Week 2 Assignment Loving Support Essay It is a truism that a loving, supportive home environment pays dividends in a child’s development. The same is likely true in a school setting; students who believe that their teachers and the school care about them will likely have a closer connection to the school and have more positive feelings about the school. In a two- to five-page paper (not including the title and reference pages) use the Jeynes article (Links to an external site.) (specifically pages 9-18) as well as three additional scholarly sources (not including your textbook), cited and referenced in APA style, to describe the idea of a loving, supportive school environment through addressing the following:  · Describe a loving, supportive school environment from the point of view of both student and teacher.  · Describe the parental role in helping to create a loving, supportive school environment. · Describe the benefits of this environment to the student’s academic, physical, and social development. Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment. INSTRUCTOR GUIDANCE WEEK 2 *Special thanks to Dr. Patrice Jones for sharing her original guidance in this document. Last week you learned about how both parents play a crucial role in the child’s education, especially when there is a collaborative relationship between home and school. A 2007 study found that new and experienced teachers who have positive parent relationships report having higher rates of job satisfaction. They also report that students of involved fathers, regardless of their living situation, perform better in school (Jeynes, 2007 as cited in Child Trends, 2013). The Watch DOGS (Dads of Great Students) is one school-based program that encourages male role models to work in a variety of capacities at their child’s school. The seven minute video, Getting Involved at School (Links to an external site.), features the coordinator of the program, the principal, and others discussing the importance of having males active in the school environment. In addition, going beyond the family to creating partnerships within the community has also been shown to improve students’ academic success.  One way to accomplish this is through community schools, a concept developed by the Institute for Educational Leadership in Washington DC.  Through this integrated, holistic approach with family, child development and social service support, the community school strategy is already proving its efficacy on student achievement, and dropout and graduation rates (Blank, Jacobson, & Melaville, 2012). Putting together a team that includes the principal, a few teachers, family members, and students is the first step in creating an “Action Team for Partnership” (O’Brien, 2012, p. 2). The purpose of this team is to work with community and business leaders to develop goals for increasing academic achievement, as well as impr ...

1. Week 2 Assignment Loving Support Essay
It is a truism that a loving, supportive home environment pays
dividends in a child’s development. The same is likely true in a
school setting; students who believe that their teachers and the
school care about them will likely have a closer connection to
the school and have more positive feelings about the school.
In a two- to five-page paper (not including the title and
reference pages) use the Jeynes article (Links to an external
site.) (specifically pages 9-18) as well as three additional
scholarly sources (not including your textbook), cited and
referenced in APA style, to describe the idea of a loving,
supportive school environment through addressing the
following:
· Describe a loving, supportive school environment from the
point of view of both student and teacher.
· Describe the parental role in helping to create a loving,
supportive school environment.
· Describe the benefits of this environment to the student’s
academic, physical, and social development.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)
for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
INSTRUCTOR GUIDANCE
WEEK 2
*Special thanks to Dr. Patrice Jones for sharing her original
guidance in this document.
Last week you learned about how both parents play a crucial
role in the child’s education, especially when there is a
collaborative relationship between home and school. A 2007
study found that new and experienced teachers who have
positive parent relationships report having higher rates of job
satisfaction.

2. They also report that students of involved fathers, regardless of
their living situation, perform better in school (Jeynes, 2007 as
cited in Child Trends, 2013). The Watch DOGS (Dads of Great
Students) is one school-based program that encourages male
role models to work in a variety of capacities at their child’s
school. The seven minute video, Getting Involved at
School (Links to an external site.), features the coordinator of
the program, the principal, and others discussing the importance
of having males active in the school environment.
In addition, going beyond the family to creating partnerships
within the community has also been shown to improve students’
academic success. One way to accomplish this is through
community schools, a concept developed by the Institute for
Educational Leadership in Washington DC. Through this
integrated, holistic approach with family, child development
and social service support, the community school strategy is
already proving its efficacy on student achievement, and
dropout and graduation rates (Blank, Jacobson, & Melaville,
2012). Putting together a team that includes the principal, a few
teachers, family members, and students is the first step in
creating an “Action Team for Partnership” (O’Brien, 2012, p.
2). The purpose of this team is to work with community and
business leaders to develop goals for increasing academic
achievement, as well as improving student behavior and school
climate. Organizations such as National Network of Partnership
Schools help schools to get started developing their own Action
Plan for Partnership (Links to an external site.) that includes
short and long term goals, and activities that guide them
towards success.
Week 2 Discussion Guidance
For this first discussion post, Parent Roles, read chapter three in
the text before you begin. This chapter will give you better

3. insight on some of the assumptions that are made about parents
related to their roles in being involved in schools including how
assumptions and perceptions that are made about people become
our reality, and how this may impact teaching. Provide some of
the assumptions about parents that have been made in a school
in which you have been involved. Be sure that you refer to the
text in your discussion, citing appropriately where needed.
The second discussion post, Counseling Roles, explores the
roles that school counselors play in family and community
involvement. Think about how they are portrayed in movies and
television, and in your own personal experiences. Are these
perceptions an accurate portrayal of today’s school counselors?
List and explain the factors that play an important role if and
how counselors become involved in school, school-community,
and overall partnerships. Research indicates certain
misconceptions counselors have about their role. Why may this
be?
Please review the discussion board rubric prior to your initial
post to ensure you are fully meeting each of the set criteria to
earn full credit. Your initial post should include relevant
professional, personal, or other real-world experiences in a
manner that is rich in thought and provides valuable insight into
the topic. Additionally, all elements of the discussion board
prompt should be thoroughly addressed with strong and precise
connections to previous and/or current course content, or to
real-life situations. When substantively replying to your peers’
post, be sure to provide a thorough and constructive analysis
relating the response to relevant course concepts that
incorporates pertinent follow-up thoughts or questions about the
topic, and demonstrates respect for the diverse opinions of
fellow learners.
Week 2 Assignment Guidance

4. Last week, we examined the social support that is provided to
students in school. The research discussed gave you a better
understanding of social support and the important elements
found within the social support concept. What impact would a
school have on a child when providing loving support as part of
the school culture? For this week’s assignment, Loving Support
Essay, you will need to read The School Community
Journal (Links to an external site.) article by Jeynes (2011).
Next, in a two- to five-page paper, excluding title and reference
pages, describe a loving supportive school environment from
the perspective of a student and a teacher, the parental role in
helping creating this type of environment, and the benefits of
this environment on all student development. Make sure to use
the grading rubric as a self-checklist before submitting the final
copy of your assignment to confirm you have met or exceeded
each required expectation. The highest level of achievement on
the rubric is “distinguished”, which is only earned through
exceeding posted expectations at the proficiency level. Please
remember you are in a masters-level program. Therefore, your
writing, research, and content are held to graduate-level
expectations.
References and Resources
Blank, M., Jacobson, R., & Melaville, A. (2012). Achieving
results through community school partnerships. Center for
American progress (Links to an external site.). Retrieved from
https://www.americanprogress.org/wp-
content/uploads/issues/2012/01/pdf/community_schools.pdf
Child Trends. (2013). Parental involvement in schools. (Links
to an external site.) Retrieved from
http://www.childtrends.org/?indicators=parental-involvement-
in-schools
Hjalmarson, F. (2011). Differentiated parent support: Engaging
parents in unique ways to increase their involvement in school.
San Diego, CA: TurnAround Schools Publishing.
Hotblack. (2009). leuchars_IMG_9975 [photograph]. Retrieved

5. from http://www.morguefile.com/archive/display/622680
Jeynes, W. (2011). Parental involvement research: Moving to
the next level. (Links to an external site.)The School
Community Journal, 21(1), 9-18. Retrieved from
http://www.adi.org/journal/resources/2011ss_SCJ.pdf
Jones, P. (2015). Week 1 instructor guidance [EDU617: School,
Family & Community Partnership]. San Diego, CA: Ashford
University.
Man of the House. (2010, October 22). Getting involved at
school—Watch D.O.G.S. (Links to an external site.) Retrieved
from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cy237ghwGoM&feature=pla
yer_embedded
National Network of Partnership Schools. (2010). One-year
action plan for partnership (Links to an external site.).
Retrieved
from http://sowashco.granicus.com/MetaViewer.php?view_id=2
&clip_id=333&meta_id=10524
O'Brien, A. (2012). The importance of community involvement
in schools (Links to an external site.). Edutopia Teacher
Leadership.
Retrieved from: http://www.edutopia.org/blog/community-
parent-involvement-essential-anne-obrien
Peters, K. (2012, January 17). Achieving results through
community school partnerships (Links to an external site.).
Center for American Progress. Retrieved from
https://www.americanprogress.org/press/release/2012/01/17/155
39/release-achieving-results-through-community-school-
partnerships/
Tschannen-Moran, M., & Hoy, A. W. (2007). The differential
antecedents of self-efficacy beliefs of novice and experienced
teachers. Teaching and Teacher Education, 23(6), 944-956.
Required Resources
1. Read from your text, Differentiated Parent Support: Engaging
Parents in Unique Ways to Increase Their Involvement in
School:

6. · Chapter Three – The Parent Trap
· Chapter Four – What is Parent Involvement?
2. Jeynes, W. (2011). The School Community Journal (Links to
an external site.), 21(1), 9-18. Retrieved from
http://www.adi.org/journal/resources/2011ss_SCJ.pdf
· This resource examines research on current collaboration
efforts in schools today. The focus of this recent issue of The
School Community Journal is on parent engagement in
education. The issue includes a guest editorial by William
Jeynes, who writes about the status of research on family
involvement, as well other articles that examine patterns of
family involvement in charter schools and programs for parents
of special needs students.
3. Project Appleseed. (n.d.). Parent involvement
checklist (Links to an external site.). Retrieved from
http://www.projectappleseed.org/chklst
· This website provides a parent involvement checklist.
Recommended Resource
1. Ferlazzo, L. (2011). Involvement or Engagement?
Educational Leadership, 68(8), 10-14. Retrieved from
EBSCOhost.
· The article describes teacher attitudes toward the parents of
their students. The author describes his experiences as a teacher
working with parents and the importance of teachers
establishing cooperative relationships based on listening and
shared decision-making.