Career Education?<\/p>\n

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Don\u2019t worry! There is now\u00a0an online resource.<\/p>\n

Starting this school year, the school division began filming the popular monthly Parent Connection sessions and posting those videos online at vbschools.com<\/a><\/em>. PowerPoint presentations and handouts are also available.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a high demand for these sessions,\u201d said Dr. Amber Rach, the school division\u2019s director of community engagement. \u201cTypically, our reservations list is filled to capacity within 30 minutes of sending out the email invitation to parents in our school division.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cParents tell us that they find the sessions very informative; however, parents are not always able to attend every session because of busy family schedules,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

Parent Connection workshops are offered monthly by the division\u2019s Office of Community Engagement.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe most often choose topics based on the feedback of our parents and sometimes topics are chosen to introduce parents to new or revised VBCPS-specific programs,\u201d according to Rach.<\/p>\n

Sessions sometimes involve student presenters.<\/p>\n

For example, the \u201cAre You Cyber Smart\u201d workshop was presented by Advanced Technology Center students.<\/p>\n

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In the session, students demonstrated how easy it is to find information online about individuals and even involved audience participants. Parents walked away learning how to maximize privacy settings on phones and social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe session was well received by parents,\u201d Rach said. \u201cThe students did a fine job presenting the material and several parents remained after the session to ask the student presenters more questions.\u201d<\/p>\n

Other topics this year have included \u201cCollege Planning,\u201d \u201cAssessing Your Child\u2019s Readiness to Launch\u201d and \u201cProtect Your Child Online,\u201d which was presented by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).\u00a0Due to privacy protection reasons, a video of this presentation is not online; however, DHS did provide the school division resources that are posted on vbschools.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Providing resources online is just one of several new improvements planned by the Office of Community Engagement to further assist VBCPS parents.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur main goal through the Parent Connection program is to offer parents information and resources about the topics that are important to them and their children,\u201d Rach said.<\/p>\n

For more information about Parent Connection sessions or to learn about more resources, including daily tips for parents, visit the Parent Connection page<\/a> on\u00a0vbschools.com<\/em> or contact the Office of Community Engagement at parentconnection@vbschools.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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