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Classroom Teachers as Parent Educators. Joyce Epstein Johns Hopkins Univ. Epstein's Six Types of Parent Involvement. Type 1 - Parenting Type 2 - Communicating Type 3 – Volunteering Type 4 - Learning at Home Type 5 - Decision Making Type 6 - Collaborating With The Community.
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Classroom Teachers as Parent Educators Joyce Epstein Johns Hopkins Univ
Epstein's Six Types of Parent Involvement • Type 1 - Parenting • Type 2 - Communicating • Type 3 – Volunteering • Type 4 - Learning at Home • Type 5 - Decision Making • Type 6 - Collaborating With The Community
Epstein's Type 1 - Parenting: • Support families in their role as parents and assist with child-rearing skills. • Help parents to understand stages of child and adolescent development. • Promote a home environment that supports children at each age and grade level. • Help schools to appreciate all families.
Type 2 - Communicating: • Use effective communication tools to relate school events, policy and student progress, thus strengthen school and home partnerships.
Type 3 - Volunteering • Develop recruitment and training activities, and provide flexible schedules that engage families as volunteers, and as audiences at school and community events.
Type 4 - Learning at Home: • Help parents to be involved in learning activities with their children at home, including homework and other related activities.
Type 5 - Decision Making: • Encourage families to participate in school decisions, and in advocacy through PTA/PTO, school councils, committees, and other parent organizations.
Type 6 - Collaborating With The Community: • Coordinate resources and services for families, students, and the school with businesses, agencies, and other groups, and provide services to the community.
Epstein's Six Types of Parent Involvement • Type 1 - Parenting • Type 2 - Communicating • Type 3 – Volunteering • Type 4 - Learning at Home • Type 5 - Decision Making • Type 6 - Collaborating With The Community