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What is the Center for Parent Education?

The Center for Education is an academic center in the Department of Educational Psychology.  The Center for Parent Education responds to the needs of families in Texas through education of professionals who work with families, resources for parents and professionals through the Texas Registry of Parent Educator Resources (ROPER) project, research and parent program evaluation, and collaboration with agencies and organizations on parenting issues. Practicum, internship, and volunteer opportunities are available to undergraduate and graduate students working with activities of the Center for Parent Education and the Texas HIPPY Center.

What are some of the activities of the Center for Parent Education?

  • Annual Conference on Parent Education
  • Website with information for parents and professionals
  • Information and research searches for professionals and parents
  • On-line research briefs and book reviews
  • Research library
  • Networking and program assessment assistance with state-wide parent educator groups
  • Texas ROPER data base of parenting professionals
  • Updating Core Attitudes, Skills, and Knowledge for Parent Educators through focus groups, on-line surveys, and research
  • Identifying on-line resources for parenting professionals and parents.
  • Identifying funding sources and writing grant proposals
  • Collaborating with other groups and organizations to provide resources for parenting professionals.
  • Answering telephone and email questions of professionals and parents

Why might you be interested in a practicum at the Center for Parent Education and Texas HIPPY Center?

  • New knowledge and experience
  • Professional development
  • Opportunities to network
  • Opportunities to share your dedication to family life education and families
  • Learning about new research and publications
  • Research and writing
  • Learning how to acquire grant funds
  • New challenges
  • Working with a professional team

Where is the Center for Parent Education?

The Center for Parent Education is located in Matthews Hall 322J.  For more information contact Dr. Arminta Jacobson (arminta.jacobson@unt.edu) or (940) 565-2432.

 

 

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Texas HIPPY Center

Practicum, Internship, and Volunteer Opportunities

What is HIPPY Texas?

The HIPPY Program provides parents of preschool children throughout Texas with the opportunity and resources needed to get their young children ready to be successful in school. School districts across the state implement the HIPPY model of home visitation. In weekly meetings with their home visitors, parents learn to use the 30 week HIPPY curriculum through role playing activities they will later work on with their children. Monthly parent meetings provide socialization and classroom experiences for children and opportunities for networking, enrichment and parent education for the adults in the family. HIPPY Texas, in the College of Education at UNT, provides training, evaluation, technical assistance and fund development for HIPPY sites in Texas, as well as information to the public about school readiness and how to start up a HIPPY program in their communities. HIPPY Texas is funded by the Texas OneStar Foundation for the implementation of the AmeriCorps model of community service. Our home visitors are AmeriCorps members.

Learn more about HIPPY Texas here: www.unt.edu/hippy.

Practicum, internship, and volunteer opportunities are available to undergraduate and graduate students working with activities of the Center for Parent Education (evaluation) and HIPPY Texas (program).

Why do a practicum at HIPPY Texas?

  • Increase your knowledge of home visiting, parenting education, early childhood education
  • Gain experience in working with Spanish speaking and low income families
  • Have opportunities to network throughout the state
  • Learn and apply knowledge about program evaluation and research
  • Work with a professional program replication team
  • Your efforts will be balanced between activities that meet your own learning / experiential goals and working on defined activities that meet the needs of the program.

Where is HIPPY Texas?

We are located in Matthews Hall 322J.  For more information contact Tracie Crosswhite, tracie.crosswhite@unt.edu, or (940) 565-2432. A list of program sites throughout Texas is on our website.