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Key Idea

The most helpful way to impact student achievement is to actually link the involvement of the parents to the children’s learning. 

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Strategies for involving parents at school

  1. Link parent involvement to student learning

  2. Add student learning connections to existing events, or create new programs focused on student learning

  3. Open classrooms for parent visitation

Strategies for Educators

  • Use school meetings and events as showcases of student work.

  • Provide classroom demonstrations to help parents understand how classroom activities relate to student learning.

  • Provide collaborative opportunities for parents to work with their children in the school setting.

Strategies for SEAs

  • Provide research on how parent involvement can positively impact student achievement

  • Expose schools to positive examples of successful programs that link parent involvement and student learning

Resources

All Your Parents - Part 4: Provide Information and Strategies from the National Center for Family Literacy

All Your Parents - Part 5: Engage in Learning from the National Center for Family Literacy

Parent Involvement: A Process for Implementing Interactive Parent-Child Activities in Elementary Schools from the National Center for Family Literacy

Parent Involvement: When Mom and Dad Go to School from the National Center for Family Literacy

Collins, J. Technology Goes Home @ School Builds Parental Involvement, Case Study: O’Donnell School SY ’05 – ’06. Retrieved February 25, 2008, fromwww.cityofboston.gov/bra/digitalbridge/TGHCaseStudy6.pdf

Henderson, A., Mapp, K., Johnson, V., & Davies, D. (2007). Beyond the bake sale. New York: The New Press.

Westat & Policy Studies Associates. (2001). The longitudinal evaluation of school change and performance in Title I schools, volume I. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Education, Office of the Deputy Secretary, Planning and Evaluation Service. Retrieved May 28, 2008, from www.ed.gov/offices/OUS/PES/esed/lescp_highlights.html

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