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No Child Left Behind: Parental Involvement

No Child Left Behind: Parental Involvement. Dr. Davenport-Gray Ms. Cooper Mrs. Wilson November 4-6, 2010. 2010 NCLB Parental Involvement Conference Parental Involvement: Lighting the Way. Several day conference with multiple sessions to attend. Inspirational speaker

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No Child Left Behind: Parental Involvement

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  1. No Child Left Behind: Parental Involvement Dr. Davenport-Gray Ms. Cooper Mrs. Wilson November 4-6, 2010

  2. 2010 NCLB Parental Involvement ConferenceParental Involvement: Lighting the Way • Several day conference with multiple sessions to attend. • Inspirational speaker • Guided by successful Texas programs

  3. Ron “Gus” Gustafson • Told his life story to emphasize parental support and encouragement • 2 rules in life: Never give up Courage to face another challenge • Role modeling key (dating daughter)

  4. Gus Continued… • The importance is not how many times you get put down...it is what decision you make after you are down. • The garbage dump

  5. Parent Involvement to meet the needs of your community • Focus on areas for the future (science/technology) • Increase counselor interaction with parents • Ask your parents WHY they don’t attend • Parent newspaper • Parent to Parent trainings

  6. Parent Involvement Continued…. • Parents have to feel welcome in the first engagement in order to return. • Parents have to feel valued—make time for them. • We need to keep up with kids—instead of kids trying to keep up with us!

  7. Pitfalls of Parenting • Communication • Attitudes • Success breeds success • Knowledge of results • Interest • Level of Concern • Feeling tone • Abilities/attributes • Rewards • Equity and Excellence

  8. Seven Keys to Successful Parenting • Love, love, love and emotional connections • Listening, listening, and listening • Likability, believability, trustability, credibility • Commitabilty • Consistency and consistent messages • Feedback/ knowledge of results

  9. Identify your mission • What is the goal? • How will you know when you are successful? • Set SMART goals and revisit often • Clearly identify your mission • Design a plan to accomplish your mission.

  10. Know your Audience • Adults learn when relevant to life • Adults have many preoccupations • Self conscious about learning, may not expose themselves • Many responsibilities

  11. Our Action Items: • We want to create a check list of questions for parents to use when talking with teachers. • Increase the welcoming feeling in our schools so that parents will return time and time again. • Remember the positives—reach out to parents on more positive notes than negative. • Communicate the resources available to teachers and families.

  12. Thank you • For more information please contact Amber Cooper: Taconi Rebecca Wilson: Central Office Dr. S Davenport-Gray: Central Office

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