This document discusses the importance of parent, family, and community involvement in education. It notes that research shows this involvement is correlated with higher student achievement, attendance, and aspirations. However, involvement tends to decline as students get older. The document outlines strategies to promote more effective partnerships between schools, parents, families, and communities based on Joyce Epstein's framework of six types of involvement. These partnerships have been shown to improve outcomes for students when implemented successfully.
Topic: Functions & Scope of Guidance & Counselling
Student Name: Numrah
Class: M.Ed
Project Name: “Young Teachers' Professional Development (TPD)"
"Project Founder: Prof. Dr. Amjad Ali Arain
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Topic: Functions & Scope of Guidance & Counselling
Student Name: Numrah
Class: M.Ed
Project Name: “Young Teachers' Professional Development (TPD)"
"Project Founder: Prof. Dr. Amjad Ali Arain
Faculty of Education, University of Sindh, Pakistan
master in education related topic ...different type of supervision .nature of supervision in context of education.description of each type of supervision.with references and small conclusion..
Introduction African agriculture, development and CAADP African agriculture is at a crossroads. It is widely recognised as the most important sector in the continent with the potential to lift millions out of chronic poverty, food insecurity and hunger. Yet, for decades ag- riculture has stagnated, suffering from underinvestment, poor policies and incoherent strategies. Mean- while, more than 250 million Africans remain food insecure. Governments in Africa spend less than 7% of their national budgets on agriculture despite the fact that 75% of poor people live in rural areas. Women farmers and smallholder farmers remain particularly under-supported. CAADP is a recently-ignited process dating back to 2003. It is an attempt to do something about agri- cultural productivity and growth, and aims to transform policy and practice, as to improve, coordination, knowledge and ways of working. But without the know-how, critical analysis and scrutiny of civil society groups and farmers’ organisations, CAADP may end up reinforcing existing trends and fall short of expec- tations. 01 CAADP - A toolkit for civil society, organisation, engagement and advocacy CAADP: A toolkit for civil society, organisation, engagement and advocacy
Every day, all over the world, ordinary people bear the cost of corruption. In many countries, corruption affects people from birth until death. In Zimbabwe, women giving birth in a local hospital have been charged US$5 every time they scream as a penalty for raising false alarm.
1 In Bangladesh, the recent collapse of a multi-story factory, which killed more than 1,100 people due to a breach of basic safety standards, has been linked to allegations of corruption.
2 This report examines how corruption features in people’s lives around the world. Drawing on the results of a Transparency International survey of more than 114,000 respondents in 107 countries, it addresses people’s direct experiences with bribery and details their views on corruption in the main institutions in their countries. Significantly, Transparency International’s Global Corruption Barometer also provides insights into how willing and ready people are to act to stop corruption. The findings are clear: corruption is a very real burden, with more than one out of four respondents reporting having paid a bribe during the last year.3 When people are not in a position to afford a bribe, they might be prevented from buying a home, starting a business or accessing basic services. Corruption can, and often does, infringe on fundamental rights.
For those surviving on less than US$2 a day, and for women who are the primary caretakers of children around the globe, corruption and bribery are particularly devastating. For them, the additional cost of bribery can mean trade- offs are made between health and hunger, between school entrance fees and the shoes necessary to wear to school. Not only do people pay the costs of corruption directly, but their quality of life is also affected by less visible forms of corruption. When powerful groups buy influence over government decisions or when public funds are diverted into the coffers of the political elite, ordinary people suffer. When there is widespread belief that corruption prevails and the powerful in particular are able to get away with it, people lose faith in those entrusted with power.
As the Global Corruption Barometer 2013 shows, corruption is seen to be running through the foundations of the democratic and legal process in many countries, affecting public trust in political parties, the judiciary and the police, among other key institutions. Importantly, however, the people surveyed around the world as a part of the Global Corruption Barometer do not view themselves as powerless victims of corruption.
Introduction The crisis has shown that there is no such thing as an optimal banking structure or model. Some pure investment banks (e.g. Lehman Brothers or Bear Stearns), some pure retail banks (e.g. Spanish Cajas, Irish banks, Northern Rock), and some universal banks (e.g. ING or RBS) alike either failed or were absorbed or required exceptional government support. Accordingly, the European High-Level Expert Group chaired by Erkki Liikanen came to the conclusion that no particular business model fared particularly well, or particularly poorly, in the financial crisis, but the Group rather pointed out excessive risk taking as well as reliance on short term funding, not matched with adequate capital protection.1 To address these weaknesses many key reforms have been adopted at the international level over the last years or will be finalised in the coming months.2 Most notably, the agreement reached by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS, 2011) on the new bank capital and liquidity framework will raise the quality, quantity and international consistency of bank capital and liquidity, constrain the build-up of leverage and maturity mismatches, and introduce capital buffers above the minimum requirements that can be drawn upon in bad times. Systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs) will also be required to have higher loss absorbency capacity. These multi-pronged reforms lay down much stricter rules for banks within a short timeframe.
NEPAD: Africa Action Plan on Development EffectivenessDr Lendy Spires
The development of African countries rests on a foundation of structural economic transformation, innovation and technology, human development, domestic financing and partnerships. Strengthening key institutional capacities will galvanize the sustainable flow of domestic resources and adding of value to Africa’s resources towards sound industrialization in accelerating inclusive growth for national and regional development. Effective development cooperation can help to strengthen African countries’ domestic resource mobilization (DRM) initiatives through the innovative financing instruments and mechanisms like equity bonds, expanding the revenue base and strengthening institutional capacities to this effect. Supporting accountability mechanisms, systems and reforms in finance institutions will combat illicit financial flows. Development cooperation can support the harmonization of taxation policies and strengthen systems to stop illicit flows and improve chances for repatriation of stolen funds and assets. 2. Key components Domestic resource mobilisation including effective tax administration and promotion of private sector development. The elimination of illicit financial flows by addressing transfer pricing. The enablement and expansion of intra-African trade. Human, technical and financial resources in the secondary economy and local private sector. The inclusive and sustainable development of extractive industries.
INDIGENOUS PEOPLES IN AFRICA: THE FORGOTTEN PEOPLESDr Lendy Spires
The African Commission’s work on indigenous peoples in Africa Introduction The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR or African Commission) has been debating the human rights situation of indigenous peoples since 1999, as these are some of the most vulnerable groups on the African continent. Since the 29th Ordinary Session of the ACHPR in Libya in 2001, representatives of indigenous communities have attended every session of the ACHPR and have given strong testimony to their desperate situation and the human rights violations to which they are victim.
They have informed the ACHPR about the discrimination and contempt they experience, about the dispossession of their land and the destruction of their livelihoods, cultures and identities, about their extreme poverty, about their lack of access to and participation in political decision-making, and about their lack of access to education and health facilities. In sum, the message is a strong request for recognition, respect and human rights protection. It is a request for the right to survive as peoples and to have a say in their own future, based on their own culture, identity, hopes and visions. Representatives of indigenous peoples and communities have re-quested that the ACHPR ensures the protection and promotion of their fundamental human rights, and the ACHPR has responded to this call.
The ACHPR recognizes that the protection and promotion of the human rights of the most disadvantaged, marginalized and excluded groups on the continent is a major concern, and that the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (African Charter) must form the framework for this. In order to achieve a better basis on which to advance discussions and formulate recommendations, the ACHPR set up a Working Group on Indigenous Populations/Communities in 2001. In consultation with human rights experts and representatives of indigenous communities, the Working Group drafted the comprehensive document “Report of the African Commission’s Working Group of Experts on Indigenous Populations/ Communities” on the human rights situation of indigenous peoples and communities in Africa (the full report can be downloaded from ht-tp:// www.iwgia.org.sw163.asp).
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Running Head: PARENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PLAN
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Parent Involvement for the 21st Century: Final Project-EDU 617
Student Name
Ashford University
Date
PARENT INVOVLEMENT PLAN 2
Parent Involvement Plan
It takes an effort in getting Parents and the Community to be involved in the education process of
students. One would say that it doesn’t come easy. In order, to have Parent and Community involvement
in the school setting to be effective, a plan is needed by the school staff to help develop positive
relationships and maintain the relationship that has been built. By having a good parent and community
relationship can make for a more enjoyable and pleasant educational and school experience for all that are
involved.
Plan Philosophy
The plan is built off the philosophy that it takes more than just one to help ensure the success of a
student but it takes a village to ensure the success of a student. For a child’s education can be influenced
by the involvement of parents and community which plays an important role in that success. As
educators, it is important that we recognize that parents play an important role in their child’s education
development and that they are a valuable resource to teachers too. This plan is created to help develop
and mold a positive relationship and involvement between parents, school, and community. With the
forming of a positive relationship it will help benefit students and families.
Aims/Goals of the Plan
The development of this plan is intended to help establish an effective positive relationship
between parents, schools and community and community organizations within the community. By
providing parents with the support through parental trainings, workshops, service learning activities and
support for students, and the establishing of the lines of communication between parents and school. This
can be possible. In order, for my plan to work the involvement of staff, parents and community members
will be needed. "Teachers, counselors, principals, health techs, school secretaries, or any other willing
staff members can fill the community outreach school coordinator role." (Hjalmarson, pg. 117). This will
be the start of a community that will be created to help keep the focus of parent and community
involvement and the increase of that involvement.
INVOVLEMENT PLAN 3
According to O’Keefe (2011), In order, to make our school succeed the help needs to come from
many parts of the community. With the help of the community and me we will be able to communicate
and connect with other organization services that are available. My intention is to increase the type of
involvement that is being created to help provide student support to help increase student success and
learning experiences. To help establish a positive relationship we will invite parents and leaders within
the community to voice their opinio.
Running Head PARENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PLAN 1 .docxtodd581
Running Head: PARENT AND COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT PLAN
1
Parent Involvement for the 21st Century: Final Project-EDU 617
Student Name
Ashford University
Date
PARENT INVOVLEMENT PLAN 2
Parent Involvement Plan
It takes an effort in getting Parents and the Community to be involved in the education process of
students. One would say that it doesn’t come easy. In order, to have Parent and Community involvement
in the school setting to be effective, a plan is needed by the school staff to help develop positive
relationships and maintain the relationship that has been built. By having a good parent and community
relationship can make for a more enjoyable and pleasant educational and school experience for all that are
involved.
Plan Philosophy
The plan is built off the philosophy that it takes more than just one to help ensure the success of a
student but it takes a village to ensure the success of a student. For a child’s education can be influenced
by the involvement of parents and community which plays an important role in that success. As
educators, it is important that we recognize that parents play an important role in their child’s education
development and that they are a valuable resource to teachers too. This plan is created to help develop
and mold a positive relationship and involvement between parents, school, and community. With the
forming of a positive relationship it will help benefit students and families.
Aims/Goals of the Plan
The development of this plan is intended to help establish an effective positive relationship
between parents, schools and community and community organizations within the community. By
providing parents with the support through parental trainings, workshops, service learning activities and
support for students, and the establishing of the lines of communication between parents and school. This
can be possible. In order, for my plan to work the involvement of staff, parents and community members
will be needed. "Teachers, counselors, principals, health techs, school secretaries, or any other willing
staff members can fill the community outreach school coordinator role." (Hjalmarson, pg. 117). This will
be the start of a community that will be created to help keep the focus of parent and community
involvement and the increase of that involvement.
INVOVLEMENT PLAN 3
According to O’Keefe (2011), In order, to make our school succeed the help needs to come from
many parts of the community. With the help of the community and me we will be able to communicate
and connect with other organization services that are available. My intention is to increase the type of
involvement that is being created to help provide student support to help increase student success and
learning experiences. To help establish a positive relationship we will invite parents and leaders within
the community to voice their opinio.
Eddie Denessen, Geert Driessen, Frederik Smit & Peter Sleegers (2001) ed Smit...Driessen Research
Denessen, E., Driessen, G. Smit, F. & Sleegers, P. (2001). Culture differences in education: implications for parental involvement and educational policies. Paper European Research Network About Parents in Education (ERNAPE), Rotterdam, the Netherlands, November 22-23, 2001. In F. Smit, K. van der Wolf & P. Sleegers (eds.), A bridge to the future. Collaboration between parents, schools and communities (pp. 55-65). Nijmegen: ITS.
ISBN 90-5554-177-X
Parental Involvement in Dubai's Schools: Bridging the Gap Between Home and Cl...amankhan99101
Parental involvement in education plays a critical role in shaping students' academic success and overall well-being. In Dubai, a city known for its vibrant multicultural community, fostering strong partnerships between parents and schools is essential for creating a supportive learning environment that meets the diverse needs of students.
Families Matter (New Mexico Family Impact Seminar Briefing Report)University of Kentucky
Families Matter:The Impact of Families on Academic Achievement. Presentation by Dr. Ronald Werner-Wilson to legislators, policy makers, and other leaders at the 2009 New Mexico Family Impact Seminar.
New eBook, Seven Elements of the PTA Comunitario Approach
Meaningful family and community engagement is a critical element for strengthening schools. IDRA’s PTA Comunitario model is an innovation for parent organizations and for school-family-community collaborations. Yet it is probably very close to the intentions and actions of the founders of PTA over a hundred years ago. The roots are in colonias (unincorporated communities) in south Texas. This eBook outlines the seven elements of the PTA Comunitario approach that make it so unique and powerful.
The home and neighborhood environment are critical factors in childr.pdffasttracktreding
The home and neighborhood environment are critical factors in children\'s education and overall
well-being. How can schools provide outreach and support for caregivers and guardians to help
ensure a thriving education? How can they recruit mentors and involve them in the community?
Solution
The increasing rate of school dropouts, underperformance and cultural misconducts have
alarmed the schools and families. The difference in socio-economic status of the family,
disicontinous family-school relationships, the quality of teachers who are protected by tenure
law, and the limited resources at schools have negatively impacted the children\'s development
and their future growth.
The diminished caregeever or gardian and school relations are becoming centre of children
learning modes. Several studeis have documented that the children perform better whenever the
community and school were involved. Family involvement in schooling is associated with
several benefits to students such as
• Improved scores and performance in school.
• Positive attitude toward schoolwork.
• Homework completion.
• Increased participation in classroom activities.
• Increased attendance and mental health.
Type of Involvement in Family-School relations:
These are some of the methods the school can follow for the betterment of children..
Engaging Families of Color- Education IssueSuzeth Dunn
This slide show was to share best practices around how to engage families of color around the issue of education. When you genuinely engage families, this has a direct positive outcome on the child's academic success.
Parenting Styles and Academic Performance of Senior High School StudentsAJHSSR Journal
ABSTRACT: The district-wide survey study examined the parenting styles and academic performance among
Grade 12 learners in Social Science amidst the CoViD-19 pandemic. The study involved two hundred forty-four
(244) parents as respondents. The study used descriptive research design through survey questionnaires as the
main instrument in gathering the required data. Descriptive and Inferential statistics were employed in the
computation, analysis, and interpretation of data. Results of the study revealed that most parent-respondents are
female, in their middle adulthood, with a minimum family and a number of children. Parents agree on the
parenting styles they do. The mean academic performance of Grade 12 learners in Social Science was "Very
Satisfactory". There was a significant difference in parents' parenting styles as to authoritarian style when
respondents were grouped according to age and family monthly income. There was a significant difference in
parents' parenting styles as to permissive style when respondents were grouped according to age. There was a
significant difference in parents' parenting styles as to authoritative style when respondents were grouped
according to the number of children in the family. There was a very low positive correlation between the
parenting styles of parents and the academic performance of Grade 12 learners in Social Science. Based on the
study's findings, parents may consider exploring appropriate parenting styles to motivate their children, and
parents are encouraged not to spoil their children. Parents are encouraged to attend any PTA meetings to show
support for their children's learning. The parents may consider equally practiced parenting styles as
authoritarian, permissive, and authoritative regardless of their profile. It may be possible to undertake a
comparative study with a bigger sample size of participants from various places to validate and enhance the
generalizability of the results.
KEYWORDS : academic performance, parenting style, senior high school students, Botolan, Zambales
Exploring the Parental Involvement in Learners' Education: A Phenomenological...Rosemiles Anoreg
Parental involvement is the foundation for family-school relationships that empower
parents, improve student academic achievement, and encourage parents to participate in their children’s education. By collaborating, relationships between the family and school are enhanced, resulting in a healthy at-home and at-school learning environments. The study's purpose was to explore based on parents' own experiences and Epstein's idea of six types of parental involvement.
Parental Practices Are Better Predictors Of Student Achievementnoblex1
Forty years of research have shown that family involvement in education is one of the most powerful predictors of student success in school. Yet many high-poverty schools still have low levels of parent involvement and experience little success in their efforts to increase it.
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Parents, family, community involvement in education
1. An NEA policy brief
Parent, Family, Community
Involvement in Education
Parents, families, educators and communities—there’s no better partnership to
assure that all students pre-K- to high school—have the support and resources
they need to succeed in school and in life.
It takes a village to raise a child is a popular proverb
with a clear message: the whole community has an
essential role to play in the growth and development
of its young people. In addition
to the vital role that parents and
family members play in a child’s
education, the broader commu-nity
too has a responsibility to
assure high-quality education for all students.
In the past, parent involvement was characterized by
volunteers, mostly mothers, assisting in the classroom,
chaperoning students, and fundraising. Today, the old
model has been replaced with a much more inclusive
approach: school-family-community partnerships now
include mothers and fathers, stepparents, grandpar-ents,
foster parents, other relatives and caregivers, busi-ness
leaders and community groups–all participating
in goal-oriented activities, at all grade levels, linked to
student achievement and school success.
The research is clear, consistent,
and convincing
Parent, family, and community involvement in educa-tion
correlates with higher academic performance and
school improvement. When schools, parents, families,
and communities work together to support learning,
students tend to earn higher grades, attend school
more regularly, stay in school longer, and enroll in
higher level programs. Researchers cite parent-family-community
involvement as a key to addressing the
school dropout crisis1 and note that strong school-fami-ly-
community partnerships foster higher educational
aspirations and more motivated students.2 The evi-dence
holds true for students at both the elementary
and secondary level, regardless of the parent’s educa-tion,
family income, or background—and the research
shows parent involvement affects minority students’
academic achievement across all races.3
—NEA President Dennis Van Roekel
Supporting teaching and learning requires addressing
students’ social service needs, as well as their academic
ones, and this broad-based support is essential to clos-ing
achievement gaps. The positive impact of connect-ing
community resources with student needs is well
documented.4 In fact, community support of the educa-tional
process is considered one of the characteristics
common to high-performing schools.5
How do parents, families, and
communities get involved?
Parent, family, and community involvement means dif-ferent
things to different people. A research-based
framework,6 developed by Joyce Epstein of Johns Hop-kins
University, describes six types of involvement—
parenting, communicating, volunteering, learning at
home, decision making, and collaborating with the
community—that offer a broad range of school, family,
and community activities that can engage all parties
and help meet student needs. Successful school-parent-community
partnerships are not stand-alone projects or
add-on programs but are well integrated with the
school’s overall mission and goals. Research and field-work
show that parent-school-partnerships improve
schools, strengthen families, build community support,
and increase student achievement and success.
States press for more partnerships
Data compiled in 20057 show that 17 states have
directed all districts or schools to implement parental
involvement policies. Seven states—Alaska, California,
Indiana, Minnesota, Nevada, South Carolina, and Tex-as—
have obligated schools or districts to develop poli-cies
linking parent-community partnerships to school
improvement plans, and in Delaware, schools applying
for school improvement grants must include parental
involvement strategies in grant applications. In addi-tion,
many states promote parental involvement in
early literacy, school safety, and dropout prevention
NEA Education Policy and Practice Department | Center for Great Public Schools | 1201 16th St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20036
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programs, as well as in initiatives addressing the needs
of at-risk youth and English Language Learners. Some
state policies echo the provisions of Section 1118 of the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) that
direct schools and districts receiving Title I funds to use
a portion of those funds to involve parents, educators,
and the community in the shared responsibility of
improving their students’ academic achievement.
Although the research unequivocally affirms the posi-tive
and long-lasting effects of parent, family, and com-munity
involvement on student learning, this data is
often overlooked in local, state, and national discus-sions
about raising student achievement and closing
achievement gaps. Education reform efforts that focus
solely on classrooms and schools are leaving out critical
factors essential for long-term success. What happens
before and after school can be as important as what
happens during the school day. Even the most promis-ing
reforms can be “reversed by family, negated by
neighborhoods, and might well be subverted or mini-mized
by what happens to children outside of school.”8
While education is clearly an asset to the individual, it
also benefits families and serves the common good. Edu-cation
is a core value of our democratic society, and it is
in everyone’s self-interest to insure that all children
receive a quality education. Our democracy, as well as
our economy, depends on an educated citizenry and
skilled workforce.
Too many policymakers, community leaders, and even
parents still view schools and student learning as the
sole responsibility of educators. While educators take
their professional responsibilities seriously, they also
recognize that they cannot do it alone. They need and
depend on the support from parents and community
members.
One dynamic too often observed is that parent
involvement in education tends to decline as their chil-dren
go up in grade, with a dramatic drop once stu-dents
reach middle school.9 In fact, the lack of parental
involvement is viewed by teachers, administrators, the
public, and even parents of school-age children, as the
single biggest problem facing our nation’s schools.10
To promote student growth and school success at every
grade and age, well thought out parent-community-school
partnerships, linked to school improvement goals,
are needed in every community.
Epstein’s Framework on Involvement
■■ Parenting. Assist families with parenting skills, family
support, understanding child and adolescent develop-ment,
and setting home conditions to support learning
at each age and grade level. Assist schools in understand-ing
families’ backgrounds, cultures, and goals for chil-dren.
■■ Communicating. Communicate with families about
school programs and student progress. Create two-way
communication channels between school and home that
are effective and reliable.
■■ Volunteering. Improve recruitment and training to
involve families as volunteers and as audiences at the
school or in other locations. Enable educators to work
with volunteers who support students and the school.
Provide meaningful work and flexible scheduling.
■■ Learning at Home. Involve families with their children
in academic learning at home, including homework,
goal setting, and other curriculum-related activities.
■■ Decision Making. Include families as participants in
school decisions, governance, and advocacy activities
through school councils or improvement teams, commit-tees,
and other organizations.
■■ Collaborating with the Community. Coordinate resourc-es
and services for families, students, and the school with
community groups, including businesses, agencies, cul-tural
and civic organizations, and colleges or universities.
What hinders involvement?
Parents see lots of roadblocks to getting involved in
their child’s education.11 Some point to their own
demanding schedules and say they don’t have extra
time to volunteer or even attend school activities, much
less get involved in bigger ways. Others reveal how
uncomfortable they feel when trying to communicate
with school officials, whether that’s due to language or
cultural differences or their own past experiences with
school. Some say they lack the know-how and resources
to help their child, or they express frustration with
school bureaucracies or policies they find impossible to
understand or change.
Some parents complain that they rarely hear from the
school unless there is a problem with their child’s
behavior or performance. Others say the information
provided by the school is not comprehensible either
because of educational jargon or because the parent or
family member does not read or understand English.
Some families criticize school personnel for not under-standing
the plight of single parents, grandparents, foster
parents, or other caregivers. Others say they lack transpor-
2 NEA Education Policy and Practice Department | Center for Great Public Schools | 1201 16th St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20036
3. An NEA policy brief
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tation to attend school events or have no child care for
younger siblings. While some schools have made great
strides in engaging parents and others in the educational
process, there is still much more that can be done.
How can we engage more
stakeholders?
Here are some specific ways that schools can engage
more parents, families, and communities in education:
■■ Survey educators and families to determine needs,
interests, and ideas about partnering.
■■ Develop and pass family-friendly policies and laws
[i.e., leaves of absence for parents/caregivers to
participate in school or education-related activities;
flexible scheduling to encourage participation by
diverse families].
■■ Provide professional development on family and com-munity
engagement for school faculties.
■■ Offer training for parents and community
stakeholders on effective communications and
partnering skills.
■■ Provide better information on school and school
district policies and procedures.
■■ Ensure timely access to information, using effective
communications tools that address various family
structures and are translated into languages that
parents/families understand.
■■ Hire and train school-community liaisons who know
the communities’ history, language, and cultural
background to contact parents and coordinate
activities.
■■ Collaborate with higher education institutions to
infuse parent, family, and community involvement in
education into teacher and administrator preparation
programs.
■■ Develop an outreach strategy to inform families, busi-nesses,
and the community about school and family
involvement opportunities, policies, and programs.
■■ Regularly evaluate the effectiveness of family in-volvement
programs and activities.
There are a number of parent-family-community-school
partnerships that have documented their results:
The National Network of Partnership Schools (NNPS)
recognizes schools, districts, states, and organizations
that demonstrate excellence and continual progress in
developing and sustaining comprehensive, goal-ori-ented
programs of school, family, and community part-nerships.
Some 600 NNPS Partnership Award winners
have been recognized since 1998 for programs and prac-tices
that improve family and community involvement
resulting in increased student achievement and other
indicators of success in school.12
The Parent-Teacher Home Visit Project is a partnership
between the Sacramento City Teachers Association, a
faith-based community organizing group, and the school
district. Since 1998, teams of educators and parents have
visited students and their families at home, built trusting
relationships, and shared instructional tools. Evaluations
of the project report increased parental involvement,
improved parent/teacher relationships, and improved
academic achievement.13
The Chicago Parent Centers model has been cited as
evidence that parent participation has a major impact
on children’s academic success and social development,
and that it is a sure strategy for reducing the dropout
rate. Each year that parents took part in the program
increased the chances—by 16 percent—that their child
would complete high school. For students whose par-ents
were involved for the whole six years of the project,
more than 80 percent graduated from high school,
compared with 38 percent of students whose parents
did not participate.14
Since 1987, more than 375,000 immigrant parents in
California have increased their knowledge and skills to
support their children’s academic achievement and
enrollment in higher education by participating in the
Parent Institute for Quality Education (PIQE) program.
Since then, PIQE programs have expanded to other
cities in Arizona, Texas, and Minnesota. A recent study
documented that children of Hispanic parents who
completed the San Diego PIQE program achieved a
93 percent high school graduation rate and 79.2 per-cent
student enrollment in college or university.15
Call to Action
NEA believes that significantly more emphasis must be
placed on the important roles that parents, families,
and communities can and must play in raising student
performance and closing achievement gaps. The Asso-ciation
has long advocated policies to assist and
encourage parents, families, and communities to
become actively engaged in their public schools and
become an integral part of school improvement efforts.
4. An NEA policy brief
4 NEA Education Policy and Practice Department | Center for Great Public Schools | 1201 16th St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20036
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2008 (PB11)
While some states and school districts have enacted
laws and policies to encourage parent-community-school
partnerships, more enforcement is needed. At
the same time, promising, locally developed practices
should be rewarded, sustained, and expanded.
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Resources
NEA/PTA Parent Guides. A series of 10 parent guides were developed to give parents and caregivers some tips to help their
children with a variety of subjects and school transition experiences.
www.nea.org/parents/parent-guides.html
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Communities in Schools has connected community resources with schools to help students succeed in school and in
life. During its 30-year history, the organization has coordinated the delivery of resources into schools in a way that is
responsive, cost-efficient and results-oriented.
www.cisnet.org
Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships (John Hopkins University) conducts and disseminates research, pro-grams,
and policy analyses that produce new and useful knowledge and practices that help parents, educators, and members
of communities work together to improve schools, strengthen families, and enhance student learning and development.
www.csos.jhu.edu
Parent Involvement Schools of Excellence Certification Program. The National PTA, in partnership with national
school principals’ associations, recognizes, through a nationally accredited method, parent and family involvement in
education and showcases schools that are implementing outstanding parent-community-school partnerships.
www.pta.org