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Examining parental involvement

Examining parental involvement. Sarajevo, March 2009. Involvement in national consultation - EU. Types of involvement EU. Pre-transition model. Previous study (phase 1). Principals’ perception: Parents’ engagement in school life is contributing to: Educational attainment of pupils

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Examining parental involvement

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  1. Examining parental involvement Sarajevo, March 2009

  2. Involvement in national consultation - EU

  3. Types of involvement EU

  4. Pre-transition model

  5. Previous study (phase 1) • Principals’ perception: • Parents’ engagement in school life is contributing to: • Educational attainment of pupils • School atmosphere • Parents’ involvement in school governance • Limited efforts on school side • Limited effectiveness of parents engagement in meaningful ways due to: • Lack of parents’ interest • Lack of parents’ time • Lack of parents’ communication skills

  6. Complication 1. • Two cultures, misunderstandings

  7. Epstein’s theory of parent involvement Connecting family, school and community through: parenting, communication, volunteering, learning at home, decision-making, collaboration with the community family-like school school-like family

  8. Sheridan and Kratochwill’s model of family-school partnership Goals of family-school partnership: a. creating meaningful roles for family members b. promoting continuity c. enhancing competencies of all participants.

  9. Sheridan and Kratochwill’s model of family-school partnership

  10. Complication 2. • Mutually exclusive expectations

  11. Parent-teacher roles/expectations

  12. Complication 4. • Parents differ

  13. Who gets involved and why: predictors of parental involvement TYPES OF PARENTS (Smit, Driessen, Sluiter & Sleegers, 2007)

  14. Who gets involved and why: predictors of parental involvement TYPES OF PARENTS (Smit, Driessen, Sluiter & Sleegers, 2007)

  15. Who gets involved and why: predictors of parental involvement TYPES OF PARENTS (Smit, Driessen, Sluiter & Sleegers, 2007)

  16. Who gets involved and why: predictors of parental involvement

  17. Who gets involved and why: exclusion patterns

  18. Complication 5. • Teachers matter but…

  19. Teacher’s practices of parental involvement

  20. Complication 6. • Trust conflict

  21. Parents’ trust

  22. Between cooperation and conflict: teacher and parent perceptions of parental involvement The origin of unsatisfactory teacher-parent communication is perceived to lie within the school who should initiate the collaboration being more responsive to parental and children’s needs (Lawson, 2003)

  23. What can we expect?

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