parent involvement
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Parent Involvement. February 8, 2013 MAS/FPS Winter Institute. Parent Involvement vs. Family Engagement. Excerpted from The Handbook on Family and Community Engagement . www. families -schools.org/downloads/FACE Handbook .pdf. Joyce Epstein’s Model:. Framework of Six Types of Involvement. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Parent Involvement
February 8, 2013MAS/FPS Winter Institute
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Parent Involvement
vs. Family
Engagement
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Parent Involvement Family Engagement
Parent(s) Grandparents and other family members
Deeper levels of commitment and participation
Focus on implementation and building school capacity in responding to the needs of low-income parents
Homework Home learning; material and training for parents; languages parents can understand
Parent-Teacher Conferences Two parent-teacher conferences a year isn’t enough; bring questions; create follow-up plans; engage family in understanding data and course work
Newsletters Ongoing personal communication
Evaluation Knowledge and skills gained by parents rather than percent served (participation)
Excerpted from The Handbook on Family and Community Engagement.www.families-schools.org/downloads/FACEHandbook.pdf
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Framework of Six Types of Involvement
Joyce Epstein’s Model:
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THE KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL-FAMILY-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPSEPSTEIN’S SIX TYPES OF INVOLVEMENT
PARENTING: Assist families in understanding child and adolescentdevelopment, and in setting home conditions that support childrenas students at each age and grade level. Assist schools in understanding families.
COMMUNICATING: Communicate with families about school programs and student progress through effective school-to-home and home-to-school communications.
VOLUNTEERING: Improve recruitment, training, work, and schedules to involve families as volunteers and audiences at school or in other locations to support students and school programs.
LEARNING AT HOME: Involve families with their children in learning activities at home, including homework, other curriculum-related activities, and individual course and program decisions.
DECISION MAKING: Include families as participants in school decisions, governance, and advocacy through PTA/PTO, school councils, committees, action teams, and other parent organizations.
COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITY: Coordinate resourcesand services for students, families, and the school with businesses, agencies, and other groups, and provide services to the community.
Type 1
Type 2
Type 6
Type 5
Type 4
Type 3
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What are the requirements?
District Board Policyand a
Building Plan
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District Study Guide page 24
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http://1.usa.gov/UHOx99
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Questions?