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Parent Involvement

Parent Involvement. “When parents, teachers, student, and others view one another as partners in education, a caring community forms around students and begins its work.” Dr. Joyce Epstein. No Child Left Behind…. Title 1, Section 1118 Parental Involvement a-h

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Parent Involvement

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  1. Parent Involvement “When parents, teachers, student, and others view one another as partners in education, a caring community forms around students and begins its work.” Dr. Joyce Epstein

  2. No Child Left Behind… Title 1, Section 1118 Parental Involvement a-h (g) Information from Parental Information and Resources Centers (PIRC) Arkansas’ PIRC is The Center for Effective Parenting Jones Center for Families, Springdale University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, LR www.parenting-ed.org

  3. Title 1: • Title 1 of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (formerly known as ECIA, ESEA or Chapter 1) is the largest federally funded educational program. This program, authorized by Congress, provides supplemental funds to school districts to assist schools with the highest student concentrations of poverty to meet school educational goals.

  4. Title 1: How schools qualify… • Schools qualify based on demonstrating that the K-12, ages 5-17, membership has a sufficiently high percentage of economically disadvantaged students. Title 1 regulations require school districts to provide services to all schools where at least 75% of students qualify for free or reduced price meals.

  5. Title 1: How funds must be used… Title 1 funds must be used to promote: • High academic/achievement for all children; • A greater focus on teaching and learning; • Flexibility to stimulate local initiatives coupled with responsibility for student performance; • Improved linkages among schools, parents and communities. • In general, funds cannot be used to purchase/lease/rent or improve facilities or provide routine transportation costs for the transport of students to and from school or supplant funds the school is already entitled to from other sources.

  6. Arkansas Act 603/307/397 says… • (a) Parental involvement plan • (b) Parental involvement program 1. parents at all grades 2. Comprehensive and coordinated 3. Communication is two-way & meaningful *Informational packets centered around academics Two parent teacher conferences are law 4. Promote & support responsible parenting

  7. Arkansas Act 603/307/397 says… 5. Parents play an integral role in assisting student learning. 6. Welcome parents and seek their support & assistance. 7. Recognize parents as a full partner in decisions. 8. Recognize community resources to strengthen school, family, & student learning. 9. Support & involve parents in decisions • (c) Designate a parent facilitator

  8. Arkansas Act 307… • An act to encourage public schools to develop parental involvement plans that: • Facilitate better communication • Support parenting skills • Integrate parents into student learning • Volunteering, and • Collaboration between schools and community, • and for other purposes.

  9. What does the research say? “ The evidence is now beyond dispute. When parents are involved in their children’s education their children do better in school.” United States Department of Education

  10. What is Parental Involvement? Here are some activities that many parents are involved in at school: • Work in the parent center at the elementary school two or more times a month. • Volunteer to read to a child or have a child read to them. • Help with the school book fair. • Being a crossing guard for the school. • Serve on a Community Partnership Board for their school.

  11. Parental Involvement is…. • Parental engagement in learning activities at home. • Supervision of school work. • Initiating interaction with teachers. Henderson & Mapp (2002)

  12. “Student Achievement” involves: • Improved report cards • Higher GPA’s, standardized tests • Enrollment in advanced courses • Improved attendance • Graduation • Grade level promotions Henderson & Mapp (2002)

  13. Overlapping Spheres of Influence… Community Student School Family School -age children spend 70% of their waking hours outside the school setting.

  14. Epstein’s Six Types of Caring Involvement… • Parenting: Information that helps families understand child development stages. Creating home conditions that support children as students at each age and grade level. • Communicating: Communicate with families about school programs and student progress through effective school-to-home and home-to-school communications (two-way communication). • Volunteering: Improve recruitment, training, work and schedules to involve families as volunteers and audiences at the school or in other locations to support students and school programs.

  15. Learning at home: Involve the families with their children by encouraging learning activities at home, including homework and other curriculum-related activities and decisions. • Decision making: Include families as participants in school decisions, governance, and advocacy through PTA/PTO, school councils, committees, action teams, and other parent organizations. • Collaborating with the community: Coordinate community resources and services for students, families and the school businesses, agencies, and other groups, and provide services to the community.

  16. The Parental Information and Resource Centers are: • Federally funded under Title V of No Child Left Behind. • A national network of 60 statewide PIRCs across the United States. • Funded for five more years (2006 through 2011). • Work hand-in-hand with State and Federal Programs to provide information and resources on early childhood through high school parent involvement.

  17. The purpose of the PIRC program is to: • Help implement successful and effective parental involvement policies, programs, and activities that lead to improvements in student academic achievement. • Strengthen partnerships among parents, teachers, principals, administrators, and other school personnel in meeting the educational needs of children.

  18. PIRC Priorities and New Directions: • Collaborate with State and local educational agencies to foster the implementation of the parental involvement requirements of Title I • Provide assistance to schools and districts to address the parental involvement requirements of Title I • Provide accurate, timely, and understandable information regarding key NCLB provisions • Provide Statewide services

  19. The PIRC program supports school-based and school-linked parental information and resource centers that: • Help implement effective parental involvement policies, programs, and activities that will improve children's academic achievement; • Develop and strengthen partnerships among parents (including parents of children from birth through age five), teachers, principals, administrators, and other school personnel in meeting the educational needs of children; • Coordinate activities funded under the program with parental involvement initiatives funded under section 1118 and other provisions of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended (ESEA); and • Provide a comprehensive approach to improving student learning, through coordination and integration of Federal, State, and local services and programs.

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