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Partners. Think of how you as a parent and/or staff member partner with others. (Ex: life partners, school partners, community partners.)
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Partners • Think of how you as a parent and/or staff member partner with others. (Ex: life partners, school partners, community partners.) • Introduce yourself and tell the group who some of your partners are. Give one example of an effective partnership and what makes it work for you and your partner.
Objectives • School-Parent Compact Participants will be able to identify the requirements of a school-parent compact.
Why a policy and compact? • Involvement can make a difference in school outcomes for children. • Outperform programs without involvement • Improved teacher morale and higher ratings of teachers by parents • More support from families and a better reputation in the community
Predictor of student achievement • Not income or social status, but extent to which student’s family is able to: • Create a home environment that encourages learning; • Communicate high yet reasonable expectations for children’s achievement and future careers; • Become involved in children’s education at school and in the community.
When parents are involved, students: • Achieve more, regardless of socio-economic status, ethnic/racial background, or parents’ educational level; • Have higher grades and test scores, have better attendance and complete homework more consistently; • Exhibit more positive attitudes as well as decreased alcohol use, violence, and antisocial behavior.
Benefits • There are significant gains at all ages and grade levels: • When parents collaborate with the teacher educators hold higher expectations of students and higher opinions of the parents; • When parents are involved in full partnerships (i.e., decision making), student achievement for disadvantaged children not only improves, it can reach levels that are standard for middle-class children; the children who are farthest behind make the greatest gains.
Federal Legislation • No Child Left Behind Appendix C Sec.1118 (b-e)
Type I Parenting Type II Communicating Type III Volunteering Type IV Learning at Home Type V Decision Making Type VI Collaborating with the Community School Family Community Partnerships
Compact Requirements • Describe schools responsibility to provide high-quality curriculum and instruction. • Ways parents will be responsible for supporting children’s learning. • Establish on-going good communication: • Conferences • Frequent reports home • Reasonable access to staff
Evaluation • Continual assessment of the effectiveness of the compact (at least annually) and use results to implement improvements.
Post conversation • Why a compact? • Benefits • Who participates? • Content/Evaluation
Compacts use • Clarify expectations • Plan training activities • Help administrators clarify efforts and • Help teachers, parents students to make choices about how they spend their time.
Questions? Need help? Teresa Guerrero 225-3215