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GETTING PARENTS INVOLVED
RESEARCH FINDING:
Parental involvement helps children learn more effectively.
Teachers who are successful at involving parents in their chil-
dren's schoolwork are successful because they work at it.
COMMENT:
Most parents want to be involved with their children's schoolwork
but are unsure of what to do or how to do it. Many say they
would welcome more guidance and ideas from teachers. But it
takes more than occasional parent-teacher conferences and school
open houses to involve parents. Teachers who are successful at
promoting parent participation in the early grades use strategies
like these:
. Some teachers ask parents to read aloud to the child, to
listen to the child read, and to sign homework papers.
. Others encourage parents to drill students on math and
spelling and to help with homework lessons.
. Teachers also encourage parents to discuss school activi-
ties with their children and suggest ways parents can help teach
their children at home. For example, a simple home activity
might be alphabetizing books; a more complex one would be using
kitchen supplies in an elementary science experiment.
. Teachers also send home suggestions for games or group
activities related to the child's schoolwork that parent and
child can play together.
. Teachers meet parents' wishes for face-to-face contact by
inviting them to the classroom to see how their children are
being taught. This first-hand observation shows parents how the
teacher teaches and gives parents ideas on what they can do at
home.
Becker, H. J., and Epstein, J. (November l982). "Parent Involve-
ment: A Survey of Teacher Practices." The Elementary School
Journal, Vol. 83, No. 2, pp. 85-l02.
Cattermole, J., and Robinson, N. (September l985). "Effective
Home/School/Communications--From the Parents' Perspective." Phi
Delta Kappan, Vol. 67, No. l, pp. 48-50.
Rich, D. K. (l985). The Forgotten Factor in School Success--the
Family. Washington, D.C.: Home and School Institute.
Walberg, H. J. (February l984). "Families as Partners in Educa-
tional Productivity." Phi Delta Kappan, Vol. 65, No. l6, pp.
397-400.