This webpage contains various training resources, including PowerPoint presentations and briefs, that can be customized for a state or local audience.
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This 2009-2010 calendar from the Michigan Department of Education provides local liaisons with a month-by-month calendar of important tasks to complete as the local liaison. It provides a useful base for a local liaison to structure his/her work and break it down my monthly goals.
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This presentation was created and delivered as a collaborative effort by the Homeless Education Program, Early Childhood Special Education Program, Head Start Collaboration Office, Infant Toddler Early Intervention Program of Washington state. The goals of the training are to help participants gain an understanding of family homelessness and the McKinney-Vento Act, understand services offered and basic referral procedures of different agency programs, identify strategies to improve outreach to families experiencing homelessness, and create local partnerships in order to increase coordination between agencies.
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This video series from the Idaho State Department of Education covers important homeless education topics, including: Definitions and Eligibility; Enrollment; School of Origin and Transportation; Identification and Notices; Liaison Responsibilities; Dispute Resolution; Collaboration with Community Agencies; and Title IA Requirements. The videos were created as training tools for local liaisons, district staff, and school staff.
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This training tool used in Washington state can be used generate conversation and promote resource and information sharing between training participants. Group seasoned and new local liaisons together to promote more meaningful sharing.
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This presentation was created by the Vermont Department of Education as a self-paced tutorial for local homeless education liaisons. It can also be used in training school and community personnel. The presentation is divided into four parts: Raising awareness, knowing the law, identifying and enrolling homeless students, and homeless education resources in Vermont. While part of the presentation focuses on Vermont, it can be adapted as a useful tool for other states.
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This PowerPoint presentation from the Vermont Department of Education is designed for local homeless education liaisons to use in training school administrators, school faculty, school staff, and community organizations about the educational rights of children and youth experiencing homelessness.
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