We are looking forward to having Aurelio Montemayor from the Intercultural Development Research (IDRA) Association as a guest at Parents as Partners at www.edtechtalk.com on Monday October 20, 2008 at 9:00 PM EDT (GMT-4)
Aurelio M. Montemayor is an senior education associate and master trainer, lead trainer and director of IDRA’s Parent Information and Resource Center for Texas. He brings extensive experience in working with school personnel, parents, and students. His career in education spans four decades and has included teaching at the high school, middle school and elementary school levels. He is a key developer of IDRA’s highly-popular WOW Workshop on Workshops guide and seminar. He serves on the national board of PTA and on the national board of Parents for Public Schools. He holds a master’s degree in bilingual education. He is proficient in English and Spanish.
I first heard a
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published at www.idra.org over a year ago and I was overwhelmed by the power of his words. He made such good sense. You will be particularly interested in his discussion about valued parent leadership. It may not be the person leading the parent council meeting who is the actual leader.
Our show this week will centre around Aurelio’s experiences working with parents in all types of families. His exemplary work with Latino families serves as a model for any school, parent group to follow.
