This course had taught me about having the parents and community members involved in school. Let me briefly explain what I am doing in order to bring more parents and business stake holders into the schools. The program is called V.I.P’s or Very
Important Partners. This program is composed of the community, the principal,
teachers, parents/guardians and students. Our school has forty percent of homes
that are either one parent homes, grandparents raising grandchildren or
children being raised by other family members. This is an alarming number and
our students are fighting a battle (academic success) that can’t be won without
parental support and involvement. Our school has a tremendous number of office referrals
and negative attitudes toward homework that something has to be implemented in
order for our students to obtain n success. According to “No Child Left Behind”
parents need to be aware of what is being taught in the classroom, and don’t
teach strategies and shortcuts that conflict with the approach the teacher is
using. The strategies I recommend are grade specific and organized by the
teacher, parent and community. We will hands on, weekly meeting, the teacher
will teach the parent or guarding specific strategies that will be taught to
their child in the upcoming week. The parent will be taught the skill a week
before the student, thus providing the parent with the training he or she needs
to successfully work with his or her child. We will be implementing real word
approaches in our parent tutorial sessions (cooking, shopping, sports, music,
creating and constructing). The community (The Greenwood Senior Center) has
been willing to donate their time for childcare during our tutorial sessions.
References:
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