The Metro-East Parent Connection (MEPC) was set up by parents for parents to share the joy and challenges of parenthood. Raising children is the most important job in a parent’s life, and the Metro-East Parent Connection offers help and support. MEPC provides service to parents and school personnel in the Metro East area and serves as a resource to parents, parent groups, schools and agencies.
MEPC brings parents together to create strong and
effective links between the “classroom” and the “living room” to insure all children’s success in and out of school.
Picture to Right: MEPC Coordinator, Joyce Smith, with Educators from E. St. Louis participating in Professional Development offered by the Metro-East Parent Connection.
East St. Louis 21st Century Workshop
The Metro East Parent Connection staff provided professional development to 30 educators from the 21st Century Community Learning Centers. The 21st Century Program is located in five schools in East St. Louis School District #189: Bush and Mandela Elementary Schools, Younge and Lincoln Middle Schools, and East St. Louis Senior High School.
 The objective of this interactive workshop was to model effective instructional content. Participants shared instructional techniques, played a part in Readers’ Theatre, and rotated through three centers designed to model standard-based enrichment through small group instruction.
Picture to Left: 21st Century Teachers celebrating their learning in Professional Development.
|
