Parent Education Opportunities

INTL ParentEd is a parent education program for our community which offers informative talks and webinars focused on INTL’s programs or parenting practices, behaviors, and tips on raising children in today’s modern world.

Silicon Valley International School is a proud member of Common Ground Speaker Series, a parent education consortium in the Bay Area that presents a slate of cutting-edge events designed to inform, engage, and inspire school communities.

Upcoming Events

List of 4 events.

  • Sep
    16

    Common Ground Speaker Series: Dream School - Finding the College That's Right For You

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

    Dream School:
    Finding the College That’s Right for You
    ​​​​Featuring ​Jeff Selingo


    In-person at St. Francis High School
    1885 Miramonte Ave, Mountain View​​​​​

    Attending college has long been a rite of passage for millions of teens. But as perceptions of higher education have changed, that well-worn path has become more and more stressful for students and their families. New York Times best-selling author, Jeff Selingo, reveals how to assemble a meaningful list of colleges that will inspire students’ futures but that can also lower the stress of the application process.
     
    Selingo’s new book, Dream School, suggests that the name of the school matters less than you think, explains why some families are choosing value over prestige, and describes how to make sure the degree really pays off.
     
    About our speaker
    Jeff Selingo has written about colleges and universities for more than two and a half decades and is a New York Times bestselling author of three books. His last book, Who Gets In & Why: A Year Inside College Admissions, takes readers inside the admissions offices of three selective universities and was named among the 100 Notable Books of the year by the New York Times. His new book, Dream School: Finding The College That’s Right For You, is based on two-plus years of research and an original survey of 3,500 parents.
  • Sep
    25

    Common Ground Speaker Series: Counted Out

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

    Counted Out:
    Math is Power – Film Screening and Q+A
    ​​​​Featuring Director Vicki Abeles (Race to Nowhere) 
    In-person at Mid-Peninsula High School, Menlo Park

    Celebrate National Math Story-Telling Day with a special community-wide screening of Counted Out: Math is Power. This provocative film is brought to you by a director of the award-winning documentary, Race to Nowhere, and examines how perceptions of math shape power, equity, and opportunity in today's data-driven world. With education under attack and misinformation on the rise, math is more than just numbers – it’s a language for reason, a foundation for truth, and a tool for democracy. Math literacy shapes everything from opportunity to civic life and a growing movement calls to reimagine math as a shared language for building a healthier, more informed future.
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    Join in the post-screening conversation with director Vicki Abeles.
     
    About our speaker
    Vicki Abeles is a filmmaker, attorney and change agent. She directed the award-winning documentaries Race to Nowhere and Beyond Measure and reached millions of viewers by focusing on social impact. She is the author of the NYT best-selling book Beyond Measure. Additional film credits include Associate Producer on the Sundance favorite Miss Representation (2011) and Associate Producer on Plastic Man: The Artful Life of Jerry Ross Barrish (2014). Continuing to bring communities together around the power of stories, Vicki’s work as an Impact Producer for Chasing Childhood and High School 9-1-1, along with producing the national live-stream event, “State of the Kids: Uniting for Youth Mental Health,” has built alliances across the world to empower kids to thrive.
  • Oct
    9

    Common Ground Speaker Series: The Parent Playbook

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

    The Parent Playbook:
    Improving Family Dialogue
    ​​​​Featuring Dr. Rona Hu
    Location TBD

    Our students feel intense pressure to achieve and often feel overwhelmed by school, parents and peers. Parents, no matter how much we love and want to support our kids, are often at a loss with how to truly communicate and guide them without inflicting more pressure. Dr Rona Hu, inspired by her days as a resident at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) where faculty members used theatrical vignettes to help young doctors learn how to interact with difficult patients, has created a theater troupe comprised mostly of medical professionals who write and perform skits to help parents and students navigate challenging emotions and relationships. Come watch, learn and have fun as Dr Hu and her troupe take you through some role-plays to demonstrate how we can have deeper and more impactful communication with our children.
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    About our speaker
    Dr. Hu is Medical Director of the Acute Psychiatric Inpatient Unit at Stanford Hospital, specializing in the care of those with serious mental illnesses, including schizophrenia, bipolar and depression. She completed medical school and residency in psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, and fellowships in Pharmacology and Schizophrenia Research through the National Institutes of Health. She also received regional and national recognition for her clinical care, research and teaching.
  • Nov
    6

    Common Ground Speaker Series: Healing the Modern Brain

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

    Healing the Modern Brain
    Protecting Mental Health and Mental Fitness
    ​​​​Featuring ​Drew Ramsey, M.D
    Location: Zoom Webinar

    Drawing from the core insights of his book Healing the Modern Brain: Nine Tenets to Build Mental Fitness and Revitalize Your Mind, Dr. Drew Ramsey will discuss direct, actionable tools and strategies to enhance and reclaim your mental health, bolster your mental fitness, and thrive in a world that can sometimes feel overwhelming.
     
    Weaving together the latest breakthroughs in scientific research with anecdotes from extensive clinical practice, Dr. Ramsey will demonstrate paths to optimize mental health and care for our extraordinary, modern brains.
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    About our speaker

    Drew Ramsey, M.D. is a board-certified psychiatrist, psychotherapist, author, and farmer. His work focuses on evidence-based Integrative Psychiatry and Nutritional Psychiatry. He is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons and founder of the Brain Food Clinic, a digital mental health practice, and Spruce Mental Health in Jackson, Wyoming. Using the latest research along with decades of clinical experience, he hopes to help people improve their mental health and build resilient mental fitness.
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