Parent leadership is the key to family involvement in education, but how do you foster this leadership and what does it look like? This new videotape gives you a close-up look at a series of parent leadership workshops and schoolwide family involvement projects involving Milwaukee elementary and middle school parent-teacher leadership teams. Illustrating workshops described in James Vopat's More Than Bake Sales, this program captures the essence of parent leadership training in which leadership is accomplished by doing rather than talking about doing. Featured workshops cover:

• what is parent involvement?;
• barriers to parent involvement;
• keys to leadership;
• three complete community-building activities;
• taking parent involvement projects from plans to reality;
• celebration through publication.

The videotape documents the dynamic interactions possible when teachers and parents work together to support children's learning in and out of the classroom. If you are looking for ways to build parent leadership in your classroom, school, or district, the videotape's numerous creative strategies for achieving this leadership will be particularly helpful. In addition, Parent Leadership: "It Doesn't Happen Just Because You Say So" will inspire you with the energy, commitment, and good humor of the parent and teacher participants and renew your sense of family involvement possibilities.