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Parents as Active Participants

Parents as Active Participants. Martha Gomez Director of Language Services and Student Programs Jurupa Unified School District. Where to Start?. Informational Pamphlet Initial Parent Meeting Parent Commitment Form. Parent Commitment Form. Who are your parents?.

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Parents as Active Participants

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  1. Parents as Active Participants Martha Gomez Director of Language Services and Student Programs Jurupa Unified School District

  2. Where to Start? • Informational Pamphlet • Initial Parent Meeting • Parent Commitment Form

  3. Parent Commitment Form

  4. Who are your parents? • Career-oriented/too busy to attend school activities • Very involved in school activities • Single parents working two jobs/too busy to attend • Immigrant parents with language issues or school cultural differences • Surrogate parents: foster parents, grandparents

  5. Making Contact • Flyer • Homework • Phone calls • Reminder • Specific messages

  6. Sample of Calling Messages • Good morning, • My name is _________ and I am calling from Jurupa Unified School District. I am calling to remind you that there will be a meeting for the parents of students in the dual immersion program. If you haven’t received the flyer you will soon. The meeting will be on Wednesday, March 18, 2009 from 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. at Sunnyslope in the cafeteria. • We truly appreciate your previous attendance to the last three meetings and are truly looking forward to seeing you again on the 18th. OR • We have held three meetings this school year and we noticed you have only attended 1(or 2) of them. We sincerely hope that you will be able to attend on March 18th. If you remember, an important part of the program is parent participation and involvement. Do you think you will be able to make it to this coming meeting? • Thank you, we will see you on the 18th. OR • We have held three meetings this school year and we noticed you have not been able to attend any of them. We sincerely hope that you will be able to attend on March 18th. If you remember, an important part of the program is parent participation and involvement. Do you think you will be able to make it to this coming meeting? • Thank you, we will see you on the 18th.

  7. Keeping Track of Parent Attendance

  8. Examples of Topics • Specific skills • Films • Question/answer sessions • Parent concerns • Make it/Take it • Reading of articles regarding bilingualism • Benefits of bilingualism • Improving our dual immersion program • Resources available • Internet • Community

  9. English Vs. Spanish Parent Presentations • We try to never do concurrent translation • Dual immersion parents and kids are a community • Acceptance • Value • Learn • Support

  10. What is the Objective for the Parent Meeting? • Support • Expectations • Meeting other parents • Working with other parents • Parents of students in higher grades helping new parents in the program

  11. Example of Activities Putting a puzzle together Goal: Having parents work together Very successful activity. Parents were talking to each other and all were actively involved. This was a warm up activity • Small groups of parents working together to put puzzles together • Puzzles had missing parts and they had to ask for those parts to other groups • Prizes were given to those who completed the puzzle

  12. Example of Activities Three Parent Groups Three Charts to Define the Following Fin Once Red Tuna Dice Pie Meter Son Sin sale • English Only • Spanish Only • Bilingual

  13. Example of Activities • Sharing Parent Concerns/Successes • Time for parents to write their concerns/successes • Formed two lines • One with all English Only Parents • One with all Spanish Speakers • Bilingual Parents were split among the two lines • The two lines had to face each other • Parents had to introduce themselves and share with each other either a concern or a success • After sharing individually, they shared in small groups about what they had learned and then with the large group

  14. Calendar Parent Meeting Dates for the 2009-2010 School Year DateGradeLocationTime • Wednesday, October 14, 2009 All grades MPR 5- 6pm • Wednesday, December 16, 2009 Grade level meetings 5-6pm • Wednesday January 27, 2010 All grades MPR 5-6pm • Wednesday, March 24, 2010 Grade level meetings 5-6pm • Wednesday, June 9, 2010 Parent Pot Luck  MPR 5-6:30pm Juntas para padres durante el año escolar 2009-2010 FechaGradoLugarHora • Miércoles, 14 de octubre, 2009 todos los grados Salón Multiusos 5- 6pm • Miércoles, 16 de diciembre, 2009junta para grados individuales 5-6pm • Miércoles, 27 de enero, 2010 todos los grados Salón Multiusos 5-6pm • Miércoles, 24 de marzo, 2010 junta para grados individuales 5-6pm • Miércoles, 9 de junio, 2010 Fiesta de traje Salón Multiusos 5-6:30pm

  15. Other Parent Programs Available • Café Literario • English/Spanish Classes • SENG • Next to come: • Dual Immersion Booster Club

  16. Who Presents at These Meetings? • Classroom Teachers • Resource Teachers • Director of Language Services and Student Programs • Principal

  17. Most Successful Parent Meetings • Student Performances • Skill Specific • Make it/Take it • Potluck/Picnic • Assembly Oriented Meetings

  18. Questions? • Martha E. Gomez Director of Language Services and Student Programs Jurupa Unified School District 951-360-4179 martha_gomez@jusd.k12.ca.us

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