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Parent Involvement: Training and Materials for Educators

 
bullet Summary
 
bullet Families, Youth Today
 
bullet Research Evidence
 
bullet Training Materials for
Educators

 
bullet Training Materials for
Parents

 
bullet Informing Parents

  Introduction

 
Child Development/
     Parenting


 
Health/Safety

  Learning/Schooling

  School Websites/Email
 
bullet Educating Parents

  Introduction

  Workshops

  Programs

  Guides/Manuals

 
bullet Involving Parents

  Introduction

  School Practices

  School Event

  Volunteers

  Mentoring

  Tutoring

  Fundraising

  School Meal Programs

  After-School Programs

  Support  from Business

 
bullet Supporting Parents

 
 Family Services

  Parent Centres

  Housing/Transportation/
    Babysitting

 
Daycare

  Home Schooling

  Crisis Response

  Hard To Reach
    Parents/Fathers

  Help For Home
    Schoolers

 
bullet Empowering Parents

  Introduction

  Reports/Interviews

  Parents' Rights/Appeals

  Accountability/School
    Reports/Teaching
    Improvement Plans

  Parent Councils

  School Choice

  Site-Based Management

  Model/Sample Policies

  Parent Advocacy in
     the Community
 
 
bullet User Survey

 

 
This page provides links to planning guides, materials and workshops for educators that will prepare them for effective parental involvement.

Overview/Summaries

bullet Preparation for Building Partnerships with Families (Harvard Family Research Project)
bullet Bibliography of Research on Teacher Preparation in Family Involvement (Harvard Family Research Project)
bullet Family-School-Community Partnerships: A Compilation of Professional Standards of Practice for Teachers (Harvard Family Research Project)
bullet New Skills for New Schools: Preparing Teachers in Family Involvement (Harvard Family Research Project)
bullet Teaching Teachers to Work With Families (Harvard Education Letter)
bullet Annotated Bibliography for NSDC Standard #12 (National Staff Development Council)

Tips, Strategies and Barriers

bullet Ten Strategies for Involving Parents in Health Promotion
bullet Principal's Best Ten Tips to Increase Parental Involvement in Schools (ERIC)
bullet Ten Steps to Successful School-Family-Community Partnerships (National Network of Partnership Schools)
bullet 10 Tips for Improving the Home-School Connection (Florida Partnership for Parent Involvement)
bullet Barriers to Parent Participation in School Health Promotion
bullet Roadblocks and Detours (Florida Center for Parent Involvement)

Planning and Evaluation Tools

bullet Parent Involvement Check-up (Florida Partnership for Parent Involvement)
bullet New Skills for New Schools: Preparing Teachers in Family Involvement (US Department of Education)
bullet An Action Handbook for Family-School-Community Partnerships (An Action Handbook for Family-School-Community Partnerships (US Department of Education)
bullet Make Room For Familes (North West Regional Laboratory)
bullet Family Involvement in Children's Education (US Department of Education)
bullet Reaching All Families. Creating Family-Friendly Schools (US Department of Education)
bullet Critical Issues in Family & Community (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory)
bullet Critical Issue: Creating the School Climate and Structures to Support Parent and Family Involvement (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory)

Workshops/Self-Directed Study Guides

bullet Making Family and Community Connections (Disney Learning Partnership)
bullet Home-School Communication - What's All the Commotion? Workshop (Harvard Family Research Project)
bullet Family-School Partnerships for Student's Reading Success Workshop (Harvard Family Research Project)
bullet School Administrator Roles Teaching Cases (Harvard Family Research Project)
bullet School Counselor Roles Teaching Cases (Harvard Family Research Project)
bullet Family Involvement Teaching Cases (Harvard Family Research Project)
bullet Helping Every Student Succeed: Schools and Communities Working Together (Study Circles Resource Center)

 

This summary has been prepared with funding provided by the
Population Health Fund, Health Canada

 

 


Key Resources
 

 
bullet New Skills for New Schools: Preparing Teachers in Family Involvement (Harvard Family Research Project)
bullet Ten Strategies for Involving Parents in Health Promotion
bullet Principal's Best Ten Tips to Increase Parental Involvement in Schools (ERIC)
bullet Ten Steps to Successful School-Family-Community Partnerships (National Network of Partnership Schools)
bullet 10 Tips for Improving the Home-School Connection (Florida Partnership for Parent Involvement)
bullet Barriers to Parent Participation in School Health Promotion
bullet Roadblocks and Detours (Florida Center for Parent Involvement)
bullet Parent Involvement Check-up (Florida Partnership for Parent Involvement)
bullet New Skills for New Schools: Preparing Teachers in Family Involvement (US Department of Education)
bullet Family & Community (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory)
bullet Creating the School Climate and Structures to Support Parent and Family Involvement (North Central Regional Educational Laboratory)
bullet Making Family and Community Connections (Disney Learning Partnership)
bullet Family Involvement Teaching Cases (Harvard Family Research Project)
 


 

    

 


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