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Parent Involvement

Marisol Perez, Brenda Rocha


Sydney Roumeliotis, Jasmine Davis
Alexia Mayorga, Lulu Steele, Natalie Navarro
Class Activity Time!
Topics
Marisol Perez: what are the teacher and Parent Perceptions on parental involvement?

Brenda Rocha: Barriers of Parent Involvement and Student Outcomes

Jasmine Davis: How can teachers create a collaborative and inclusive environment to increase parent
involvement?

Alexia Mayorga: How can technology help a parent or guardian get involved in their child’s education?

Sydney Roumeliotis: The negative effects of Parent involvement in school systems

Natalie Navarro: Positive Effects of Parent Involvement

Lulu Steele: How can teachers and school administration help get parents more involved?

● Sunshine Calls
● Inviting classroom setting
● Student-led Conferences
● Reminder Tree
Teacher and Parent Perceptions of Parental Involvement
Parents Teachers

● Misconception of Parental Involvement. ● Teachers believe that if a parent is asked


(etc. Parents think Parental involvement is to do something for school and they do it
just volunteering to go to field trips.) they believe that the parents are involved.
● Poor Communication of teacher to parent is ● Uninvolved parents makes teachers believe
the school's fault. that parent involvement activities need to
● Parent’s perceive that school staff ignore be geared toward educating parents on how
and exclude their opinions. to be involved in and around their children’s
● Lack the power of school decision making. schooling.
(etc.“no win dilemma”) ● When teachers perceive parents as
● Negative Teacher-Parent Interactions. irresponsible and/or unresponsive, they
(etc. parent coming to school and child tend to believe that their efforts in the
thinking they are in trouble.) classroom are fruitless.
Barriers of parent
Student Outcomes
involvement
➢ Good behavior
➢ Social Class ➢ Lower dropout rates
➢ Race/Ethnicity ➢ Increase of child
self-esteem
➢ Financial Hardships ➢ Parents are informed about
➢ Difficult Life school curricula and
Circumstances expectations
➢ Increase parents sense of
➢ Cultural Capital (exists the importance of their
in 3 forms) children’s careers
➢ Promotes better social skills
Q: How can teachers create a collaborative and inclusive
environment to increase parent involvement?

– The Progressive Plan (Matuszny, 2007)


– The progressive plan is a 4-part plan designed to help teachers build,
support, maintain and constantly improve collaborative relationships with
families from year to year.
– Initiation
– Building the foundation
– Maintenance and Support
– Assessment/Reflection/Growth
– Models of the Parental Involvement Process (Staples, 2010)
– The model includes five levels with the last three levels surrounding
student behavior and outcomes and the first two levels discussing
parent involvement.
– Build Parent Rapport
– Develop a Communication System
– Create Alternate Forms of Parent-Teacher Communication
Negative Impacts of Parent Involvement
Lack of Impact Parent Involvement had generally weak and nonsignificant collective efforts on both math and
reading skills, it was shown to create an education gap of inequality. Studies also showed parent involvement not
helping with math homework in specific.

Social Effects Studies found Chinese students suffering from high levels of anxiety and depression due to their
parents being extremely involved and pressuring them to do better.

Motivation A study given between students in South Korea with different levels of parent involvement showed
no change in motivation or attitudes with students to do better in school. They shared similar feeling with the Chinese
students.
Technology and Parent Involvement
How can technology help a parent or guardian get involved in their child’s education?
According to a study by Eva N. Patrikakou parents and teachers placed high in “proactive parent
involvement.”
Parents were asked “What is your preferred method of communicating between home and school? Why?”
- Parents stated that for “information purposes”, for example classroom updates or simple yes-or-no
questions, email notifications, phones calls and fliers were preferred.
- When it came for information about a student “bi-directional” forms of communication were
preferred, for example personalized emails or phone calls.
Positive Effects of Parent Involvement

● Self Esteem: Parent involvement in and out of


school helps
➢ students stay positive and raises
their self esteem.
● Test Scores: Research shows that parental
involvement increases student scores in reading
and math. Both subjects require practice and
guidance.
● Positive Behavior: Students are more likely to
have good behavior in school when they know
that their parent and teacher have a good
relationship.
Getting Parents Involved:
Family Engagement = Student Success
References
● Charles V. Izzo, Roger P. Weissberg, Wesley J. Kasprow, and Michael Fendrich (1999). A Longitudinal Assessment of Teacher Perceptions of Parent Involvement in Children's Education

and School Performance. Plenum Publishing Corporation.

https://toro.csudh.edu/courses/1/LBS30302_2178_42886/db/_10818216_1/A%2Longitudial%20Assesment%20of%20Teacher%20Perceptions%20of%20Parent%

20Involvement%20In%20Children%27s%20Education%20and%20School%20Performance.pdf

● Lawson, M. A. (2003). School-Family Relations In Context. Urban Education, 38(1), 77-133. doi:10.1177/0042085902238687\

● Quach, A., Epstein, N., Riley, P., Falconier, M., & Fang, X. (2017). Effects of Parental Warmth

and Academic Pressure on Anxiety and Depression Symptoms in Chinese Adolescents.

Retrieved 31 October 2017, from

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10826-013-9818-y

● Matuszny, R. M., Banda, D. R., & Coleman, T. J. (2007). A Progressive Plan for Building Collaborative Relationships With Parents From Diverse Backgrounds. Teaching Exceptional

Children, 39(4), 24-31.

● Staples, K. E., & Diliberto, J. A. (2010). Guidelines for Successful Parent Involvement. Teaching Exceptional Children, 42(6), 58-63.

● Olmstead, C. (2013). Using Technology to Increase Parent Involvement in Schools. Techtrends: Linking Research & Practice To Improve Learning, 57(6), 28-37.

doi:10.1007/s11528-013-0699-0

● Robinson, K., & Harris, A. L. (2014). The broken compass: parental involvement with children’s education. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.

https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/csudh/reader.action?docID=3301378

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