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Parent Educators


Professional development of parenting educators is one of the four overarching goals of NPEN.

The focus of this goal is to help parenting education practitioners build their skills and the profession by addressing issues that transcend disciplinary and regional boundaries such as professional identity, ethics, standards and certification, training and accessibility. The NPEN Professional Preparation and Recognition Committee (PPRC) is responsible for providing leadership in examining and addressing these issues. The specific intended outcome of the work of this committee is that NPEN will be the leader in setting professional standards in the field of parenting education.

The work of the PPRC includes the development of competency resource documents for both professional and paraprofessional practitioners, design of a framework to provide information about existing types of professional preparation and recognition available for practitioners, and identification of groups and organizations that provide professional development and networking opportunities for parenting educators within each state. Resources related to these products can be accessed in the “Parenting Educators” menu above.

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NPEN'S EQUITY AND JUSTICE STATEMENT

The National Parenting Education Network (NPEN) operates through the lens of equity and justice. We know the importance of social justice (racial, economic, educational, health, housing, employment, criminal, and environmental), diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and belonging within the parenting education field and our organization. We demonstrate our commitment to these realities by ensuring that our membership and leadership roles are open to parenting professionals of all ethnicities, socio-economic statuses, ages, abilities, religions, sexual orientations, nationalities, genders, and marital statuses.  

Children learn about a just society through the words and actions of their parents, caregivers, and others.  We assert that our anti-racism and anti-oppression parenting education and family advocacy work allows everyone to be heard and supported. Our work includes promoting diverse parenting educators and parenting education in our media, webinars, member communications, leadership opportunities, networking, conferences, trainings, and advocacy. By keeping racial justice, diversity, equity, inclusion, access, and belonging at the forefront, we create an environment within NPEN that supports parenting educators, parents, and caregivers, thereby, encouraging children’s healthy growth and development.


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