The document proposes developing a mobile application to improve communication between a school and parents/guardians. It would allow parents to access classroom blogs, school news, and contact lists. Research suggests parental involvement is important for student achievement and motivation. The intervention plan involves gathering input from teachers, parents, and students on important app features. An 8-week timeline is outlined that includes proposal, surveying stakeholders, compiling findings, and meeting with app development companies. Ethical considerations focus on maintaining parental involvement to support students' education. Data collection will utilize surveys and checklists to determine how to increase parental involvement through the app.

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Explanation of intervention
Schools are looking into how to communicate better and engage their communities
through apps and mobile devices. I want to design and implement a school application for smart
phones. The application would be supported on the Android platform, IOS platform (IPhone) and
Blackberry. A mobile phone app which is simply a version of the website made viewable on a
mobile phone will require internet access for users to be able to access information. This
application would improve communicating with parents, guardians and the community during
the school year. It would allow parents browse its schools' contact lists and peruse school news
and classroom blogs.
I my review of the literature surrounding parental involvement, I found an academic
article “Parental Involvement and Achievement Outcomes in African American Adolescents”
that discusses parental involvement and academic success. The article mentions to key
differences in parental involvement. The first one is home-based involvement which refers to the
frequency with which parents discuss schoolwork, school activities, and school programs with
their children. The second is school-based involvement refers to the frequency in which parents
participate in school events and communicate with school personnel. The author states “…home-based
involvement had the strongest independent effect on adolescents' educational
expectations.” This precisely what my intervention proposes to do; increase the parental
knowledge and communication with the school allowing the parents to discuss homework and
other school related events.
This intervention would improve student academic performance and decrease disruptive
behavior based on the fact that parents could have instant access to academic progress and

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behavior issues. All studies in the field of cooperation between the school and family shows that
parental involvement in the school is the educational factors in higher student's achievements. If
parents are knowledgeable and present in their children's school life, children will be motivated
and achieve better results (Schumm, 2005). Motivation provided by the child's parent and its
support are decisive elements in the child's success in school (Bojagjiu, 2009).
Intervention plan
The first step would be to present my proposal to my administrator for her approval. I
would present the pro and cons of have a school based mobile application. What the potential
cost may be and various companies that create school based mobile applications must be
discussed. The proposal would be research based with example from the mobile application that
other schools have created. This may take a week to set-up the meeting and gather my resources.
Next, I would need to survey the staff in order to determine the critical elements that need to be
included in the mobile application to maximize the depth of knowledge the application should
include. The creation of the survey may take one week so that I can be as through as possible.
Next, the distribution and collection of the survey may take one week to allow for
maximum staff participation.
Next, the students would be given a checklist to complete in reference to what they view
as important information to be included. I will allow for one week for this to be done. This step
will take more time. I will allow for two week for the parent to return the survey to the school.
Once all the data has been collected, I would compile a portfolio of the findings and meet
with one of the numerous companies that can provide this service for the school. I would need

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two weeks to compile this information. So roughly, the time frame would be 8 weeks from start
to finish on my part, I have no idea how long the company would take produce the final product.
Ethical considerations
I believe that education is an individual, unique experience for every student who enters a
classroom. Educators must have a strong concept of what they want to bring to each student’s
experience. The education of children is a total emersion in the profession, educators work way
past the requisite forty hour work week. Educators must seek to develop themselves constantly,
growing and evolving as the needs of the students change on a daily basis.
The students must understand that the teacher has their best interest at heart. I strive to be
firm but fair with my young charges. I develop a relationship that is based on trust and the
knowledge that I will do my best to nourish their mind and develop them into productive
citizens. Once this framework is established, the educator has already accomplished a major
goal: open, honest communication; and trust have been emphasized and put into practice without
having to preach to students.
The parents play an important role in the education of their children. The parent is the
child’s first teacher, biggest advocate and primary source of confidence. I want the parent to
remain all these things and continue to be supportive of the children. The development of a
positive rapport with the parents is critical to academic success of the child. However, in some
instances the parent may not continue with the encouragement and interest that they once had for
the child’s education. As an educator, I want all my parents to be involved in their child’s
education. I will seek to do everything in my sphere of influence to keep the interest level high
without the parents support my job becomes much more difficult.

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My goal for this intervention strives to keep that first teacher, biggest advocate in the
corner of the child regardless of academic ability, race color or creed. By trying to increase
parental involvement, behavior issues will decrease, academic progress will grow and the student
will understand that education is important because their parents are involved.
The data that I will be collecting will be their response, not data that has been fudged to
produce a desired outcome. The intervention will be comprised of responses from concerned
parents that want the best education possible for their children and to remain informed about the
happenings at the school in spite of their busy lives. My fellow educators understand the
importance of having involved parents and will heavily invest in the honest completion of the
survey.
Data collection procedures
Research
Questions
Data
Collection
Tool
Why this tool? Justify its
use in your study.
How does it match with
what you are
attempting to find and to
measure?
Timeframe
How and when data will
be collected.
1. How can
parental
involvement be
increased within
the classroom?
Survey A brief survey of the
teachers about what they
would like to see in the
school’s mobile application.
A survey that will be place
on the shared drive to be
completed by the teachers
within a week.
2. What
interventions can
be put in place to
increase parental
Checklist A checklist given to the
parents about what
information they would
want in a school mobile
A checklist that will sent
home with the students,
emailed or mailed home
and to be returned within

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involvement? application. two weeks.
3. As the
classroom
teacher, how can I
best involve my
parents in the
classroom?
Checklist A checklist given to the
students to determine what
information needs to be
included in the school’s
mobile application.
A checklist will give out in
homeroom and collected at
the end of the extended
period will allow for one
week based on possible
absent students.
3. As the
classroom
teacher, how can I
best involve my
parents in the
classroom?
Checklist A checklist given to the
students to determine what
information needs to be
included in the school’s
mobile application.
A checklist will give out in
homeroom and collected at
the end of the extended
period will allow for one
week based on possible
absent students.

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References
"Thinking of Creating an App for Your School?" ICT for Teaching Learning in Falkirk Primary
Schools. N.p., n.d
Hayes, D. (2012). Parental Involvement and Achievement Outcomes in African American
Adolescents. Journal Of Comparative Family Studies, 43(4), 567-582.
Schumm, J. S. (2005). How to help children in homework. Tirana: Max.
Bojagjiu, A. (2009). The preparation of the child and education. Tirana: Toena.