It promotes improvement in parents' and teachers' attitudes, beliefs, and self-perceptions about communicating with each other. Cooperative Communication Between Home and School consists of a series of six workshops for parents, two workshops for teachers, and a community panel discussion by parents. The workshops are facilitated by a team that often includes a Cooperative Extension agent and one or more staff members, such as an experienced teacher, counselor, or nurse. Administrators are asked to attend a portion of the second teacher workshop. The inclusion of community organization members and parents on the facilitation team is encouraged.
EPIC works closely with the school to bring the workshops to the community.
Workshops are led by two EPIC-trained facilitators, who are either parent volunteers or staff. The parent volunteer facilitators are supported by a trained coordinator within the school district, who also helps recruit workshop participants. Thirteen additional topics are also offered. Senior V.P. 100 Executive Blvd. The FLAG program is a family literacy program which connects parents to adult education and community services and provides early childhood and parenting education.