2011 - 2013 Parent Leadership Training Grant Application is Now Available

The State Education Resource Center and the CT Parent Information and Resource Center (SERC/CT PIRC) are pleased to release the following Parent Leadership Training Grant Application for 2011-2013.

The Parent Leadership Training Grant funds are intended for programs aimed at improving children's health, safety, and education by training parents in civic leadership skills.  The programs must (1) train parents in civic leadership skills and (2) support, increase, and sustain parental engagement in community affairs (PA 10-11, July l, 2010).

PIRC link to grant application is:  http://ctpirc.org/s/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=85&Itemid=154 

All grant applications are due on August 31, 2011 no later than 2:30 pm.  Grants will be awarded pending the availability of funds, public and private.

A Bidders Conference will be held on August 15, 2011 from 8:30 am to 10 am in the SERC Classroom at 25 Industrial Park, Middletown, CT 06457-1516.  For advance registration, please contact Martine Persico, Project Assistant, at SERC/CT PIRC 860.632.1485 x 288, or persico@ctserc.org.  Applicants are strongly encouraged to attend.

Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley event on Saturday, December 11th from 9:30 am to 12 pm

Everyone eats rice, no seriously, everybody does! Come join the latest offering in the "Raising a Reader" series as we invite families to the State Education Resource Center (SERC), if you could not guess considering you are at the SERC Library blog, meet the staff of CT Parent Information and Resource Center (CT PIRC), the Early Childhood Resource Center, and the, yes you guessed it the SERC Library staff to eat rice and play with rice ----- no seriously ----to READ the book Everybody cooks rice by award-winning children's author Norah Dooley, create some crafts and play games related to the story ----- sample different kinds of rice -----yummy! ----- decorate rice cakes and rice treats! You can take home a recipe box, designed by you and filled with rice recipes -----please bring your favorite rice recipe to share with others ---- directions and materials to replicate activities at home and a copy of Everybody cooks rice! To register for this yummy learning event to be held on Saturday, December 11th from 9:30 am to 12 pm, please contact Suequanna Lewis, Project Assistant at 860.632.1485 x 288 or lewis@ctserc.org. Space fills up fast so get going and register by Friday, November 26th so you won't miss all the rice, I mean fun!