Parents have a strong influence on their child. They have a direct influence that is stronger than that of teachers, friends, and media. For this reason, a parent’s positive attitude and support towards their children’s education is considerable. It can inspire and empower the child to develop good learning habits. Sadly, many schools are unsuccessfulContinue reading “How the 10-week challenge can increase parent involvement in your school.”
We have the ability to have a positive impact on our kids academic achievement if we spend more time talking and meeting with their teachers. Teachers are in need our our help. Not to blame, finger point and find fault but to listen and be available to work as a unified team even if thatContinue reading “Parent Involvement in School. A Necessary Requirement.”
The start of the school year can be different and rewarding with the help of parent involvement. I am not talking about what you may have come to experience as occasional parent involvement in the form of visits to the school but active participation toward student success. Schools can prepare early by partnering with TG4S.Continue reading “How to prepare for the upcoming school year and increase parent involvement”
Taking place on a single night, traditionally at the school (and recently over Zoom), parent-teacher meetings allow for teachers to relay a snapshot of children’s achievement and behavior to their parents. While parent-teacher interviews are intended to show children that their parents “value and are interested in [their] learning and school experience” (Laskin, 2022), duringContinue reading “Changing parent and teacher conferences for the better”
You have challenged the notion that parents don’t want to be involved because of a lack of interest in their child’s educational success, but instead, once those barriers are removed, you have discovered that parents can contribute significant and tangible support to their child and work with teachers as a team to achieve that goal.Continue reading “The Future of Parent involvement in schools”
Parents as First Alert New parents and veteran parents have an investment in the educational future of their children and the understanding that their future starts in the classroom. This workshop will focus on the partnership that has been created and how this model can be integrated into your school, and ways to advocate forContinue reading “Parents as First Alert”
An important principle to follow as you continue your journey of parent involvement is that “no one cares how much you know until they know how much you care”. This best captures the philosophy of TogetR4Succees and the path to change the historical trend of lack of parent involvement. The success of TogetR4Success lies inContinue reading “Your journey to increase parent involvement”
Parent and teacher conference was the norm, and those conferences can provoke anxiety. We have become conditioned that this school practice may contribute to a lack of parent involvement. However, new and different things can create excitement and positive energy, and as you will see in this activity, there is high energy and excitement. TheContinue reading “Separation Anxiety”
The question of, how does a teacher leverage parent involvement to achieve teaching goals and objectives? This book will attempt to offer some suggestions; however, each circumstance is different. Despite progress made with eliminating barriers, there will be parents who will refuse to participate, and there will be students who struggle academically and whose behaviorContinue reading “Leveraging parent involvement”
Workshop #5 School violence, bullying, and shootings have become an epidemic, and it appears nothing can prevent this escalating trend. School bullying and cyberbullying are not new, and schools have initiated interventions by focusing on awareness and educating students, teachers, and parents to identify and prevent bullying. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to turn onContinue reading “School violence”