Transcript Family – Community Model

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Strategies for Diverse Parent Involvement
School- Family - Community
Model
By Doris P. Young Ed.S.
English for Speakers of Other Languages
FAMILY
SCHOOL
STUDENTS
COMMUNITY
Family Involvement and
Student Achievement
Research
Importance of Parents' Involvement
to Student Success in School
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Both parents high
involvement
Only father high
involvement
Only mother high
involvement
Both parents low
involvement
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Percent students
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Allocation of our time – where is the greater
influence?
14%
33%
53%
Adapted from “How People Learn”, National Research Council, ©2000
Collaboration /
Community
Communication
Learning at home
Volunteering
Parenting
Decision making
THE KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL
SCHOOL-FAMILY-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS
EPSTEIN’S SIX TYPES OF INVOLVEMENT
Type 1
Type 2
PARENTING: Assist families with parenting and child-rearing
skills, understanding child and adolescent development, and setting
home conditions that support children as students at each age and
grade level. Assist schools in understanding families.
COMMUNICATING: Communicate with families about school
programs and student progress through effective school-to-home
and home-to-school communications.
VOLUNTEERING: Improve recruitment, training, work, and
Type 3 schedules to involve families as volunteers and audiences at school
or in other locations to support students and school programs.
Type 4
LEARNING AT HOME: Involve families with their children in
learning activities at home, including homework and other
curriculum-related activities and decisions
Type 5
DECISION MAKING: Include families as participants in school
decisions, governance, and advocacy through PTA/PTO, school
councils, committees, action teams, and other parent organizations.
Type 6
COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITY: Coordinate resources
and services for students, families, and the school with businesses,
agencies, and other groups, and provide services to the community.
Reprinted with permission: Epstein, J. L., Sanders, M. G., Simon, B. S., Salinas, K. C., Jansorn, N. R., & Van Voorhis, F. L. (2002). School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action (Second Edition).
Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
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EPSTEIN’S SIX TYPES OF INVOLVEMENT
TYPE 1
Parenting
TYPE 3
TYPE 4
Communicating Volunteering Learning at
Home
TYPE 2
TYPE 5
Decision
Making
TYPE 6
Collaborating
with the
Community
Reprinted with permission: Epstein, J. L., Sanders, M. G., Simon, B. S., Salinas, K. C., Jansorn, N. R., & Van Voorhis, F. L. (2002). School, Family, and Community Partnerships: Your Handbook for Action (Second Edition).
Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
ACTIVITY

Write the name of an activity and explain that is
successful at your school or in the classroom