Put QuickTips DVDs to work for you! Use them to provide a quick and powerful message at parent group meetings—and hand out the matching QuickTips brochures as parents leave. Play the videos continuously as parents wait for parent-teacher conferences—and give them QuickTips brochures to take home. Check them out to parents through your parents information center. Use them in one-on-one parent meetings. You'll find new ways to use them everyday!

    The informative, to-the-point QuickTips DVDs feature believable actors parents can relate to. The videos will help you help parents because:

1. they are professional.

2. the information is backed by research and the experience of leading experts; AND
   MOST OF ALL,

3. because parents will actually watch them and use the information they contain.

    Your parents will love them! There's no reading, no getting in the car, no need for child care, no hassle. All they have to do is set aside five minutes and watch! The QuickTips DVDs can be your shortcut to getting parents involved in the education of their children.

Individual Titles:

About Your Child's Report Card

Many parents do not know how to make children's report cards a positive learning opportunity. Now you can help with this QuickTips DVD. Parents will learn how to deal positively with their child's report cards—both good ones and bad ones. With this DVD, parents will learn how to use report cards to improve their child's learning and find ideas for helping children set goals for better grades. Parents will be reminded that report cards are only one measure of a child's ability. They will also learn how to help convey that fact to their children.  Time 5 minutes.

VHS Tapes are also available. Call 1-800-756-5525

Get Ready for the Parent-Teacher Conference

Parent-Teacher conferences can be intimidating to parents because they really don't know what to expect or how to prepare. This QuickTips DVD can boost conference attendance and make them more beneficial for teachers and parents by sharing effective conference techniques in advance. A good conference can build understanding and support for the school, teachers and curriculum. Plus, they help parents understand the importance of their role in the education of their children. This QuickTips DVD covers what parents can do before, during and after the parent-teacher conference to help improve their child's learning.  Time 5 minutes.

Motivating Parents Series Titles:

Ways Busy Parents Can Help Children Succeed in School

This QuickTips DVD is a must for busy parents! After the day-to-day hassles of working, commuting, shopping, etc., busy parents barely have time to speak to each other or their children. It seems like there is not time to devote to learning. And research indicates that "lack of time" is the reason many parents say they are not involved in the education of their children. With this QuickTips DVD, busy parents will learn from other parents how important working with their child can be—and that there are many parent-proven, meaningful ways to help their child learn even when time is a real luxury!  Time 5 minutes.

What to Do If Your Child is Having a Problem in School

Sooner or later, almost every child will face a problem in school. This QuickTips DVD stresses that it is not important to establish blame, but to make sure the problem gets worked out with everyone involved. Parents will also be reminded that the school staff wants the best for their child and that with clear, honest communication and commitment to work together, most problems can be solved.  Time 5 minutes.

How to Work With Your Child's Teacher

When parents and teachers work together, the results can be powerful. This QuickTips DVD motivates parents to work with their child's teacher—and suggests the best ways to do it. This DVD stresses knowing what schoolwork is expected, sharing important information about children with teachers, setting a regular time for homework, making sure children get to school on time, joining the parent-teacher organization, and more. The key message is that parents and teachers are partners in the education of children, and that when there is a team effort, children win every time.  Time 5 minutes.

Parents Are Teachers, Too!

We know that parents are their children's most influential teachers. This QuickTips DVD contains ideas for making the most of parents' educational influence at home. Topics covered include ways to encourage reading, use learning games and make routine activities a time to learn. It reminds parents of the importance of making sure children (of all ages) know they are loved and that parents are proud of their accomplishments.  Time 5 minutes.

Teachers' Learning Secrets to use at Home

Ideas from experienced, successful teachers come to life in this QuickTips DVD. The DVD presents ideas on how parents can: tutor their child that will make helping their child easy and fun for both; ask thought-provoking questions that will help open the lines of communication; and establish sensible and predictable routines to help their child get organized. Parents will also get insights as to what learning styles best fit their child. These practical tips and ideas can help every parent get more involved in their child's education right at home.  Time 5 minutes.

VHS Tapes are also available. Call 1-800-756-5525

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