Transcript Enhancing Parental Involvement

Part 3: Innovations in Professional Growth
Public Education and Webcasting in BC:
October 2005 to May 2005
Parent Involvement in
British Columbia
November 30, 2005
Presented by Steve Cardwell,
School District No. 37 (Delta)
Hosted by the Ministry of Education
Introduction
Enhancing Parent Involvement
in Schools
The Honourable Shirley Bond, Minister
of Education and Minister Responsible
for Early Learning and Literacy
Outcomes
• Outcomes for the webcast session:
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Understanding
Exploring
Observing
Engaging
The Importance of Parent
Involvement
• Think – Pair – Share
• One benefit of parent involvement
• One challenge of parent involvement
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Its about parent involvement
…its about
community!
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The separation of parent and school is based on a
mechanical model of teaching and learning, wrong
and outmoded, but still very much alive.
Comer’s work has recreated the essential elements of
community in school. A central aspect is the parent
and staff partnership – caring, meaningful adults –
interacting on behalf of and with students to promote
their development, desirable behaviour, and learning.
James Comer, Yale
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Dream a little…
Dream
BIG!
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We cannot afford to sequester parents on
the periphery of the educational enterprise.
Parent involvement is neither a quick fix nor
a luxury; it is absolutely fundamental to a
healthy system of public education.
Anne Henderson
What Research Tells Us
Many forms of family and community
involvement influence student achievement at
all ages.
A focus on building respectful and trusting
relationships is effective in creating and
sustaining connections that support student
achievement.
“A New Wave of Evidence” Research Synthesis by Anne Henderson and Karen Mapp
What Research Tells Us
• Activity: Say Something
• Participants read an assigned piece of
text/statement.
• When finished reading, participants say
something about what has been read.
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Benefits of Parental Involvement to the student:
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Better attendance
Homework more likely to be completed
Better attitude towards school and improved behaviour
Improved achievement
Higher graduation rates
Greater involvement in post-secondary
Source: BCCPAC 2002
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A school learning community includes
educators, students, parents, and community
partners who work together to improve the
school and enhance students' learning
opportunities.
Joyce Epstein, Director
Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships
Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore
6 Types of Parent Involvement
Parenting
Collaborating
with the
Community
Communicating
PARENT
INVOLVEMENT
Learning at
Home
Volunteering
Decision-Making
Adapted from Epstein , J (2001). School family and community partnerships: Preparing educators and improving schools. Boulder CO: Westview Press.
Parenting
All parents want the best for their children.
Parents are the primary source of
basic needs:
 Physical
 Emotional
 Social
 Developmental
Parenting
Support for Parenting
 To help parents fulfill their responsibilities
 To assist schools in understanding the families in
the community
Adapted from Epstein, J (2001). School family and community partnerships: Preparing educators and improving schools. Boulder CO: Westview Press.
Collaborating with the
Community
Building Partnerships:
 Activities bring resources to the school from
the community and from the school to the
community
 Community services support and enhance
school programs and directions
Adapted from Epstein, J (2001). School family and community partnerships: Preparing educators and improving schools. Boulder CO: Westview Press.
Parenting
Collaborating with the
Community
Parenting and
Collaborating with the
Community
1. Click PAUSE on your media player here.
2. Take time to discuss Parenting and
Collaborating with the Community using
Activity Package questions.
3. Click PLAY to resume webcast playback
after discussion.
Learning at Home
Activities that involve families with their
children influence achievement, decisions,
and choices
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Developing skills
Homework
Goal Setting
Curriculum related activities
Adapted from Epstein, J (2001). School family and community partnerships: Preparing educators and improving schools. Boulder CO: Westview Press.
Learning at Home
Learning at Home
Take time to discuss Learning at Home
using Activity Package questions.
Decision-Making
• Activities that involve families as
participants in decision-making of all kinds
• Parent Advisory Councils
• School Planning Councils
Adapted from Epstein, J (2001). School family and community partnerships: Preparing educators and improving schools. Boulder CO: Westview Press.
Decision-Making
Decision Making
Take time to discuss Decision Making
using Activity Package questions.
Volunteering
 Volunteers provide support to children’s
learning
 Volunteer activities can occur in the school
and in the community
Adapted from Epstein, J (2001). School family and community partnerships: Preparing educators and improving schools. Boulder CO: Westview Press.
Volunteering
Parent involvement and schools:
• Volunteers in schools/classrooms
• Volunteers for schools/classrooms
• Volunteers as members of audiences
Adapted from Epstein, J (2001). School family and community partnerships: Preparing educators and improving schools.
Boulder CO: Westview Press.
Volunteering
Volunteering
Take time to discuss Volunteering using
Activity Package questions.
Communicating
 Ongoing communications help educators and
families understand each other in the interest of
student progress
 Communication is from school-to-home and
home-to-school
Adapted from Epstein, J (2001). School family and community partnerships: Preparing educators and improving schools. Boulder CO: Westview Press.
Communicating
Communicating
1. Click PAUSE on your media player here.
2. Take time to discuss Communicating
using Activity Package questions.
3. Click PLAY to resume webcast playback
after discussion.
6 Types of Parent Involvement
Parenting
Collaborating
with the
Community
Communicating
PARENT
INVOLVEMENT
Learning at
Home
Volunteering
Decision-Making
Adapted from Epstein , J (2001). School family and community partnerships: Preparing educators and improving schools. Boulder CO: Westview Press.
The Importance of
Parent Involvement
1. Comments from Students
2. Appreciating Parents
Parent Involvement
• Creating together
• Learning together
• Embedding growth and risk taking in
our culture
• Being flexible, patient and persistent
• Sustaining improvement through
consistent evaluation and revision
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outside
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for all students
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Schools are communities of human beings
bound together in an organic and continuously
developing web of relationships.
Joanne Quinn, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE),
University of Toronto November 2003 in IMPACT
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…and finally, remember our purpose…
Every second counts for the next generation!
Closing Remarks:
Kim Howland, President BCCPAC
Our Thanks
• Mount Boucherie Senior Secondary School,
Kelowna
• Chilliwack Community Services & Chilliwack
School District
• Rick Hansen, Secondary School, Abbotsford
• Delta DPAC
• Students from North Delta Secondary School
• Victoria School District
• Kim Howland President, BCCPAC
Special thanks to SD 37 (Delta)
• Steve Cardwell, Delta – Host
• Seaquam Secondary School