Emergence of the Professional Parenting Educator: An Introduction to the National Extension Parenting Educators Framework (NEPEF)

Live Interactive Teleconference

Special Note: Due to the overwhelming response to the April 8th training event, we are repeating this Interactive Telephone Training on April 30th. For specifics on the April 8th event, click here.

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Are you a parent educator?
Are you interested in learning how to become a more effective parent educator?
What credentials allow someone to be called a parent educator?
Are you interested in training or certifying parenting educators?
Would you like to receive this FREE training directly from the authors of this new framework, without the expense of traveling and right from your office?

....then this interactive training opportunity is for you!

CYFERnet is pleased to present an opportunity for you to learn more about how to access and use CYFERnet materials in your program development and evaluation. All you need is a telephone plus a computer with web access. This training is one of a series of live interactive trainings sponsored by CYFERnet that utilize the web in conjunction with telephone conference calls to provide FREE trainings on a host of issues pertinent to working with children, youth and families.

Event Summary

TELEPHONE CONFERENCE CALL PROGRAM

Presenters:

H. Wallace Goddard, Ph.D., Extension Family Life Specialist
University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension

Karen DeBord, Ph.D., Associate Professor & State Specialist
North Carolina State University

Part 1 - (5 minutes)
Welcome and introductions

Part 2 - (20 minutes)
Introduction to NEPEF

Part 3 - (30 minutes)
Overview of the Critical Practices

Part 4 - (20 minutes)
Why NEPEF? Implications for Practice

Part 5 - (15 minutes)
Discussion

TIME LINE TO ASSIST IN YOUR PLANNING

Before the call

Download this PowerPoint Presentation.

On Wednesday, April 30:

Participate in call. These are the times of the call by time zero:

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Eastern
10:00-11:30 a.m. Central
9:00-10:30 a.m. Mountain
8:00-9:30 a.m. Pacific

On the day of the call you will need to be at a computer in order to view the PowerPoint presentation and electronic handout.

After April 30th: Please complete the "feedback form" you will receive through email. Let us know what additional training on NEPEF you would like. Then begin using some of the new information you learned about NEPEF in your role as a Parent Educator.

Questions or discussion regarding this CYFERnet-sponsored training event should be directed to June Mead at jm62@cornell.edu.

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