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Regional Parental Involvement Learning Communities


The Florida PIRC at USF supports five parental involvement learning communities across the state of Florida. A learning community has been established within each of the five educational policy regions designated by the Florida Department of Education.  (Please see map below.) A Florida PIRC at USF staff member supports and/or facilitates each learning community to bring together parent involvement professionals and parents with the shared objective of increasing effective parent engagement to improve the academic achievement of Florida’ s students. These regional communities meet regularly to offer its members opportunities to:

      • collaborate across and within districts in each region (including, for example, on presentations, conferences, and grant initiatives, and to make optimal use of regional strengths and address specific challenges),
      • share district, regional, and national resources and information,
      • translate research and evidence-based findings into usable practices, and
      • develop skill-enhancing relationships.

Learning community members hold of a wide range of roles in their region, district, school, or community including parent involvement specialists, parent liaisons, Title I personnel, professional development coordinators, administrators, Exceptional Student Education specialists, early childhood personnel, and parents. Anyone dedicated to enhancing parent involvement in one of Florida’s five regions is welcome to join. Please click below on your region for information about contacting and joining the learning community in your area.

Click Here for a regional map in a new window!

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