What
kinds of parent involvement work best with students at this age of growing independence?
Parents» feelings about their child's school, whether positive or negative, influence how deeply they get involved in school activities — and research indicates that the right
kinds of parent involvement can boost student achievement.
The kind of parent involvement that most benefits students is tied to what they're learning in the classroom.
Not exact matches
This
kind of involvement captures students» enthusiasm, creates new communication pathways to
parents and the community, promotes deeper understanding
of the school technology policy, promotes student leadership, improves technology integration schoolwide, and builds respect and trust among all groups.
«While I support any mechanism that truly elevates the voices
of parents and other community stakeholders in the hard work
of improving our schools, I'm not sure that
Parent Trigger on its own is ultimately able to provide the kind of systematic and meaningful parent involvement and local control that turning around our schools will re
Parent Trigger on its own is ultimately able to provide the
kind of systematic and meaningful
parent involvement and local control that turning around our schools will re
parent involvement and local control that turning around our schools will require.
Parental
involvement s 11 On an opposed application to make, vary or discharge an order under s 8
of the Children Act 1989, or where the court is considering whether or not to make a parental responsibility order, a rebuttable presumption is raised that
involvement of the
parents —
of some direct or indirect
kind but not any particular division
of a child's time — will further the child's welfare.
The authors in this study found that charter schools have greater levels
of parent involvement, but this
involvement may be due to selectivity in the
kinds of families participating in charter schools.
So organising social events, community events, giving families opportunity to participate and do jobs for the service, working bees, and fundraisers and those
kind of traditional
parent involvement activities can be a really good way for families to connect with other families.
The current research shows that good adjustment
of the residential
parent, competent
parenting by both
parents, greater
involvement on the part
of fathers, and the
kinds of activities children participate in with fathers all reduce risk (Hetherington & Kelly 2002, Kelly & Emery 2003, Kelly 2007).
Parental support comprises the composite
of four parental support scales assessing parental warmth (five items, e.g., «My
parents are
kind to me»; Cronbach's alpha =.83), parental
involvement (six items, e.g., «My
parents ask me about my life»; Cronbach's alpha =.77), parental supervision (eight items, e.g., «My
parents tell me what time I have to be at home»; Cronbach's alpha =.79), and parental inconsistency (five items, e.g., «My
parents nag me about little things»; Cronbach's alpha =.73).