About Oregon Parental Information and Resource Center (OR PIRC)
Strengthening School-Family Partnerships for Student Success
The Oregon Parental Information and Resource Center (OR PIRC) provides resources, information, and skills to parents and educators throughout Oregon to more effectively connect families and schools in ways that create success for all of Oregon’s children and youth.
Goals
- Further the development and school-readiness of young children through parent education programs
- Strengthen school-family partnerships for student success
- Assist families in understanding state and local report cards and their rights under NCLB
- Coordinate school-family partnerships activities among agencies and organizations to ensure that families and schools are served statewide
Services
- Develops resource materials
- Electronic training sessions
- Translation and revisions of resources to make them more family-friendly (in multiple languages and at various literacy levels)
- Provides information about high quality family involvement programs
- Face-to-face training workshops at meetings and conferences
- Email and telephone technical assistance
- Targeted, onsite assistance to schools
- Annual Family-School Partnership Summit
- Disseminates materials
- Web site
- Electronic newsletter
Audiences
- Families
- Educators
- Schools
- Districts
- Other organizations
Partners
- Chalkboard Project
- Oregon Council for Hispanic Advancement (OCHA)
- Oregon Department of Education (ODE)
- Oregon Education Association (OEA)
- Oregon GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs)
- Oregon Parent Teacher Association (PTA)
PIRCS
There are 61 Parental Information and Resource Centers throughout the United States. They are funded by the U.S. Department of Education as part of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act. To find a PIRC in another state, visit the National PIRC Web site at www.nationalpirc.org.