MegaSkills Leader Training for Family Educational Involvement Impact of the MegaSkills Program for Parents Parents develop new positive behaviors Parents learn to help their children succeed in school Parents fell more positive about school MegaSkills Leader Training is a comprehensive two-day training that is conducted by HSI trainers. Instructional training includes background information, research, content for all MegaSkills workshops, and complete directions for the management of the program. The training includes concepts, content and strategies to conduct eleven MegaSkills workshops. It provides opportunities to observe workshops and to conduct demonstrations. Leaders prepare a back home Action Plan for their own MegaSkills workshops.
Trainers receive training to train additional leaders in their districts.
Each leader receives a copy of the book MegaSkills , the MegaSkills Workshop Kit that contains a MegaSkills Workshop Guide for eleven workshops and a Management guide, a packet of Home Learning Activities plus additional supplementary materials. The program provides a complete MegaSkills curriculum and integrates into the regular work of the classroom, in subject including reading, language arts, social studies, science and math. A parent involvement component is also included. Team Trainers receive training to work within their district and train additional staff. Each participant receives a copy of the book MegaSkills , the teacher guide, MegaSkills Essentials for the Classroom Curriculum, Scope and Sequence Adaptation, Curriculum Integration Guide, Reproducible handouts for students and Evaluation materials.