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Outline for Parent Chapter: Parents as Co-educators: From Coffee Buddies to Advocates

I. The Story of How We Came Together (and Didn't Come Together) • use context from panels • images form meetings

II. My Greatest Volunteer Job (Cynthia) • discuss project with Mrs. N and speak bubbles/photos • image of speak bubbles • see Cynthia's Page

III. Is Really Learning? (Lynne) • discusses learning groups and difference between her school years • uses the PZ website for info. • image of learning groups • see Lynne's Page

IV. Looking and Listening to Children's Work: Protocols (Gudrun) • video of parents participating in protocol at this years K night (Feb. 24th) • see Gudrun's Page

V. Inviting Culture (Sabrina) • see Sabrina's Page

VI. What it Takes: Considerations for Doing the Work (advice for next steps)

Other ideas...

•The impact of the marathon video •Our individual thoughts on the video •Why do you want to get involved •What was your time commitment •Our first few meetings? •More questions than answers •Good feeling about the discussions •What we hoped to gain from all of this •Best volunteer job ever – Cynthia •Protocols – I see, I think, I wonder – How we used them and learned from them. Gudrun •The refrigerator magnet – How our ideas morphed into the magnet idea - Kris •Group Learning – Is it really learning? Our questions that we had about this earlier in the process. Our concerns - Lynne