ABOUT DR. JANICE WILSON

Janice M. Wilson holds a doctorate degree in Educational Leadership with a specialization in Curriculum Development from the University of Phoenix, a Master’s degree in Elementary Education and a Bachelor’s degree in Social Service. She began her career as a social worker in child protective services in the early 1990’s in Cleveland, Ohio, driven by a willingness to change social conditions and help others improve their circumstances. Her enthusiasm to do more to help children led to continued educational pursuits. She has been teaching elementary school in Georgia for over 20 years and has earned a K-12 Leadership Certification and a K-12 Reading Endorsement.

Over the years, she has found that children thirst for understanding and she has always been eager to challenge, question, and fulfill their thirst for knowledge. Maintaining a strong determination to help others, she continues to desire to do all that she can to enrich the minds of children, and empower parents to be active participants in their child’s education. In her leisure time, she enjoys reading personal development books and sharing with others the importance of equal access to the justice system and identity protection.

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WHAT IS CASSA?

Who We Are

A parent advocacy organization that supports the goals of collaborative actions between parents and school educators so that long-term partnerships are established to increase academic success from Pre-Kindergarten to completion of High School.

What We Believe

Family involvement in education can be a powerful tool for increasing collaboration among parents and teachers and for creating more equitable and culturally responsive schools (Auerbach, 2009).

School administrators and teachers must embrace parents from culturally diverse backgrounds to create positive school partnerships and empower parents and students from culturally diverse backgrounds to increase awareness of school operations, the curriculum and student expectations.

What We Know

Current research shows underutilization of parental involvement at all educational levels, even though documentation by researchers and mandates by the governmental initiative No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 show the benefits of parental involvement in schools (Gonzalez-DeHass & Willems, 2003).