Step-by-step guide to parent involvement in schools

Posted by on January 30, 2004

[posted from Public Education Network newsblast]

INCLUDING EVERY PARENT: A STEP-BY-STEP GUIDE TO ENGAGE AND EMPOWER PARENTS

Educators, parents, and researchers agree — students do better at schools where parents are actively involved. Now, a new book provides a step-by-step guide for schools to increase parental involvement. But this guide is unique: it was written by teachers and parents from the Patrick O’Hearn, an elementary school in the heart of Boston widely recognized for its accomplishments in involving parents. At the O?Hearn, the payoff is clear — not only in the school?s “family atmosphere,” but in student achievement. O?Hearn students have made tremendous gains on state assessments. So many Boston parents rank the O?Hearn as their first choice that all available seats are filled and many families fill a long waiting list. “Including Every Parent” is the eighth book in the “By Teachers for Teachers” series. Each book is full of step-by-step instructions, tips, and ideas teachers can follow to replicate proven, effective practices that are working in successful public schools — each book is developed by teachers who are making those schools succeed every day. Read the book?s introduction for free at:

http://psinnovation.org/PSI/BTFT/booklist.html