Make the Move to Middle School Easier

The lead-up to the middle grades can be an apprehensive time for families and students. But for school leaders it also presents a wonderful opportunity to guide families when they want it most. 

Provide help right when parents are most eager to see their children make a successful new start with the 100+ page Moving Right Along Resource Kit!

Ready-to-Use Resources to Keep Families Engaged

Offering proven practices and research-based resources, this Kit will help both elementary and secondary school leaders prepare parents and their rising students to meet new challenges and open up a meaningful dialogue for success.

Give your families information to help them understand and ease their child’s anxiety and address issues, plus ways to help their child get organized and accept responsibility for learning, improve time management, strengthen homework skills, prioritize attendance and more!

Offer students tips on peer pressure, bullying/cyberbullying, reading, math, writing, testing, study skills and other key topics!

What's Included

The Kit is appropriate for both Elementary and Secondary age levels and contains:

• A ready-to-use, professionally narrated video presentation. Appropriate for family meetings with or without students, this video is a powerful, ready-made outreach tool for your school.
• A PowerPoint presentation with a suggested script for giving the presentation yourself.
• A Leader's Guide that includes an agenda, discussion topics and tips for conducting successful meetings.
• A ready-to-implement outreach campaign—complete with planning materials and handouts for your family engagement events, including:
• Ten successful transition program profiles
• Sample invitations and media releases to engage the community
• Checklists and timelines
• Ways to work with your feeder schools
• Reproducible materials to put into take-home packets
• Over 100 pages of reproducible handout materials addressing the academic, logistical and social concerns of students, parents, teachers and counselors. There are also ideas for the first week of school and ways to keep the momentum going for years to come!
  

Reproducible Kit components are provided digitally via an online portal and the printed Kit comes in an organized storage binder for easy reference year after year.

Plus, you'll receive this supplemental printed publications to distribute to parents: 

• 50 copies of the Moving Right Along: Ways Families Can Help Children Succeed in the Middle Grades 16-page booklet

Kits are available in English and English with a Spanish supplement

Resource Kit Pricing

For quantities not listed, please email customer service at customer@parent-institute.com.