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Parents H elping C hildren S ucceed in S chool. Vanessa Arthur - Maritza Munzón - Judith Oron - Rose Waringa. Parents Need More Support to Help Children Succeed in School. B roken relationship between parents and teachers
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Parents Helping Children Succeed in School Vanessa Arthur - Maritza Munzón - Judith Oron - Rose Waringa
Parents Need More Support to Help Children Succeed in School • Broken relationship between parents and teachers • Parents do not know how to contribute to their child’s learning
Parents Can Play an Important Role in Academic Success • Parents need to adopt new behaviors. • Sitting down with the child • Meeting with the teacher • Parents are the gatekeepers of schooling, but are not included in decision-making
Connecting Parents to Classroom Expectations Strategic Objective : By 2019, 30% of KC HH currently living under poverty ($2 per day/per person) will achieve sustainable livelihood. Intermediate Results
Changing Behaviors at Home to Build Success at School • Parental understanding of classroom • Home engagement leads to academic success. • Examples : • Parents ask “Can you show me what you did at school today?” • Parents check in on their children’s progress • Parents make everyday tasks into learning activities
A Web of Reasons Prevent Primary School Completion Problem Tree
Connecting Home and School Will Lead to Higher Reading and Math Scores Strategic Objective : By 2019, 30% of KC HH currently living under poverty ($2 per day/per person) will achieve sustainable livelihood. Purpose To improve academic achievement of at-risk children in Kisumu County. • Outputs • Network of parent/caregiver support groups • Two-way feedback system to connect home and school and strengthen child’s academic progress • Network of peer-to-peer providers of psycho-social support for children’s well-being • teacher-to-teacher support system. Log Frame Indicator By 2019, an annual increase of 15% is achieved over the baseline average of reading and maths readiness test scores of Primary 1 to Primary 3 students in targeted Kisumu County schools.
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