FOUR QUICK TIPS FOR POSITIVE PARENT-ENGAGEMENT IN EDUCATION

4 Quick Tips For Positive Parent-Engagement in Education:

1. Be an engaged-partner in learning: help with and check your children’s homework.
2. Model positive attitudes: show your children that you believe that learning and education is important.
3. Creat an open and positive relationship with your children’s teacher/school: attend school events, check in regularly with their homeroom teacher, and engage in open two-way communication.
4. Have fun with education: create or engage in fun educational activities and adventures, and make sure to include the whole family 🙂

ATTENTION PARENTS: DO YOU KNOW YOU MATTER WHEN IT COMES TO YOUR CHILD’S ACADEMIC SUCCESS?

I have recently read an eye-opening book called, Do Parents Know They Matter? Raising achievement through parental engagement.  Written by, Alma Harris, Kirstie Andrew-Power, and Janet Goodall, three well-established women in the field of education.  I deem this book a must read for parents, educators, and school administers.  The book goes beyond parent volunteering within the school and highlights: the importance and impact of parent engagement, what engagement looks like at home, how to support home engagement in schools, how to overcome the challenges that teachers might face, and provides examples of effective school-home communication.

I found there to be two overall take home messages in this book: 1) is that parents are the most underused and yet the most effective means of improving student academic success, 2) that administrators, teachers, and parents need to work together and put parent engagement at the core of learning, encouraging the involvement of parents with the school and its curriculum.

I leave you with a quote from this book, (p. 60)

“… engagement with learning  in the home should be the ultimate aim of all school and parental collaboration if there is to be a positive impact on student achievement”

 Thanks for stopping by,

alyshia.marli

Post #1: Welcome :)

Hi guys,

Welcome to my first blog ever!! This blog was originally created as a project for one of my courses in graduate school (I am currently months away from graduating from the Master of Education program at OISE-University of Toronto); however, I hope this blog will last much longer than just a few months and that you guys will be with me as I venture into the beginning of my career.

I created this blog to support the parent-school relationship, learning in the home, and children’s academic success. I will use this forum to post my thoughts, articles, videos, links, and anything else I find interesting and helpful. Please feel free to post any thoughts, information, or questions you may have about parental engagement in education.

Thanks for stopping by,

alyshia.marli