"Partnerships for Education" Conference a Success!
Partnerships Hold the Key to
Student
Success
We all know that a good education is crucial to the
future well-being of our children and our communities. Many of us also know that the traditional “silo model” of education, where the activities of school rarely if ever intersect with the life of the family and community, is no longer functional. Too many kids are falling through the cracks, are failing classes, dropping out, and not exiting school with the skills they need for successful employment.
But to assume the problem belongs to the schools alone is to misplace the responsibility. A child is, first and foremost, a member of a family, one who plays in a neighborhood, goes to a local church, attends a local youth center, and plays on local sports teams. He is one who will eventually work at a local job, buy goods from area businesses, and may well make his life in the same town in which he grew up. The day-to-day life of a child embraces all elements of the community — and it is the community that ultimately validates his worth and makes his life relevant.
Fortunately, many have recognized this underlying truth and are working to create respectful, constructive and creative partnerships among families, schools, and community institutions. For parents, this means going “beyond the bake sale” and getting involved in learning at home, decision-making at school, and expanding their range of parenting skills and strategies. For schools, it means recognizing parents as partners in the education of all students, improving school-home communication, and organizing the school to embrace parent and community participation at all levels. For community organizations, it means partnering with families and schools to offer expanded opportunities for play, learning, mentoring, apprenticeships, and meaningful work.
Parents and Educators Working Together
For helping parents and educators work together effectively to support student learning. Includes tips on successful parent/teacher conferences, two-way communication and shared responsibilities in the education of children. K-12, Parents and Teachers.Expanding Parent Involvement in Children’s Education
This workshop provides a blueprint for promoting parent involvement practices which can lead to increased student achievement. Parents and educators will strategize the first steps in the development of comprehensive and effective parent/school/community partnerships. Grades K-12, for Parents and TeachersParents & Learning Workshop for Teachers
Parents & Learning covers the "curriculum of the home," the parent-child interactions and patterns of family life that influence children's school learning. This workshops highlights the role of the teacher in encouraging these positive home practices that contribute to school success. For TeachersComprehensive Workshops are available on any of the following topics:
- 1. Improving Communication
- Promoting Positive Parenting
- Enhancing Student Learning
- Increasing Volunteerism
- Supporting Decision Making and Advocacy; and
- Collaborating with the Community. Different modules designed for Parent and School Personnel Groups
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6 Types of Parent Involvement: How Does Your School Rate?
In her work on school-family-community partnershipes, Joyce Epstein has identified 6 areas of parental involvement that every school should address when reviewing and improving family engagement efforts. Assessing these different areas of parent involvement is important because there are many different ways for parents to be involved -- ways that go "beyond the bake sale" and include every facet of life both at school and at home. Recognizing these different types of parent involvement gives the school a framework for assessing current efforts and for improving future ones. Read More....
PIRC Offers Free Technical Assistance to Schools
NH State PIRC is equipped to support schools and school districts in meeting their goals regarding the Parental Involvement provisions of NCLB and Title I. Specifically, we can help schools with the process of reviewing, improving, planning, implementing and evaluating the following key provisions:
* Written Parent Involvement Policy
* Policy Involvement Meetings for Parents
* The School-Parent Compact
* Parent-School communication strategies
* Training opportunities for parents around literacy and school achievement. Read more.
Conway Community Partnership creates "Brake for Books" Bookmobile
In an effort to help children maintain their current reading levels over the summer, staff members at Conway Elementary School, with the help of longtime local business Frechette Tire Company, took books on the road, bringing them to children. The response was extremely positive, according to Conway El. Principal Brian Hastings, who made the maiden voyage along with several members of the school's staff. Read more...
Amherst St School Comes out of School Improvement with help of Parent-School Partnership!
Having children for only 6 ½ hours a day was great in order to let teachers put their strategies to work in the classroom, but certainly not enough time to really help children meet with success. The answer? Parental involvement! Thankfully, we connected with NH State PIRC in 2006 to assist us with this effort…and what a difference it made! Read more...
