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Literature on Parental Involvement offered from the U.S. Government states in SEC. 1118 that, ". . . Activities shall be planned and implemented with meaningful consultation with parents of participating children. (The school should) offer a flexible number of meetings, such as meetings in the morning or evening, and provide transportation, child care, or home visits, as such services relate to parental involvement." (http://www.ed.gov/legislation/ESEA/sec11... The writer is not aware of any instance where a parent was provided transportation to a school meeting. This item should be added to the opening agenda, in August 2000, of the Parental Involvement Committee. It is the school's responsibility to address the importance of communication between teachers and parents on an ongoing basis through, at a minimum. The writer's school sends home a monthly newsletter to inform parents of activities, meetings and special events that will be taking place on campus during each month.
Raising the expectations of student success is the primary focus of Jane Long Elementary. "It is important to understand that the involvement of families in their children's education is not limited solely to attendance at PTO meetings or volunteering at school. What parents do at home with their children is even more important to the total educational effort, and schools need to let parents know that they value both their contributions at school and their participation at home." http://www.ed.gov/legislation/ESEA/Title...
"Epstein's typology (Epstein, 1990) recognizes that parents engage in and participate in their children's education along a number of dimensions." http://www.jsri.msu.edu/RandS/research/w...
The five types of involvement, which are paraphrased by the writer, are as follows:
a) Care giving, discipline, instilling values, morals, health care, and family events oriented with raising children.
b) Schools are obligated to report events to parents, which will require their attendance. Notices of special events and activities are one way of communicating with the parents to build cooperation.
c) The school should involve parents of the level of assisting teachers in the classrooms. There is a program at the writer's campus which is called VIPS, meaning, Volunteers in Public Schools. These VIPS are synonymously known as Very Important Parent(s) at Jane Long.
d) Parents and Teachers are required to present the students with learning activities at home and at school. Some events on the survey involve these type activities. Parents will be encouraged to participate in building their child's academic performance through teaching materials supplied by the school.
e) The local Parent Teacher Association will be
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