2. Why do I want parents involved?
Any benefits to you or me?
How am I doing about engaging
parents?
Can engaging parents make my
life easier?
Let’s make Parents our
Partners
3.
What can I do to engage parents?
Do the parents have the basic needs in life?
Do they know about the available services?
Do they know about training opportunities?
Let’s make Parents our
Partners
4.
Integrate
Investigate
Make a plan
Be sensitive and positive
Make home visits.
Keep in contact
Make a commitment
Strategies to improve
parent involvement
5.
Empower parents
Remember: Solutions not problems
Honor the parentws
Brainstorm
Strategies to improve
parent involvement (cont.)
Editor's Notes
What can I do to engage parents? Ask yourself . . .Do the parents have the basic needs in life?Do they know about the available services?Do they know about training opportunities?
Integrate the local culture into the school.Investigate Find out the family’s life story and their current situation.Make a plan to help improve family living situations.Be sensitive and positive, parents can feel the negative energy.Make home visits.Keep in constant contact with the family.Make a commitment to make parents your number one priority.
Empower parents Focus on family solutions not family problems.Honor the parents, the students, for perfect or near-perfect attendance.Brainstorm parent improvement courses, such as beading, sewing, or carving.