Parent Education Opportunities

INTL ParentEd is a helpful parent education program for our community. The school offers various informative events, talks, and webinars focused on program information, parenting practices, behaviors, and tips on raising children in today's modern world. We encourage you to take advantage of these opportunities.

Silicon Valley International School also partners with the Common Grounds Speaker Series. The Common Ground Speaker Series is a parent education consortium on the San Francisco Peninsula that presents a slate of cutting-edge speakers, topics, and special events designed to inform, engage and inspire school communities.
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Common Ground Speaker Series: Civic Engagement

An interactive workshop with Brian Fong, Program Director for Facing History & Ourselves, who will teach us the skills we need to navigate highly-charged topics.
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We are not always equipped for difficult conversations. We may be able to share our views easily with those who agree with us, but how do we express our opinion while leaving room for someone else’s viewpoint? How do we ensure our discussions are rooted in reliable information and that we treat each other with dignity and respect while discussing potentially contentious topics? Engaging in civil discourse means bringing your mind, heart, and conscience to reflective conversations on topics that matter, in ways that allow you to extend your understanding in dialogue with others. It does not mean prioritizing politeness or comfort over getting to the heart of the matter.

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Upcoming Events

List of 4 events.

  • Sep
    19

    Common Ground Speaker Series: Learning Mindsets

    Silicon Valley International School is a proud member of the Common Ground Speaker Series, that offers informational seminars and talks for parents, faculty, and staff. Registration is free for member schools.

    Learning Mindsets - 10 to 25: The Science of Motivating Young People
    Featuring ​Dr. David Yeager with Dr. Carol Dweck
    Thursday, September 19th @ 7:00-8:15pm

    In-Person Event:
    The Harker School, 500 Saratoga Ave, San Jose

    Everyone - parents, teachers, coaches, bosses - struggling to help youth reach their full potential need to hear (and heed!) Dr. Yeager's evidence-based, practical advice. Yeager's groundbreaking approach to inspiring the next generation challenges us to shift our mindset vis a vis the formative years of 10-25 from fear to understanding. His research will transform the way you think about connecting with the next generation, while making your own life easier!

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  • Oct
    9

    Common Ground Speaker Series: Parent Mental Health

    Silicon Valley International School is a proud member of the Common Ground Speaker Series, that offers informational seminars and talks for parents, faculty, and staff. Registration is free for member schools.

    PARENT MENTAL HEALTH: The Stress Prescription – Living and Parenting with More Joy and Ease
    Featuring ​Dr. Elissa Epel
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    ​​​​​​​​​​​Wednesday, October 9th; 7:00-8:15pm

    In-Person Event:
    Sacred Heart Schools Atherton
    150 Valparaiso Ave, Atherton

    Would you like to better understand the science of stress and how to become more resilient in the face of what often feels like unrelenting challenges, whether as a parent, student, or just as a human? Then don't miss this very special live talk on Oct 9th with renowned UCSF professor and clinician Dr. Elissa Epel, the author of The Stress Prescription, and co-author of The Telomere Effect. Come learn about psychological, social, and behavioral processes related to chronic psychological stress and health and how interventions that combine behavioral, psychological, and mindfulness training can help.

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  • Oct
    29

    Common Ground Speaker Series: Civic Engagement

    Silicon Valley International School is a proud member of the Common Ground Speaker Series, that offers informational seminars and talks for parents, faculty, and staff. Registration is free for member schools.

    Civic Engagement: How to Talk About Controversial Issues in Polarized Times – An Interactive Workshop
    Featuring ​Brian Fong
    Tuesday, October 29th @ 7:00-8:15pm
     
    In-Person Event:
    Silicon Valley International School 
    Cohn Campus, 151 Laura Lane, Palo Alto

    An interactive workshop with Brian Fong, Program Director for Facing History & Ourselves, who will teach us the skills we need to navigate highly-charged topics.
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    We are not always equipped for difficult conversations. We may be able to share our views easily with those who agree with us, but how do we express our opinion while leaving room for someone else’s viewpoint? How do we ensure our discussions are rooted in reliable information and that we treat each other with dignity and respect while discussing potentially contentious topics? Engaging in civil discourse means bringing your mind, heart, and conscience to reflective conversations on topics that matter, in ways that allow you to extend your understanding in dialogue with others. It does not mean prioritizing politeness or comfort over getting to the heart of the matter.

    Click here to register
  • Dec
    4

    Common Ground Speaker Series: Caring, Connection, and Wellbeing

    Silicon Valley International School is a proud member of the Common Ground Speaker Series, that offers informational seminars and talks for parents, faculty, and staff. Registration is free for member schools.

    Caring, Connection, and Wellbeing: How to Become a Hopeful Skeptic – Regaining Trust and Empathy in a Cynical World
    Featuring ​Jamil Zaki, PhD
    Wednesday, December 4th @ 7:00-8:15pm

    In-Person Event:
    Spieker Center, Menlo School, Atherton
     
    Our modern lives are filled with contradictions and worrisome trends, and our ability to empathize with and trust people outside our immediate circle seems to be lessening by the day. Luckily there are researchers and thinkers like Dr Jamil Zaki, Stanford professor and author of Hope for Cynics, who studies compassion and kindness - come hear the science and anecdotes behind Dr. Zaki's message that swapping "hopeful skepticism" for destructive cynicism can help us create the world we want to live in.
     
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