...ELL Families and School English Language learner (ELL) students are the fastest growing student population in the USA today. There are the challenges of creating programs that can accommodate all students, including the ELL students, and the political issues, cultural practices, language barriers, school policies and is literacy practices and achievements, its socio-cultural influences, bilingualism and home language use with the parental and community resources for English acquisition and the ways and means that both the school and home can help the ELL students to achieve their goals. The socio-cultural influences on English Language learners affect how they interact with other students. They are expected to behave at school in the way that the dominant culture expects them to behave, but at home their family traditions and attitudes to education are different. They endeavor to cope with the changes of a new country, a new language, a new home and a new school. Many English language learners are bilingual. They speak Spanish at home as they acquire English at school. It is very effective when their parents speak, read and write with them in the native language. Home language use has a great influence on students both at home and school, as the student has to learn to adjust at school in the state’s language, which is different from their native tongue. That same student has to continue speaking his or her native language at home. Those students who practice...
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...Running head: COMMUNICATING WITH FAMILIES IN THE URBAN SCHOOL 1 Communicating With Families in the Urban School David L Slagle Western Governor’s University COMMUNICATING WITH FAMILIES 2 Communicating With Families in the Urban School In this essay, I will examine a speech presented by a teacher to the parents of the students in her classroom. The teacher works in an urban school which qualifies for federal funding due to the number of low-income families that populate the area. In order to present an accurate and relevant conclusion, we will examine how the teacher could have given a more appropriate and sensitive speech to this culturally diverse audience. There are several instances of sensitivity in this speech, as well as insensitivity. The teacher first acknowledges the parents by thanking them for coming. This is a good starting point to make the parents more comfortable and to show that this meeting is about their role. She follows up her welcome by stating that she wants to have frequent communication with the parents. In order to facilitate that, the teacher has developed a disclosure statement which clearly defines her classroom environment, grading, and what is expected of the student. This is an effective tool for parents and students to refer to throughout the year. Another resource the teacher presents is the school's web site, explaining that she has provided directions and email information in...
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...CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.0. BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY The family is the child’s channel of contact with the world. The child as a result, acquires initial education and socialization from parents and other significant members of the family. Agulana (1999) stated that the family lays the psychological, moral and spiritual foundation in the overall development of the child. There is no such thing as the perfect family. Every family is unique with its own combination of strengths and weaknesses. Sometimes families get overwhelmed by what seems like an endless list of challenges when it comes to juggling work, school and individual family members' needs. Over the past 20 years single-parent families have become even more common than the so-called "nuclear family" consisting of a mother, father and children. Today we see all sorts of single parent families: headed by mothers, headed by fathers, headed by grandparents raising their grandchildren. Life in a single parent household - though common - can be quite demanding and stressful for the adult and the children. Structurally, family/homes is either broken or intact. A broken home in this context, is one that is not structurally intact, it could be as a result of divorce, separation, death of one parent, economic status and illegitimacy. According to Frazer (2001), psychological home conditions arise mainly from illegitimacy of children, the label of adopted child, broken home, divorce and parental deprivation. Such abnormal...
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...of the family in academic grades of high school student of St. James College of Q.C.” CHAPTER I I. Introduction We all know that the basic unit of a community is the family; it’s the foundation of our society. A single family can change a neighborhood on the way the family behave or act toward the neighborhood and it’s also the foundation of a person’s personality. As our country populates its people and also as our community continues to improve and change, the family also changes in different kinds depending on a situation and demand of our practical life. As we observe the different behavior and peculiarities of people whether it’s good or bad are the influences of the situation of the family and different status. In very frequent times when we woke up in the morning and watch morning news, there’s no single day that we don’t see a crime that happen on the streets, and what’s alarming is the people who committed crimes are the young ones, children that don’t have attention from families or in some instances the family itself who push the children to commit crime and tolerated by the parents. Street crimes are getting worse and worse so the researcher is very curious about the problem that our society facing, what is the cause and how it can be prevent and where do we start, there’s the time when the researcher asks Senator Gringo Honasan about he’s action in this continuous juvenile crime, and the answer of Senator Honasan is “It’s all fall down to the family.” As...
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...habits of pupils and determines their association with their family factors, and academic performance. Specifically, this study answer the following: 1. What is the personal profile of the subject pupils, terms of: A. Personal Profile 1. Age 2. Gender, and 3. Academic Performance; B. Family factors 1. Educational Attainment of Parents, 2. Occupation of Parents, 3. Family monthly income 2. What are the prevailing study habits of the pupil-respondents? 3. Are the study habits of the pupil-respondents significantly influenced by home and family related factors? 4. Are the study habits of the pupil-respondents significantly associated with academic performance? SURVEY QUESTIONNAIRE Dear Respondents: I am undertaking a study on “Study Habits of Grade VI Pupils of Mayamot Elementary School Associated with Selected Family Related Factors and Academic Performance”. Kindly provide the correct information called for and answer the questions objectively. Your sincere and honest response could be of great help in making the academic research. Be assured that your answers will be kept confidential. Thank you very much, and God Bless. Part I. Personal Identifying Data Sample No. _________ Age: 11 ____ Gender: 12 __ __... I am undertaking a study on “Study Habits of Grade VI Pupils of Mayamot Elementary School Associated with Selected Family Related...
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....PRECEDE-PROCEED is community-based and participatory, founded on the premise that changes promoting health (and other community issues) are largely voluntary, and therefore need the participation of those needing to change and others who might influence them or be influenced by them. PRECEDE is the diagnostic portion of the model. It starts with the idea that the focus of change must be on its desired outcome, and works backward from that outcome to construct an intervention that will bring it about. It has four phases: Phase 1: Social diagnosis – determine what the community wants and needs to improve its quality of life. Phase 2: Epidemiological diagnosis – determine the health problems or other issues that affect the community’s quality of life. Include also the behavioral and environmental factors that must change in order to address these problems or issues. Behavioral factors include patterns of behavior that constitute lifestyles. In considering environmental factors, you should include the physical, social, political, and economic environments. Phases 1 and 2 identify the goals of the intervention. Phase 3: Educational and organizational diagnosis – determine what to do in order to change the behavioral and environmental factors in Phase 3, taking into account predisposing factors (knowledge, attitudes, beliefs, values, and confidence); enabling factors (availability of resources, accessibility of services, government laws and policies, issue-related skills)...
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...CALCULUS I Paul Dawkins Calculus I Table of Contents Preface ........................................................................................................................................... iii Outline ........................................................................................................................................... iv Review............................................................................................................................................. 2 Introduction ................................................................................................................................................ 2 Review : Functions..................................................................................................................................... 4 Review : Inverse Functions .......................................................................................................................14 Review : Trig Functions ............................................................................................................................21 Review : Solving Trig Equations ..............................................................................................................28 Review : Solving Trig Equations with Calculators, Part I ........................................................................37 Review : Solving Trig Equations with Calculators, Part II .............................................
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...SEDL – Advancing Research, Improving Education The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement Annual Synthesis 2002 A New Wave of Evidence Anne T. Henderson Karen L. Mapp SEDL – Advancing Research, Improving Education The Impact of School, Family, and Community Connections on Student Achievement Annual Synthesis 2002 A New Wave of Evidence Anne T. Henderson Karen L. Mapp Contributors Amy Averett Joan Buttram Deborah Donnelly Marilyn Fowler Catherine Jordan Margaret Myers Evangelina Orozco Lacy Wood National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools SEDL 4700 Mueller Blvd. Austin, Texas 78723 Voice: 512-476-6861 or 800-476-6861 Fax: 512-476-2286 Web site: www.sedl.org E-mail: info@sedl.org Copyright © 2002 by Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL). All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from SEDL or by submitting a copyright request form accessible at http://www.sedl.org/about/copyright_request.html on the SEDL Web site. This publication was produced in whole or in part with funds from the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, under contract number ED-01-CO-0009. The content herein does not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department...
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...Giving the kids their daily medicine. | Giving the kids their daily medicine. | Giving the kids their daily medicine. | Giving the kids their daily medicine. | Still in the bed. | 7:00 | Getting up out of the bed. | On the way to drop the kids off at school. | On the way to drop the kids off at school. | On the way to drop the kids off at school. | On the way to drop the kids off at school. | On the way to drop the kids off at school. | Getting up out of the bed. | 7:30 | Cooking breakfast | Eating breakfast. | Eating breakfast. | Eating breakfast. | Eating breakfast. | Eating breakfast. | Cooking breakfast. | 8:00 | Washing dishes and cleaning house. | On the way back home from dropping the kids off at school. | On the way back home from dropping the kids off at school. | On the way back home from dropping the kids off at school. | On the way back home from dropping the kids off at school. | On the way back home from dropping the kids off at school. | Washing dishes and cleaning house. | 8:30 | Watching TV with the kids, or playing with the kids. (reward time) | Doing my school work and studying. | Doing my school work and studying. | Doing my school work and studying. | Doing my school work and studying. | Doing my school work and studying. | Watching TV with the...
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...between teacher and family of the child with disabilities and the engagement of said family and student within the school and community. Teachers and parents share a common goal: helping the child to succeed in school. Research establishes a strong correlation between parent involvement and a child’s academic success. To help ensure the success of partnerships between schools and parents, teachers and other school personnel should: recognize that all families are different, understand that the emotions exhibited by the parents of children with disabilities regarding their children are complex and varied, and acknowledge that the parents of children with disabilities have additional roles and stressors. All students and parents should feel welcome in the school and should feel respected. Schools should think of parents as equal partners to ensure that students are successful in school. Lastly, because parents’ demands are high, we should value parents’ participation of at any level. Keywords: engagement, student with disabilities, partners, successful Introduction “You take your students and I will take my students.” Too long there has been delineation between general education students and students with a disability. Special education teachers have been the primary communicator with the parents and family. While it is important for special education teachers to communicate with families, they should not be the only teachers in the school that the parents...
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...SEDL – Advancing Research, Improving Education in School, Family, & Community Connections Annual Synthesis 2001 Emerging Issues SEDL – Advancing Research, Improving Education in School, Family, & Community Connections Annual Synthesis 2001 Emerging Issues Catherine Jordan Evangelina Orozco Amy Averett Contributors Joan Buttram Deborah Donnelly Lacy Wood Marilyn Fowler Margaret Myers National Center for Family and Community Connections with Schools SEDL 4700 Mueller Blvd. Austin, Texas 78723 Voice: 512-476-6861 or 800-476-6861 Fax: 512-476-2286 Web site: www.sedl.org E-mail: info@sedl.org Copyright © 2002 by Southwest Educational Development Laboratory (SEDL). All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from SEDL or by submitting a copyright request form accessible at http://www.sedl.org/about/copyright_request.html on the SEDL Web site. This publication was produced in whole or in part with funds from the Institute of Education Sciences, U.S. Department of Education, under contract number ED-01-CO-0009. The content herein does not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Department of Education, or any other agency of the U.S. government, or any other source. Table of Contents Acknowledgments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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...both schools and teachers play in creating an atmosphere conducive to parents becoming actively involved in the educational process. Parental involvement refers to a parent or family members' participation and contribution to their child's schooling. These contributions can take place in or outside of the school, with the objective of improving a child’s learning. Parental involvement at home can include activities such as helping with homework or reading with the child. Involvement at school may include parents volunteering in the classroom or attending workshops. Parental involvement is vital to school reform. Although current educational policies and practices show a widespread support for parental involvement, how parents can become involved and the extent to which they should be involved has not always been made clear. However, one fact has remained certain; research on the effects of parental involvement has shown a consistent, positive relationship between parents' engagement in their child's education and student outcomes. Parental Involvement in Education Effects of Parental Involvement There are literally hundreds of books and journal articles available on the subject of parental involvement and the impact it has on a child’s education. I chose the issue of the effects of parent involvement on student achievement because it has become a "hot topic" in the past few years and is a major component needed in order to reform our nation’s schools. “Never...
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...two school districts brought criminal charges against two homeschool families for failing to file paperwork on time. One of the families filed a notice of intent for the previous school year but was unaware that they had to file another notice of intent for the current school year. The other family, on the other hand, filed the notice of intent, but being told by the school district that the educational assessment has not deadline, failed in filing the assessment before deadline. Consequently, the school district, instead of contacting the parents in regard to the required paperwork early, waited more than a month before contacting them. Both families, when they became aware of the deadline, completed and file all paperwork and in response received a letter stating...
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...101 WEEK 2 PARENT AND FAMILY INVOLVEMENT A+ Graded Tutorial Available At: http://hwsoloutions.com/?product=ece-101-week-2-parent-and-family-involvement Visit Our website: http://hwsoloutions.com/ Product Description ECE 101 Week 2 Parent and Family Involvement, Parent and family involvement is very significant and should be encouraged on a daily base. It can sometimes be hard to get parents and family to get involved because all most every body in the house is working doing school hours I would make sure I have something open for the weekend when the parents are off work so that the whole family can get involved, But as long as am trying and encouraging the parent and family to be involved, I am making a difference in a child life. I plan to include my students; families and parent’s in everything we do at school. Whether its story time, science day, field trips, nutrition day, activity to stay fit, or a holiday my classroom door will be open to the families at all times. Family and parents of my students are a main focal point because they need to be involved in their children’s school life and know what’s going on with there child on a daily base. In this paper I will talk about and explain how I plan to involve and encourage parents’ and explain the six types of parent and family involvement. The six types of parent and family involvement are parenting knowledge and skills, communication between the home and school, volunteering at the school and in the community...
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...Studies 3(3), 2011 © 2011 Ozean Publication IMPACT OF FAMILY TYPE ON SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN ONDO STATE, NIGERIA AKOMOLAFE, M. JUDE*and OLORUNFEMI-OLABISI, F. ABIOLA. Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria *E-mail address for correspondence: judolak@yahoo.co.uk _____________________________________________________________________________________________ Abstract: This study investigated the impact of family type on secondary school students’ academic performance. Three hundred (Male = 156; Female = 144) senior secondary school students were randomly chosen as the sample of the study. Their age ranged between 13 years and 20.5 years with mean age of 14.7 years. Proportionate stratified random sampling technique was adopted. The demographic questionnaire was used to collect respondents’ bio-data while their promotion examination results were used as a measure of academic performance. Three hypotheses were raised and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Analysis of Variance and t-test Analysis were used to analyse the data. The results showed that family type significantly influenced academic performance of secondary school students. On the bases of the findings, it is suggested that parents should be given adequate training on how best they can assist their children to attain maximum success irrespective of their family type. Key Words: Academic Achievement, Family Type, Students, Parents, Home influence. ______________...
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