Participate in every facet of education and development of your child from birth to adulthood.
Recognize that YOU are the primary influence in your child's life.
Three types of parent involvement are critical in a young person' s education:
Parents as first teachers at home
Parents as partners with the school
Parents as advocates for all children.
Research shows that parent involvement increases student achievement and self-esteem in large and small communities, preschool through high school, in rich and poor areas, in urban, rural, and suburban communities. Strong parent involvement programs
:
Produce students who perform better
Benefit schools and communities.
Involved parents develop a more positive attitude towards school and their additional resources are a bonus for today's schools.
Parents as First Teachers at Home
Provide basic needs for children
Make education a first priority in your home
Reinforce learning at home with help from the classroom teacher[s]
Limit TV viewing, preview programs
Encourage reading and read with your child
Attend parent education programs in the school or community
Introduce your children to community resources (e.g. museums, parks, libraries)
Use parent resource library/parent center
Attend weekly parent discussion groups Watch video tapes of parent education programs
Parents as Partners with the School Home-school communication ideas
Frequent dialogue, written/oral
Two-way communication of expectations, home to school and school to home
