Parent Involvement
Parent Involvement- What is IT?
The US Department of Education has clearly defined “Parental Involvement” as the participation of parents in regular, two-way, and meaningful communication involving student academic learning and other school activities, including:
- Parents play an integral role in assisting their child’s learning.
- Parents are encouraged to be actively involved in their child’s education at school.
- Parents are full partners in their child’s education and are included, as appropriate, in decision-making and on advisory committees to assist in the education of their child.
Taking a Closer Look: A Guide to Online Resources on Family Involvement
Heather Weiss, Kelly Faughnan, Margaret Caspe, Cassandra Wolos, M. Elena Lopez, Holly Kreider
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This comprehensive resource guide compiles a wealth of information about family involvement from over 100 national organizations. It contains Web links to recent (published in and after 2000) research, information, and tools.
Compiled in 2004–2005 the guide contains resources about family involvement in early childhood education, elementary, middle school, and high school. It includes family involvement in several contexts:, including home, school, and out-of-school time programs.
You can use the guide to get fresh ideas for your work, find programs, develop presentations, and locate organizations that can support your work.
The guide (50 pages in length) is downloadable free of charge.
Free. Available online only
Here are some websites to get you started:
Parent Involvement in Education-Why is It So Important?
Parents Make the Difference! New website Promoting School-Family-Community Partnerships
Here are links to help get you started:
- Work With Parents & The Community
- Educating Our Children Together: A Sourcebook for Effective Family-School-Community Partnerships
- Six Slices of Parent Involvement by Project Appleseed
- NCLB ACTION BRIEF - Parental Involvement
- Investing In Partnerships For Student Success: A Basic Tool For Community Stakeholders To Guide Educational Partnership Development And Management
Engaging Parents In Education: Lessons From Five Parental Informaton And Resource Centers - Identifies innovative and successful education programs across the country that are closing the achievement gap and helping to reach the goal Learn More
Family Involvement in Children's Education
Successful Local Approaches - An Idea Book
The Partnership for Family Involvement in Education
Who We Are and What We Do
Family and Community Resources - SEDL (formerly the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory)
Parent Involvement Matters - Resources
NH Department of Education - Parent Involvement
