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Parent Partners

Parent Partners. Workshops to Foster School/Home/Family Partnerships. Research About Parent Involvement. The best results happen (for students and for schools) when parents are involved and know what to do, and when teachers and parents respect and understand each other’s roles.

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Parent Partners

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  1. Parent Partners Workshops to Foster School/Home/Family Partnerships

  2. Research About Parent Involvement • The best results happen (for students and for schools) when parents are involved and know what to do, and when teachers and parents respect and understand each other’s roles. • Parent involvement in a child’s education is the single most important factor for academic success-more important than a parent’s own situation, background, or education. • A key feature of any parent education program must be to inform parents of their power and then to unleash that power through helping them know what they can do and how to do it.

  3. GEMS Parent Partner Series The GEMS Parent Partner Series consists of three sessions: Session 1: How Parents Make a Difference Session 2: How Students Learn Best Session 3: Testing: Knowing What Your Child Knows “The GEMS guide is intended for educators or activist parents who, aware of the many benefits, want to increase the role of parents and other adult caregivers in their children’s schooling and at home. The materials in the guide are designed for parents of elementary-grade students. While the focus is on science and mathematics education, many of the materials relate to education in general” -Jacqueline Barber, Lynn Barakos, and Lincoln Bergman

  4. GEMS Parent Partner Series • Each GEMS Session has been field tested at sites nation-wide. Through the field testing of these sessions, it was determined that what educators think parents should know and feel comfortable in presenting is not always what parents want to know and feel comfortable learning. • What was discovered was that parents are hungry for information and a chance to think about how they could apply research findings and information to their own situations. • The Parent Partner Guide includes a variety of tools such as: • Information for Promotional Materials • Parent Education sessions • Take-Home Handouts • Engaging Messages • Research References

  5. Making Use of the Materials • Use tools and resources in flexible ways. • Schedule a time at a faculty meeting to share some details of what you will be presenting with the principal and teachers. • Each session should require about an hour and 15 minutes. Be advised that the sessions are very full and as a presenter you will need to manage the group to stay on schedule. • Reach out to the broadest cross-section of parents in order to ensure the most effective education program with the greatest benefits for your school community.

  6. Session 2: How Students Learn Best • Participants of this session will: • Consider different teaching approaches and their strengths in helping students learn. • Receive a summary of what research says about how students learn best. • Discuss the theory of “multiple intelligences” and current thinking about different learning styles. • Take home suggestions for you to help your child know more about his/her own learning style to become a more effective learner.

  7. Session 2: How Students Learn Best You will participate in a very abbreviated series of activities, each of which exemplifies a different teaching approach.

  8. Structured Activity Add 10 drops of water to each of the piles of powder and record your observations. What do you see? Predict what will happen when you add 3 more spoonfuls (1/2 teaspoons ) of water to each pile? Go ahead and do it. What changes did you notice – now that the powder has absorbed all the water?

  9. Open-ended Exploration Find out as much as you can about what will happen when you add two different solutions to the mystery substance.

  10. Read and Answer Activity Read the information sheet and answer the questions.

  11. Problem-solving Challenge Think up a practical use for the powder in a real-world situation. Make sure you take into account what you now know about the properties of the powder. Draw a picture of how the product would be used and write and advertising slogan so people will see how useful it will be.

  12. Overview of Teaching Approaches Structured Activity (Follow the directions. Add water to powder. Predict what will happen when you add more water.) Open-ended Exploration (Explore what happens when two solutions are added.) Read and Answer Activity (Read about PSA and answer questions.) Problem-solving Challenge (Design a practical use for PSA powder.)

  13. Which Teaching Approaches are Best for: Generating high interest and curiosity? 2. Helping to understand information and concepts? 3. Encouraging thinking and questions?

  14. Consider the Goals of the Lesson • Open-ended Exploration • introduce new area • generate curiosity and interest • foster positive attitudes about science • Structured Activity • encourage specific questions • model one way of investigating • lead to deeper investigations • Problem-solving Challenge • apply new-found knowledge • provide a sense of accomplishment • Read and Answer Activity • provide information

  15. Key Points to Consider • Different teaching approaches accomplish different things. • Research tells us that all of these different teaching approaches are necessary for best learning (and that all students need to experience a balance of each. • There are better (and worse) ways to sequence individual learning experiences. (Specifically, that learning happens most naturally when students begin with open-ended exploration type activities before they get information through reading/lecture.)

  16. Reasons Why a Teacher Might Choose a Particular Approach or Sequence of Approaches. • The subject matter • The instructional materials used. • The experience and age of students • The requirements of the district, state, or nation. • The experience, training, and preference of the teacher. • The time available.

  17. Research Findings: How Students Learn Best • Active learning is best. • Understanding goes beyond vocabulary. • There are recognized phases of learning. • Students of different ages have different needs. • A balanced diet of learning is the healthiest!

  18. Multiple Intelligences Linguistic:The capacity to use words effectively, orally or in writing. Logical-Mathematical: The ability to use numbers effectively and reason well. Spatial: The ability to perceive the visual and spatial world accurately, including the ability to visualize the sensitivity to color, line, shape, form, and space. Bodily-Kinesthetic: The ability to use one’s whole body to express ideas and feelings, and to fashion or transform with one’s hands. Musical: The ability to sense, distinguish between, and express oneself in musical forms, including sensitivity to rhythm, pitch, melody, and tone color. Interpersonal: The capacity to perceive and distinguish differences in the motivations and feelings of others and to work well with others. Intrapersonal: The capacity for self-knowledge and understanding, and the ability to act based on that knowledge.

  19. Parent Partners Series Future Sessions will be offered: Testing: Knowing What Your Child Knows: November 16th: 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Echols Building – Room 117

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