6th Annual Parent Leadership Summit!

Online Attendee Evaluation - Help us make each Summit better!

Parents and education supporters from around the state must add our voice to the demand that the state make education its number one priority.  This is an opportunity to unite and consider ways to effectively build grassroots support in our communities for public schools. 

Registration & Continental Breakfast (8:00 am – 9:00 am)

Summit Program (9:00 am – 1:00 pm)

• Connecting with your business community, Dan Dorman
• True Grassroots Advocacy: Over the Back Fence - Mari Pokornowski, Advocacy Chair, Minnesota PTA
• Parent Panel – From Levies to the Legislature: Stories from Parents
• Why is the parent voice important?, Superintendent Susan Hintz, Osseo-Maple Grove
• Does Advocacy Matter? - Matt Entenza , Chair of Minnesota 2020 and former House minority leader.
• What’s happening at the legislature? - Mary Cecconi, Executive Director, Parents United for Public Schools
• Don’t Re-Invent the Wheel:  Accessing Available Information - Web resources at Parents United, Minnesota PTA, Schools for Equity in Education, Association of Metropolitan School Districts and Minnesota Rural Education Association.
  
  Additional Materials
• PS Minnesota Fact Sheet
• January 10, 2008 - Five Years Financial Drought - New research proves what educators already know: The state is financially starving Minnesota schools, Minnesota 2020.
• On the Road 2008 - Parents United presentations to bring to your local community.

Legislator Visits (1:00 pm – 4:00 pm)
We encourage all attendees to make appointments with their legislators for the afternoon.  Face-to-face meetings with your legislators are the most effective way for you to show how important our public schools are to you!

• April 8, 2008 - Legislative plan aims to reform school funding - "It needs to be equitable for each student in the state, and we need to stop needing levies for everything. They just drive everyone apart," [Joan Hauck] said Monday at a Parents United meeting at the Capitol, St. Cloud Times.

Location: Ties Building – Grand Ballroom, 1667 Snelling Avenue, St. Paul

Cost:
To help defray the cost of the Summit, we are asking attendees to pre-register and pay a fee of $15.00 that will cover the cost of the materials, continental breakfast, a box lunch and transportation to/from the Capitol.

If you have questions or would like help in making appointments with your legislators, please call (651) 999-7391 or email mary@parentsunited.org.

Registration:  Pre-registration is required.

Sponsored by:
Parents United
Minnesota PTA
Schools for Equity in Education
Association of Metropolitan School Districts
Minnesota Rural Education Association