PARENT INVOLVEMENT
These are fundamental principles that underlie any successful parent involvement effort:
The focus is one the child and his/her success.
All children can learn.
Parents want the best for their children.
The school cannot do it alone.
Parents, regardless of ethnic group, socioeconomic status or educational background, are a key resource
their children's education.
Together as partners, schools, families and communities we can succeed in educating our children to be
able to lead happy, healthy, productive lives.
Benefits of Parent Involvement
Studies of parent involvement programs overwhelmingly confirm a positive relationship between parent involvement and children's schooling, particularly achievement. Schools with well structured, consistent parent involvement programs have experienced benefits in a variety of areas.
Students experience improvements in:
Achievement
Motivation and attitudes (towards school; homework; teachers)
Behavior
Attendance
Self-Concept
Suspension rates for disciplinary reasons
Communication with teacher and parents/families
Teachers and administrators experience improvements in:
Morale (and self-esteem)
Teaching effectiveness (proficiency)
Job Satisfaction
Communication/relations with students and with parents, families and communities
Cost effectiveness (parents will spend more time with individual students than teachers can)
Community support for schools
Parents also experience improvements in:
Communication/relations with children and teachers
Self-esteem
Educational level/skills
Decision-making skills
At school: Establish a positive with your child's teacher early in the school year and maintain it by:
Meeting with the teacher and other school personnel as regularly as possible.
Calling, writing notes or stopping in at school (on the way to work or on a lunch break)
Never miss a Parent-Teacher Conference and use the opportunity to share information with the teacher.
Ask for ways you can work with your child at home to reinforce what the teacher has done in class. Communication flows two ways, both from school to home and from home to school:
Exercise your right and responsibility to voice your questions and concerns in a constructive way.
The focus is one the child and his/her success.
All children can learn.
Parents want the best for their children.
The school cannot do it alone.
Parents, regardless of ethnic group, socioeconomic status or educational background, are a key resource
their children's education.
Together as partners, schools, families and communities we can succeed in educating our children to be
able to lead happy, healthy, productive lives.
Benefits of Parent Involvement
Studies of parent involvement programs overwhelmingly confirm a positive relationship between parent involvement and children's schooling, particularly achievement. Schools with well structured, consistent parent involvement programs have experienced benefits in a variety of areas.
Students experience improvements in:
Achievement
Motivation and attitudes (towards school; homework; teachers)
Behavior
Attendance
Self-Concept
Suspension rates for disciplinary reasons
Communication with teacher and parents/families
Teachers and administrators experience improvements in:
Morale (and self-esteem)
Teaching effectiveness (proficiency)
Job Satisfaction
Communication/relations with students and with parents, families and communities
Cost effectiveness (parents will spend more time with individual students than teachers can)
Community support for schools
Parents also experience improvements in:
Communication/relations with children and teachers
Self-esteem
Educational level/skills
Decision-making skills
At school: Establish a positive with your child's teacher early in the school year and maintain it by:
Meeting with the teacher and other school personnel as regularly as possible.
Calling, writing notes or stopping in at school (on the way to work or on a lunch break)
Never miss a Parent-Teacher Conference and use the opportunity to share information with the teacher.
Ask for ways you can work with your child at home to reinforce what the teacher has done in class. Communication flows two ways, both from school to home and from home to school:
Exercise your right and responsibility to voice your questions and concerns in a constructive way.