School, Family, and Community Partnerships

School, Family, and Community Partnerships
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Publisher : Corwin Press
Total Pages : 508
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ISBN-10 : 9781483320014
ISBN-13 : 1483320014
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis School, Family, and Community Partnerships by : Joyce L. Epstein

Strengthen programs of family and community engagement to promote equity and increase student success! When schools, families, and communities collaborate and share responsibility for students′ education, more students succeed in school. Based on 30 years of research and fieldwork, the fourth edition of the bestseller School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action, presents tools and guidelines to help develop more effective and more equitable programs of family and community engagement. Written by a team of well-known experts, it provides a theory and framework of six types of involvement for action; up-to-date research on school, family, and community collaboration; and new materials for professional development and on-going technical assistance. Readers also will find: Examples of best practices on the six types of involvement from preschools, and elementary, middle, and high schools Checklists, templates, and evaluations to plan goal-linked partnership programs and assess progress CD-ROM with slides and notes for two presentations: A new awareness session to orient colleagues on the major components of a research-based partnership program, and a full One-Day Team Training Workshop to prepare school teams to develop their partnership programs. As a foundational text, this handbook demonstrates a proven approach to implement and sustain inclusive, goal-linked programs of partnership. It shows how a good partnership program is an essential component of good school organization and school improvement for student success. This book will help every district and all schools strengthen and continually improve their programs of family and community engagement.

Involving Parents of Students with Special needs

Involving Parents of Students with Special needs
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 249
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ISBN-10 : 9781634507912
ISBN-13 : 1634507916
Rating : 4/5 (12 Downloads)

Synopsis Involving Parents of Students with Special needs by : Jill C. Dardig

This book helps readers with real-world situations. It is easy and user-friendly, this book provides strategies and tools to aid in communicating with parents.

Involving Parents in Their Children's Learning

Involving Parents in Their Children's Learning
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Publisher : SAGE
Total Pages : 234
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ISBN-10 : 9781412935005
ISBN-13 : 1412935008
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis Involving Parents in Their Children's Learning by :

Whalley highlights the pioneering work of the Pen Green Centre for children and families. This second edition follows up on the stories of people featured in the first edition, showing how they have progressed over the last few years. Practitioners will be offered advice on ways of developing effective work with parents.

Family Involvement in Children's Education

Family Involvement in Children's Education
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 176
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015041731582
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (82 Downloads)

Synopsis Family Involvement in Children's Education by : Janie E. Funkhouser

Schools that are most successful in engaging parents and other family members in support of their children's learning look beyond traditional definitions of parent involvement--parent teacher organizations or signing report cards--to a broader conception of supporting families in activities outside of school that can encourage their children's' learning. This idea book is intended to assist educators, parents, and policy makers as they develop school-family partnerships, identifying and describing successful strategies used by 20 local Title I programs. Following an executive summary, the book notes resources for involving families in education, includes research supporting such partnerships, and describes how Title I encourages partnerships. Next, the book describes successful local approaches to family involvement in education, organized around strategies for overcoming common barriers to family involvement, including: (1) overcoming time and resource constraints; (2) providing information and training to parents and school staff; (3) restructuring schools to support family involvement; (4) bridging school-family differences; and (5) tapping external supports for partnerships. Finally, the book presents conclusions about establishing and sustaining partnerships, noting that at the same time that successful partnerships share accountability, specific stakeholders must assume individual responsibility, and that those schools that succeed in involving large numbers of parents invest energy in finding solutions for problems, not excuses. Four appendices present profiles of 10 successful partnerships, descriptions in table format of 20 successful local approaches, contact information for profiled partnership programs, and resources for building successful partnerships. Contains 13 references. (HTH)

201 Ways to Involve Parents

201 Ways to Involve Parents
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Publisher : Corwin Press
Total Pages : 139
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ISBN-10 : 9781506343167
ISBN-13 : 1506343163
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis 201 Ways to Involve Parents by : Betty Boult

Proactively Develop Parental Involvement for Students’ Growth and Achievement Years of research and practice show that connecting with families positively impacts student achievement. This book is packed with ready-to-use ideas to actively engage parents as educational partners. This new edition includes current research on the impact of parent involvement, offers new strategies, and provides expanded coverage of ways to build bridges between the school and diverse families including: Innovative ways to sustain ongoing communication Ideas for welcoming parents as members of the school community Strategies for including parents in school governance Techniques for developing parent volunteer programs, and more

Building Parent Engagement in Schools

Building Parent Engagement in Schools
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Total Pages : 98
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ISBN-10 : 9781586834050
ISBN-13 : 1586834053
Rating : 4/5 (50 Downloads)

Synopsis Building Parent Engagement in Schools by : Larry Ferlazzo

This work is a report on the positive impact of parental involvement on their child's academics and on the school at large. Building Parent Engagement in Schools is an introduction to educators, particularly in lower-income and urban schools, who want to promote increased parental engagement in both the classroom and at home—an effort required by provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. It is both an authoritative review of research that confirms the positive impact of parental involvement on student achievement and a guide for implementing proven strategies for increasing that involvement. With Building Parent Engagement in Schools, educators can start to develop a hybrid culture between home and school, so that school can serve as a cultural bridge for the students. Filled with the voices of real educators, students, and parents, the book documents a number of parent-involved efforts to improve low-income communities, gain greater resources for schools, and improve academic achievement. Coverage includes details of real initiatives in action, including programs for home visits, innovative uses of technology, joint enterprises like school/community gardens, and community organization efforts.

Making Choices for Multicultural Education

Making Choices for Multicultural Education
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Publisher : Prentice Hall
Total Pages : 296
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015031722914
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (14 Downloads)

Synopsis Making Choices for Multicultural Education by : Christine E. Sleeter

This leading text examines the meaning of multicultural education from historical and conceptual perspectives. It provides a thorough analysis of the theory and practice of five major approaches to dealing with race, language, social class, gender, disability, and sexual orientation in today's classrooms.

Involving Parents

Involving Parents
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Publisher : Heinemann Educational Publishers
Total Pages : 222
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ISBN-10 : PSU:000016246393
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (93 Downloads)

Synopsis Involving Parents by : Alastair Macbeth

Parents & Teachers Working Together

Parents & Teachers Working Together
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Publisher : Center for Responsive Schools Incorporated
Total Pages : 222
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1892989158
ISBN-13 : 9781892989154
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Parents & Teachers Working Together by : Carol Davis

Provides advice for elementary teachers on collaborating with parents to enhance a child's educational experience.

New Ways to Engage Parents

New Ways to Engage Parents
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Publisher : Teachers College Press
Total Pages : 144
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ISBN-10 : 9780807773895
ISBN-13 : 0807773891
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis New Ways to Engage Parents by : Patricia Edwards

Just as populations change, ideas about how to encourage and work with parents also need to evolve. This practical resource by bestselling author Patricia Edwards provides school leaders and classroom teachers with new and creative ways in which to welcome, encourage, and involve parents. Enacting these types of practices requires a special kind of commitment from teachers and school leaders, which often coincides with a particular kind of mindset about families and one’s responsibility to engage them. Educators often develop this mindset as they deepen their understanding of families, literacy/language, culture/race/class, and themselves. Edwards pulls these understandings together and presents them in a straightforward, concise, and easy-to-use guide that is perfect for professional learning communities and teacher preparation courses. New Ways to Engage Parents is essential reading for all educators who care deeply about engaging a wide range of parents in today’s schools. “It is my hope that this book inspires teachers to seek ways to make schools more equitable and caring spaces for all children.” —From the Foreword by Catherine Compton-Lilly, University of Wisconsin–Madison “Long a leader in the field, Professor Patricia Edwards reinforces the fact that education is a shared responsibility of home, school, and community. She presents scores of practical ideas and resources to enable educators to involve all parents in their children’s education.” —Joyce L. Epstein, Johns Hopkins University “Finally, a book that brings partnering with parents into the 21st century! This is a book teachers will want to keep at their fingertips.” —Jeanne R. Paratore, Boston University