A quick look at my proposal to increase parent involvement at Saul Martinez Elementary School and the overall need for parent involvement for student success.
Parent involvement is key to student success and comes in many forms. The document outlines 6 types of parent involvement defined by Joyce Epstein: parenting, communicating, volunteering, learning at home, decision making, and collaborating with the community. No matter parents' education level, not enough are involved in schools. The document provides examples for each type of involvement and stresses the importance of effective communication between parents and teachers.
The document defines parental involvement according to the No Child Left Behind Act as regular two-way communication between parents and schools about students' academic learning and other school activities. This includes ensuring parents play an integral role in their child's learning, are encouraged to be actively involved in their education, and are full partners in decision making. The benefits of parental involvement include improved student achievement, behavior, and attendance. The roles of parents, schools, teachers, and students in achieving parental involvement are also outlined.
Improving Relationships & Results: Building Family School Partnerships
National Center for Special Education Accountability Monitoring (NCSEAM) in collaboration with the Future of School Psychology Task Force on Family School Partnerships
The document discusses the benefits of parent and family involvement in education. It states that research shows parent involvement significantly improves student outcomes, such as higher achievement, better attendance, and higher graduation rates. Benefits are seen for students, parents, teachers, and communities. Effective involvement includes creating a supportive home learning environment and communication between families and schools. However, schools must work to overcome barriers like cultural differences, time constraints, and lack of understanding around the parent role to fully engage families as partners in education.
The implementation of the Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006 has highlighted the role that parents play in ensuring that their children are successful learners who grow into confident adults able to take up their roles as citizens and contribute effectively to society. Schools and parents need to work in partnership in order to achieve these ambitious aims.
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/slf/previousconferences/2007/seminars/parentsaspartnersinexcellence.asp
Parental involvement programs can have a positive impact on student achievement when they incorporate effective components. However, some programs that include many characteristics of effective programs still fail if they do not have sufficient intensity and focus on supporting desired outcomes like literacy. For a program to be truly effective, it must have a deep understanding of the parent involvement process and mechanisms, address overall student achievement, include exemplary outreach, and provide strong guidance and professional development for teachers and parents.
The following is a researched carried out on Parental Involvement in Education. A study on Dr. Joyce Epstein's framework on the indicated steps teachers or instructors should follow in order to acquire the involvement of parental figures in the educational process of a child.
Parent involvement is key to student success and comes in many forms. The document outlines 6 types of parent involvement defined by Joyce Epstein: parenting, communicating, volunteering, learning at home, decision making, and collaborating with the community. No matter parents' education level, not enough are involved in schools. The document provides examples for each type of involvement and stresses the importance of effective communication between parents and teachers.
The document defines parental involvement according to the No Child Left Behind Act as regular two-way communication between parents and schools about students' academic learning and other school activities. This includes ensuring parents play an integral role in their child's learning, are encouraged to be actively involved in their education, and are full partners in decision making. The benefits of parental involvement include improved student achievement, behavior, and attendance. The roles of parents, schools, teachers, and students in achieving parental involvement are also outlined.
Improving Relationships & Results: Building Family School Partnerships
National Center for Special Education Accountability Monitoring (NCSEAM) in collaboration with the Future of School Psychology Task Force on Family School Partnerships
The document discusses the benefits of parent and family involvement in education. It states that research shows parent involvement significantly improves student outcomes, such as higher achievement, better attendance, and higher graduation rates. Benefits are seen for students, parents, teachers, and communities. Effective involvement includes creating a supportive home learning environment and communication between families and schools. However, schools must work to overcome barriers like cultural differences, time constraints, and lack of understanding around the parent role to fully engage families as partners in education.
The implementation of the Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006 has highlighted the role that parents play in ensuring that their children are successful learners who grow into confident adults able to take up their roles as citizens and contribute effectively to society. Schools and parents need to work in partnership in order to achieve these ambitious aims.
http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/slf/previousconferences/2007/seminars/parentsaspartnersinexcellence.asp
Parental involvement programs can have a positive impact on student achievement when they incorporate effective components. However, some programs that include many characteristics of effective programs still fail if they do not have sufficient intensity and focus on supporting desired outcomes like literacy. For a program to be truly effective, it must have a deep understanding of the parent involvement process and mechanisms, address overall student achievement, include exemplary outreach, and provide strong guidance and professional development for teachers and parents.
The following is a researched carried out on Parental Involvement in Education. A study on Dr. Joyce Epstein's framework on the indicated steps teachers or instructors should follow in order to acquire the involvement of parental figures in the educational process of a child.
1. Parental involvement in a child's education leads to higher grades, test scores, graduation rates, attendance, motivation, self-esteem, and lower rates of drug/alcohol use and violence.
2. There are three major factors that influence parental involvement: parents' beliefs about their role, their confidence in positively influencing their child's education, and their perception that the school wants them involved.
3. Understanding the cultural, family, education, language, work, and personal backgrounds of parents is important for encouraging involvement.
Parental involvement in education has been shown to have significant benefits for students, parents, teachers, and schools. When parents are actively engaged in supporting their child's education through activities like attending school events, volunteering, communicating with teachers, and assisting with homework, students tend to have higher academic achievement, better attendance, and more positive behavior and attitudes. The benefits of parental involvement extend throughout a child's educational career from elementary school through high school. While all forms of involvement are important, research indicates that involvement focused on assisting with homework assignments can have especially strong and long-lasting positive impacts on student learning and achievement.
This document provides information for parents about school funding, volunteering opportunities, and the importance of parental involvement. It notes that schools receive funds for students who receive free or reduced lunch, and parents must be informed about how these funds are used. Parents are encouraged to join the PTO or volunteer for field trips after completing an application. The document emphasizes that parents are a child's first teacher and encourages supporting the school by volunteering, attending events, reinforcing rules, and making sure children arrive on time. It closes by thanking parents for their assistance and providing a contact for questions.
Parent Engagement in First Nation Schools: An EthnographyFaymus Copperpot
This presentation is based on my research completed via the Masters of Education program. I have combined research with my own experiences as an Ojibway child, mother and finally my experiences as a teacher.
The document discusses the importance of parental engagement in a child's education. It defines parental involvement and the major factors that influence engagement. Additionally, it provides strategies for when and how parents should get involved, including establishing home environments conducive to learning and communicating regularly with the school.
Parent Involvement In 21st Century SchoolsMary Johnson
Families, staff, community members and students all participate in developing families and students school friendly schools vision for student’s achievement.
This presentation explores ideas and strategies to help teachers and schools move beyond traditional practices of asking parents to participate and support school activities into forming full engaged partnerships.
The document discusses the importance of parent involvement in promoting student achievement. It provides information from four credible sources that find parental involvement positively impacts students' academic performance, behavior, attendance, and social-emotional development. The sources outline how involvement can include parenting skills, communication, volunteering, learning at home, decision-making, and community collaboration. While parent involvement benefits students generally, the document notes some research questioning whether approaches are equally effective across all cultural and socioeconomic groups.
This document discusses parental involvement in education through a literature review. It covers several key topics:
1) The No Child Left Behind Act aimed to promote parental involvement but many states found its rules too strict. Parental involvement is important for student success but can be influenced by environmental, motivational, and self-efficacy factors.
2) Studies show parental involvement through activities like homework help can increase student motivation and academic performance. However, too many or too few rules at home can backfire.
3) Communication between parents and teachers is also important for involvement, though some forms of free tutoring may paradoxically decrease parental participation in education. Overall parental perceptions and support are crucial for students.
The Influence of Parental Involvement on the Learning outcomes of their Child...iosrjce
Parental involvement in their children's education has been proven by research to improve the
children's confidence, interest and performance at school. A qualitative case study to evaluate the influence of
parental involvement was conducted. The study sample was purposively sampled and consisted of 20 school
heads, 20 teachers and 20 pupils. The researcher was the main research instrument during data gathering. She
assumed the role of the interviewer and an observer. Data were analysed using thematic content analysis. The
findings showed that, parents who had children enrolled in rural and public urban schools were less committed
to their children's learning. Further, they were not worried much about their children’s school environment.
They consulted less with the teachers and did not supervise their children’s home work. Parents whose children
were in private schools had better communication and interaction with their children’s teachers. There were
various models that were used to improve parent-teacher relationship for the betterment of the children's
learning needs. The study recommended -devolvement of engagement strategies, improved communication
channels, supervised parental involvement in school activities andmonitoring and evaluation measures to assess
performance, progress, outcome and impact of engagement strategies.
A toolkit for principals, teachers and parents about doing what matters most.
Everything you need is in this toolkit: clear and easy instructions; separate handouts for principals, teachers and parents; and the research evidence you need to convince everyone this is worthwhile!
Engaged Parents, Engaged Students: Theory and Practice Ving
This document discusses the importance of parent engagement in education. It argues that parent involvement is crucial for student success and achievement, and that effective communication between teachers and parents is key. The document is divided into two parts: the first examines research showing the positive impact of teacher-parent communication on student outcomes. The second provides tips and techniques for teachers to create structured parent involvement programs and facilitate meaningful communication through various methods, including the use of technology.
Increasing Parent and Teacher Involvement: Employing Research Discoveries to ...Bilinguistics
Involving caregivers and teachers in the therapeutic process is a major component of successful therapy. However, social, familial, personal, and environmental factors can make caregiver and teacher involvement difficult.
In this course we identify the benefits of family involvement and will then provide five research-based strategies for how to improve our interactions with families and teachers. We refer to the strategies as SMILE (Sign, Model, Imitate, Label, and Expand). These strategies have been found to improve communication skills in young children. We will define the SMILE strategies, provide the rationale behind them, and demonstrate how to implement the strategies when serving an early-childhood population.
Parental Involvement and Students' Achievement - P/PC argument ppointHiba Armouche
This document outlines a presentation on parental involvement and student academic achievement. It discusses different parenting styles including authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and uninvolved and how they relate to student achievement. Authoritative parenting which involves warmth, support and setting clear expectations is positively linked to student success, while authoritarian, permissive and uninvolved styles are negatively linked. The presentation compares home-based and school-based parental involvement and discusses barriers to involvement as well as benefits. It invites schools to encourage more parental participation and involvement.
Family involvement in a child's education takes many forms and can positively impact student achievement and school performance. It includes activities families do at home to support learning as well as volunteering at the school. Research shows increased student grades, attendance, and social skills when parents are involved. Both schools and parents must work to maintain involvement as children progress through their academic careers. The benefits of parent involvement include extra support in the classroom, improved communication between home and school, and showing children that education is a priority.
A presentation for our staff about appropriately reaching ALL of our parents/guardians in our diverse population. All materials were provided by Teaching Tolerance; a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Catalyst for Change: Cultivating Family EngagementJoseph Fratoni
1) One Green Apple has developed an online platform called OPUS to facilitate effective family engagement in schools at a dramatically lower cost. OPUS provides tools for communication between teachers and parents, quantifies interactions, and measures the impact of engagement strategies.
2) Current research shows that effective family engagement improves student outcomes, but most districts do not allocate enough funding to support engagement strategies. Implementing comprehensive strategies could cost over $1,200 per student annually, which is unaffordable for most districts.
3) As a cloud-based platform, OPUS aims to reduce the cost of supporting family engagement to between $50-90 per student by providing core engagement functions and tools through accessible technology. This could enable
This document discusses building relationships with parents through a successful Head Start program. It emphasizes that parents are the most important influence on children and their involvement leads to better outcomes. It outlines six types of parental involvement according to Joyce Epstein including parenting, communicating, volunteering, learning at home, decision-making, and collaborating with the community. It also recognizes common challenges to parental engagement such as language barriers, cultural differences, negative prior experiences, and lack of trust. Participants in the workshop discussed solutions to challenges and how to encourage the six types of parental involvement in their own programs.
Parent Involvement Module on Communication
Improving Relationships & Results: Building Family School Partnerships
A presentation from the National Center for Special Education Accountability Monitoring (NCSEAM) in collaboration with the Future of School Psychology Task Force on Family School Partnerships.
Symposium on Parent Engagement - Session 3 "How Family Engagement Impacts Stu...Schoolwires, Inc.
One of the nation’s leading experts in educational leadership and partnership shares critical findings from her extensive research on family engagement and how it impacts student achievement. Gain a deeper understanding of how to implement a capacity-building framework to engage families more effectively, and explore the specific components required to create successful family engagement initiatives.
Speaker: Dr. Karen Mapp, Senior Lecturer on Education – Harvard Graduate School of Education
1. Parental involvement in a child's education leads to higher grades, test scores, graduation rates, attendance, motivation, self-esteem, and lower rates of drug/alcohol use and violence.
2. There are three major factors that influence parental involvement: parents' beliefs about their role, their confidence in positively influencing their child's education, and their perception that the school wants them involved.
3. Understanding the cultural, family, education, language, work, and personal backgrounds of parents is important for encouraging involvement.
Parental involvement in education has been shown to have significant benefits for students, parents, teachers, and schools. When parents are actively engaged in supporting their child's education through activities like attending school events, volunteering, communicating with teachers, and assisting with homework, students tend to have higher academic achievement, better attendance, and more positive behavior and attitudes. The benefits of parental involvement extend throughout a child's educational career from elementary school through high school. While all forms of involvement are important, research indicates that involvement focused on assisting with homework assignments can have especially strong and long-lasting positive impacts on student learning and achievement.
This document provides information for parents about school funding, volunteering opportunities, and the importance of parental involvement. It notes that schools receive funds for students who receive free or reduced lunch, and parents must be informed about how these funds are used. Parents are encouraged to join the PTO or volunteer for field trips after completing an application. The document emphasizes that parents are a child's first teacher and encourages supporting the school by volunteering, attending events, reinforcing rules, and making sure children arrive on time. It closes by thanking parents for their assistance and providing a contact for questions.
Parent Engagement in First Nation Schools: An EthnographyFaymus Copperpot
This presentation is based on my research completed via the Masters of Education program. I have combined research with my own experiences as an Ojibway child, mother and finally my experiences as a teacher.
The document discusses the importance of parental engagement in a child's education. It defines parental involvement and the major factors that influence engagement. Additionally, it provides strategies for when and how parents should get involved, including establishing home environments conducive to learning and communicating regularly with the school.
Parent Involvement In 21st Century SchoolsMary Johnson
Families, staff, community members and students all participate in developing families and students school friendly schools vision for student’s achievement.
This presentation explores ideas and strategies to help teachers and schools move beyond traditional practices of asking parents to participate and support school activities into forming full engaged partnerships.
The document discusses the importance of parent involvement in promoting student achievement. It provides information from four credible sources that find parental involvement positively impacts students' academic performance, behavior, attendance, and social-emotional development. The sources outline how involvement can include parenting skills, communication, volunteering, learning at home, decision-making, and community collaboration. While parent involvement benefits students generally, the document notes some research questioning whether approaches are equally effective across all cultural and socioeconomic groups.
This document discusses parental involvement in education through a literature review. It covers several key topics:
1) The No Child Left Behind Act aimed to promote parental involvement but many states found its rules too strict. Parental involvement is important for student success but can be influenced by environmental, motivational, and self-efficacy factors.
2) Studies show parental involvement through activities like homework help can increase student motivation and academic performance. However, too many or too few rules at home can backfire.
3) Communication between parents and teachers is also important for involvement, though some forms of free tutoring may paradoxically decrease parental participation in education. Overall parental perceptions and support are crucial for students.
The Influence of Parental Involvement on the Learning outcomes of their Child...iosrjce
Parental involvement in their children's education has been proven by research to improve the
children's confidence, interest and performance at school. A qualitative case study to evaluate the influence of
parental involvement was conducted. The study sample was purposively sampled and consisted of 20 school
heads, 20 teachers and 20 pupils. The researcher was the main research instrument during data gathering. She
assumed the role of the interviewer and an observer. Data were analysed using thematic content analysis. The
findings showed that, parents who had children enrolled in rural and public urban schools were less committed
to their children's learning. Further, they were not worried much about their children’s school environment.
They consulted less with the teachers and did not supervise their children’s home work. Parents whose children
were in private schools had better communication and interaction with their children’s teachers. There were
various models that were used to improve parent-teacher relationship for the betterment of the children's
learning needs. The study recommended -devolvement of engagement strategies, improved communication
channels, supervised parental involvement in school activities andmonitoring and evaluation measures to assess
performance, progress, outcome and impact of engagement strategies.
A toolkit for principals, teachers and parents about doing what matters most.
Everything you need is in this toolkit: clear and easy instructions; separate handouts for principals, teachers and parents; and the research evidence you need to convince everyone this is worthwhile!
Engaged Parents, Engaged Students: Theory and Practice Ving
This document discusses the importance of parent engagement in education. It argues that parent involvement is crucial for student success and achievement, and that effective communication between teachers and parents is key. The document is divided into two parts: the first examines research showing the positive impact of teacher-parent communication on student outcomes. The second provides tips and techniques for teachers to create structured parent involvement programs and facilitate meaningful communication through various methods, including the use of technology.
Increasing Parent and Teacher Involvement: Employing Research Discoveries to ...Bilinguistics
Involving caregivers and teachers in the therapeutic process is a major component of successful therapy. However, social, familial, personal, and environmental factors can make caregiver and teacher involvement difficult.
In this course we identify the benefits of family involvement and will then provide five research-based strategies for how to improve our interactions with families and teachers. We refer to the strategies as SMILE (Sign, Model, Imitate, Label, and Expand). These strategies have been found to improve communication skills in young children. We will define the SMILE strategies, provide the rationale behind them, and demonstrate how to implement the strategies when serving an early-childhood population.
Parental Involvement and Students' Achievement - P/PC argument ppointHiba Armouche
This document outlines a presentation on parental involvement and student academic achievement. It discusses different parenting styles including authoritarian, authoritative, permissive, and uninvolved and how they relate to student achievement. Authoritative parenting which involves warmth, support and setting clear expectations is positively linked to student success, while authoritarian, permissive and uninvolved styles are negatively linked. The presentation compares home-based and school-based parental involvement and discusses barriers to involvement as well as benefits. It invites schools to encourage more parental participation and involvement.
Family involvement in a child's education takes many forms and can positively impact student achievement and school performance. It includes activities families do at home to support learning as well as volunteering at the school. Research shows increased student grades, attendance, and social skills when parents are involved. Both schools and parents must work to maintain involvement as children progress through their academic careers. The benefits of parent involvement include extra support in the classroom, improved communication between home and school, and showing children that education is a priority.
A presentation for our staff about appropriately reaching ALL of our parents/guardians in our diverse population. All materials were provided by Teaching Tolerance; a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center
Catalyst for Change: Cultivating Family EngagementJoseph Fratoni
1) One Green Apple has developed an online platform called OPUS to facilitate effective family engagement in schools at a dramatically lower cost. OPUS provides tools for communication between teachers and parents, quantifies interactions, and measures the impact of engagement strategies.
2) Current research shows that effective family engagement improves student outcomes, but most districts do not allocate enough funding to support engagement strategies. Implementing comprehensive strategies could cost over $1,200 per student annually, which is unaffordable for most districts.
3) As a cloud-based platform, OPUS aims to reduce the cost of supporting family engagement to between $50-90 per student by providing core engagement functions and tools through accessible technology. This could enable
This document discusses building relationships with parents through a successful Head Start program. It emphasizes that parents are the most important influence on children and their involvement leads to better outcomes. It outlines six types of parental involvement according to Joyce Epstein including parenting, communicating, volunteering, learning at home, decision-making, and collaborating with the community. It also recognizes common challenges to parental engagement such as language barriers, cultural differences, negative prior experiences, and lack of trust. Participants in the workshop discussed solutions to challenges and how to encourage the six types of parental involvement in their own programs.
Parent Involvement Module on Communication
Improving Relationships & Results: Building Family School Partnerships
A presentation from the National Center for Special Education Accountability Monitoring (NCSEAM) in collaboration with the Future of School Psychology Task Force on Family School Partnerships.
Symposium on Parent Engagement - Session 3 "How Family Engagement Impacts Stu...Schoolwires, Inc.
One of the nation’s leading experts in educational leadership and partnership shares critical findings from her extensive research on family engagement and how it impacts student achievement. Gain a deeper understanding of how to implement a capacity-building framework to engage families more effectively, and explore the specific components required to create successful family engagement initiatives.
Speaker: Dr. Karen Mapp, Senior Lecturer on Education – Harvard Graduate School of Education
The document provides information on family and parental involvement for a workshop, including objectives to present research supporting parental involvement, requirements for Title I parental involvement, and ideas and resources to increase family engagement. It includes sample parental involvement policies, compacts, and assessment tools for districts and schools to utilize. The overall purpose is to help districts and schools strengthen family partnerships to support student achievement.
Overview of the current and future direction of the Family & Intercultural Resource Center (FIRC)'s mission and programs. Gain a better understanding of the Community Support and Families United services offered to Summit County, Colorado.
This document discusses building systemic family and community engagement in the Boston Public Schools. It begins with an overview of reforming engagement versus transforming it to indicate a paradigm shift. Engaging families is important because it positively impacts student achievement. Effective engagement is shared, continuous, and occurs across multiple learning settings. The document then discusses transforming engagement at the district and school levels through defining a shared vision and structures to support the work. It provides examples of Boston's efforts to organize engagement work through standards, policies, and tools like family learning guides and a multi-tiered system of supports. It emphasizes that student achievement is the goal and engagement must be district-wide with collaborative structures that reduce inequities.
This document discusses building systemic family and community engagement in the Boston Public Schools. It begins with an overview of reforming engagement practices versus transforming them. Engaging families and communities is important because it positively impacts student achievement and supports the core mission of schools. Effective engagement requires a paradigm shift that sees families and communities as partners rather than bystanders or problems. The document then outlines Boston's process for defining the work of engagement through establishing a shared vision, standards, and organizing engagement efforts. It provides examples of tools and strategies used to facilitate engagement, such as family learning guides, a tiered system of support, and a parent university program. Data shows these efforts are successfully increasing parent participation, confidence, and school involvement. The conclusion
ACTION PLAN FOR PARENT AND COMUNITY INVOLVEMENT.pdfbulwarker
In accordance with the board-adopted goals and the superintendent’s educational agenda for 2000, district staff will implement the
following action plan.
This document discusses the importance of commitment from families, communities, and schools to create effective educational programs for students. It defines commitment as pledging or engaging oneself through actions. When these groups work together through increased communication between schools and families, providing resources and support to meet goals, and families being involved in planning, it can lead to benefits like higher test scores, attendance, and school bonding for students. The document encourages developing commitment plans and holding orientations where families and staff recite vows to clearly set expectations and roles for afterschool programs.
This document discusses using a time dollar system to engage communities and support families. A time dollar system allows individuals to earn credits for their contributions of time that can then be exchanged for goods and services. The document outlines how a time dollar program was implemented in an inner city school to increase parent participation. Parents earned time dollars for volunteering at the school that could be used at a time dollar store for needed supplies. Both parents and teachers reported benefits like improved student performance and stronger school-community relationships. Lessons learned highlighted ways to improve transportation options and reward student achievements to increase parent involvement over time.
Here are the key steps:
1. Define the problem clearly - Low parent involvement based on survey data
2. Analyze why it's happening - Consider barriers like work schedules, language, lack of understanding of how to help
3. Brainstorm solutions - Ideas like translated materials, flexible volunteer times, training on how to support learning at home
4. Choose a solution to implement - Pick one idea to try like offering an evening parenting workshop
5. Implement and evaluate - Hold the workshop, get feedback, and determine if it helped address the problem
6. Refine as needed - If it didn't work, regroup and tweak the approach or pick another solution to implement and evaluate
The
Families CAN Make A Difference
2014 Summer Institute – Equity in the Era of Common Core
Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools
Here are the key steps:
1. Define the problem clearly
2. Analyze the problem
3. Develop a plan
4. Implement the plan
5. Evaluate the results
Does this help summarize the key aspects of using a problem-solving process to address issues found in parent survey data? Let me know if you need any clarification or have additional questions.
Alki is participating in National PTA's School of Excellence for the 2019-2020 school year. This presentation will provide information about the framework of family/school partnerships. The School of Excellence timeline and National Standards are also included.
Connect the dots 2014 National StandardsSherri Wilson
This document discusses the National Standards for Family-School Partnerships developed by the National PTA. It defines effective family engagement as having three components: a shared responsibility between schools and families, being continuous from early childhood through college/career, and occurring across various learning contexts including home, school, after-school programs, etc. Research shows that family involvement at home has the greatest impact on student achievement. The six National Standards for engaging families are then presented: welcoming all families, communicating effectively, supporting student success, speaking up for every child, sharing power, and collaborating with the community. Tools for implementing the standards like an assessment guide are also mentioned.
Trending Topic: It's All About Family Engagementreneelajackson
The trinity of family and community engagement is relational trust, promising practices, and compliance. It's time to rethink family and community engagement - moving from management and presentation of information to relationships and capacity building, as well as, helping families, communities, staff, and students learn together.
Urban Sprouts partners with underserved schools in San Francisco to implement garden-based education programs that teach nutrition, wellness, and community building. They work with over 700 students annually in 7 schools, providing hands-on lessons in school gardens to increase knowledge of healthy eating and encourage behavior change. Evaluation found that the programs increased students' nutrition knowledge and willingness to try new foods, and many reported overall improved eating habits. Urban Sprouts seeks to strengthen existing programs and expand training to share their model more broadly.
The document discusses the importance of family involvement in education. Research shows that students are more likely to succeed academically and less likely to engage in risky behaviors when their families are involved in their education. Effective family engagement occurs across multiple learning environments, including home, school, afterschool programs, and community programs. Statistics demonstrate improved grades, test scores, behavior, attendance, and likelihood of continuing education for students with involved families. The document provides strategies and resources for schools to promote meaningful family participation.
The document discusses the importance of family involvement in education. Research shows that children are more likely to succeed in school and less likely to engage in risky behaviors when their families are involved in their education. Effective family engagement occurs across multiple settings, including at home, in early education programs, in schools, and in afterschool programs. Statistics show that students with involved families get better grades and are less likely to repeat grades or be suspended. Family involvement benefits students in both their academic performance and future success. The document provides recommendations for schools to promote family involvement, such as creating a welcoming environment, setting student goals jointly with families, and initiating volunteer programs.
Partnering with Parents for Student Success in Higher EducationDave Becker
"Parents are partners" is a common phrase we hear at many colleges. But what does that mean? And where do you start?
CampusESP presented on this topic at MSACROA with Cyndy Hill, Director of Penn State's Parent Programs and suggested 5 strategies based on parent engagement data:
1) Personalize your outreach
2) Focus parent involvement on recruiting and admissions
3) Nudge the nudgers
4) Don't use FERPA as an excuse
5) Build a parent engagement strategy
This document outlines strategies for engaging parents in mentoring and afterschool programs. It discusses defining parent engagement, challenges to engagement, and best practices supported by research. Effective approaches involve parents as partners through collaboration, engage and serve families by addressing their needs, and incorporate parents in meaningful ways while respecting their roles and strengths. The document provides discussion topics, scenarios, and resources for programs to improve engagement practices.
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Leveraging Generative AI to Drive Nonprofit InnovationTechSoup
In this webinar, participants learned how to utilize Generative AI to streamline operations and elevate member engagement. Amazon Web Service experts provided a customer specific use cases and dived into low/no-code tools that are quick and easy to deploy through Amazon Web Service (AWS.)
Philippine Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan (EPP) CurriculumMJDuyan
(𝐓𝐋𝐄 𝟏𝟎𝟎) (𝐋𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝟏)-𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐬
𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐏𝐏 𝐂𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐮𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬:
- Understand the goals and objectives of the Edukasyong Pantahanan at Pangkabuhayan (EPP) curriculum, recognizing its importance in fostering practical life skills and values among students. Students will also be able to identify the key components and subjects covered, such as agriculture, home economics, industrial arts, and information and communication technology.
𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐍𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐄𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐫:
-Define entrepreneurship, distinguishing it from general business activities by emphasizing its focus on innovation, risk-taking, and value creation. Students will describe the characteristics and traits of successful entrepreneurs, including their roles and responsibilities, and discuss the broader economic and social impacts of entrepreneurial activities on both local and global scales.
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering.pptxDenish Jangid
Chapter wise All Notes of First year Basic Civil Engineering
Syllabus
Chapter-1
Introduction to objective, scope and outcome the subject
Chapter 2
Introduction: Scope and Specialization of Civil Engineering, Role of civil Engineer in Society, Impact of infrastructural development on economy of country.
Chapter 3
Surveying: Object Principles & Types of Surveying; Site Plans, Plans & Maps; Scales & Unit of different Measurements.
Linear Measurements: Instruments used. Linear Measurement by Tape, Ranging out Survey Lines and overcoming Obstructions; Measurements on sloping ground; Tape corrections, conventional symbols. Angular Measurements: Instruments used; Introduction to Compass Surveying, Bearings and Longitude & Latitude of a Line, Introduction to total station.
Levelling: Instrument used Object of levelling, Methods of levelling in brief, and Contour maps.
Chapter 4
Buildings: Selection of site for Buildings, Layout of Building Plan, Types of buildings, Plinth area, carpet area, floor space index, Introduction to building byelaws, concept of sun light & ventilation. Components of Buildings & their functions, Basic concept of R.C.C., Introduction to types of foundation
Chapter 5
Transportation: Introduction to Transportation Engineering; Traffic and Road Safety: Types and Characteristics of Various Modes of Transportation; Various Road Traffic Signs, Causes of Accidents and Road Safety Measures.
Chapter 6
Environmental Engineering: Environmental Pollution, Environmental Acts and Regulations, Functional Concepts of Ecology, Basics of Species, Biodiversity, Ecosystem, Hydrological Cycle; Chemical Cycles: Carbon, Nitrogen & Phosphorus; Energy Flow in Ecosystems.
Water Pollution: Water Quality standards, Introduction to Treatment & Disposal of Waste Water. Reuse and Saving of Water, Rain Water Harvesting. Solid Waste Management: Classification of Solid Waste, Collection, Transportation and Disposal of Solid. Recycling of Solid Waste: Energy Recovery, Sanitary Landfill, On-Site Sanitation. Air & Noise Pollution: Primary and Secondary air pollutants, Harmful effects of Air Pollution, Control of Air Pollution. . Noise Pollution Harmful Effects of noise pollution, control of noise pollution, Global warming & Climate Change, Ozone depletion, Greenhouse effect
Text Books:
1. Palancharmy, Basic Civil Engineering, McGraw Hill publishers.
2. Satheesh Gopi, Basic Civil Engineering, Pearson Publishers.
3. Ketki Rangwala Dalal, Essentials of Civil Engineering, Charotar Publishing House.
4. BCP, Surveying volume 1
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
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Changes in vegetation cover refer to variations in the distribution, composition, and overall
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2. Lack of parent involvement in schools
Reasons why parents are not involved
How to increase parent involvement
Costs
Benefits
Resources
3. Lack of parental involvement is the biggest
problem facing public schools (Rose, Gallup, &
Elam, 1997)
86% of the general public believes that support
from parents is the most important way to improve
schools
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5. Increase communication
Create a stipend program
Create a more welcoming environment
Make being involved an easier process
Rewarding parents and students
Require parent involvement hours
6. Increase awareness $ 800.00
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($20 a per meeting, 1 meeting a month for 10 months)
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Rewarding parents and students $1,500.00
Require parent involvement hours $ 0.00
Annual Estimated Cost to implement $4,500.00 Annually
7. Increase parent involvement
Increase community relations/donations
Increase test scores
Raise students self esteem
Increase teacher and staff morale
8. California School Board Association, Governance and Policy Resources | Parent Engagement.
2012. Retrieved 20 November 2014. http://
www.csba.org/GovernanceAndPolicyResources/ConditionsOfChildren/ParentFamComEngageandCollab/ California Department of Education. Parental Involvement in Title I Schools. April 7, 2014.
Retrieved 20 November 2014. http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/sw/t1/parentalbroch.asp
U.S. Department of Education. Part A – Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Education
Agencies http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg2.html
Coachella Valley Unified School District. Parents. Parent and Community Engagement.
http://www.cvusd.us/cms/One.aspx?portalId=5154617&pageId=5383343