Migrant Education Program Superstar- Jill

Yesterday, I had the amazing opportunity to spend some time with a super-intelligent, dynamic and dedicated Migrant Home Visitor named Jill Peterson. Jill works in the Burlington Edison School District and wears many hats within the schools there serving students and families alike. She has served on the Parent Advisory Council for the Office of the Education Ombudsman which put together "The Missing Voices: What families Say about Family Involvement in Education." You can read the report by following this link: http://www.governor.wa.gov/oeo/reports/family_involvement_report.pdf. She also had a blog of her own that I have been reading to guide some really interesting conversations with my husband and children. It's at: http://powerofpartnership.wordpress.com/

To be completely honest, I really don't know how to support Jill with her work in the Burlington-Edison School District, because I feel like I am the only one who learns anything from our interactions. During our meeting, I filled several pages with notes that I took from her suggestions about everything from alternatives to traditional PAC models to using green, and technologically savvy ways of contacting parents that will actually reach them, to the latest in family involvement research and ideas that I will use while parenting my own children.

Since I'm sure that I'm not Jill's only fan (I get the impression that she has knocked her share of socks off), I hope that she doesn't mind that I'm sharing with all of you the impression that she's made on me. I am so happy for our program to have Jill working so hard for our migrant students and families and I can't wait to get to know all of the other super stars of the migrant education program better.

Thanks!