...Running head: Parental Involvement Parental Involvement Interview Bridgette W. Darden Grand Canyon University: SPE 522 February 9, 2011 Parental Involvement Interview I interviewed Mr. Ken Robinson. Ken is the parent of a student in the self-contained class to which I am assigned as a substitute paraprofessional. Mr. Robinson is a divorced, single parent. He is employed outside of the home as a civil engineer. Originally from Zionsville, Indiana, his family relocated to Stone Mountain, Georgia about three years ago. Their immediate family consists of himself, three sons and their paternal grandmother. Mr. Robinson’s youngest son was diagnosed as Severely Autistic with a language and speech impairment at the age of three. This paper describes an interview with Ken Robinson and will summarize views of his parental involvement in regards to a special needs child, his opinions on the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB), involvement in his child’s education, the schools role in the educational process, parental rights and building a reliable alliance with his teacher/school will be discussed. Mr. Robinson stated that the No Child Left Behind Act did affect his relationship with the teachers, because although Kevin is a special needs student, he is held accountable for standardized testing equivalency under a different set of standards and testing than the general education students called the Georgia Alternative Assessment (GAA). The GAA is a portfolio of special needs...
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...significant research on how parental involvement affects students, explanations for why parents do not get involved, and what role 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...
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...Running head: PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT INTERVIEW Parental Involvement Interview Roseann Mazik Grand Canyon University Parental Involvement Interview Parental involvement includes a wide range of behaviors but generally refers to parents' and family members' use and investment of resources in their children's schooling. These investments can take place in or outside of school, with the intention of improving children's learning. Parental involvement at home can include activities such as discussions about school, helping with homework, and reading with children. Involvement at school may include parents volunteering in the classroom, attending workshops, or attending school plays and sporting events. Parental involvement is linked to lower dropout and truancy rates. School, family and community involvement create a positive influence in the lives of children. And the child’s educational development is enhanced when these three environments work collaboratively toward positive goals (Answers.com). Parental involvement includes child interactions that communicate positive behaviors about school and the importance of education. Cognitive involvement promotes the child’s skill development such as reading books. Parents must build a relationship with their child’s teacher founded on mutual respect, trust and understanding. By doing do they are ensuring that their child’s educational and emotional needs are met (McCarthy). This is especially true when a...
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...Children’s Study Habits and Parental Involvement of Leon A. Garcia Sr. Elementary School Ginaliza M. Nomio Master Teacher 1 Leon A. Garcia Sr. Elementary School Introduction Childrens study habits and the degree of parental involvement in studying seem to show differences in how they learn and how serious they are about learning. Luster and McAdoo (2006) believe that parents influence what a child brings to school and how well a child acquires school related skill throughout the school years such as working with a child on homework and this can influence other behaviors such as study habits that will affect the childrens achievement. Parent training interventions are highly promising for young children (Webster-Stratton, 2003). Parents have many different influences on their children and parents are needing more intervention programs because of all the problems children are faced with today. Fielden (2004) states that good study habits help the student in critical reflection in skills outcomes such as selecting, analyzing, critiquing, and synthesizing .While poor study habits include skipping class, not doing your work, watching TV or playing video games instead of studying, and losing your work. For students of any age, studying is the factuality of life, with tests and exams commonly raising stress levels and daily workloads many students given account that they fret about burnout due to the pressures of achieving good grades. Some adopt a very organized...
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...Martin Jacques once said, “Although one of the key justifications for the Vietnam war was to prevent the spread of communism, the U.S defeat was to produce nothing of the kind: apart from the fact that Cambodia and Laos became embroiled, the effects were essentially confined to Vietnam”. This quote embodies the reason for the involvement in the war and also the end result. Communism was the number one factor for entering the war in Vietnam and containment was the policy. In the end, Vietnam fell to communism and the United States failed at their goal. Communism was the main reason for the initial involvement in the war that escalated into a full scale conflict; leading the United States to learn some valuable lessons. The era in which the war took place was one plagued with the fear of communism. The foreign policy known as containment was used to as a justification to intervene in numerous foreign conflicts. This policy is centered around the idea of containing communism to its borders and not...
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...Community Involvement Increasing community capacity to work with youth at risk for incarceration is the key to sustaining systemic reform of the juvenile justice system (OJJDP, 2010). However, there still remains to have a disconnection between the juvenile justice system and the local community (OJJDP, 2010). Community justice seeks to engage citizens and community groups both as clients and as resources of juvenile justice systems, while promoting a more effective response to prevent crime and prompt restorative activities when a crime occurs (OJJDP, 2010). Its mission attempts to ensure that juvenile justice intervention is focused on basic community needs and expectations (OJJDP, 2010). Communities expect justice systems to improve public safety, sanction juvenile crime, and habilitate and reintegrate offenders (OJJDP, 2010). Juvenile justice professionals balance these needs and goals in each case and equally allocate its resources to meeting each need (OJJDP, 2010). Community justice can be described as a process that repairs harm, reduces risk, and empowers community. Its emphasis is on a mutually coordinated response through crime prevention, remediation of criminal activity, and determination of short- and long-term needs of community members affected by the consequences of a criminal act (OJJDP, 2010). Ultimately, community justice is realized when equal consideration and resources are provided to crime prevention, the reduced risk to public safety by providing...
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...These differences in meaning of involvement drive from the differences in the antecedent conditions producing involvement (Laurent and Kapferer, 1985). Zaichkowsky (1985) suggested that the reason for the diversity in the definitions and measurements of involvement could be as a result of the different applications of the term “involvement”. Involvement is an important concept in marketing because according to the level of personal involvement, consumers will differ greatly in their purchase decision process, their extent of information search, the processing of their information, their effort in the choice process, their receptivity to advertising, their evaluations of alternatives would vary and most of other consumer’s purchase and communication behavior, (Broderick et al., 2007; Laurent and Kapferer, 1985). Involvement exerts a strong influence on consumers' decision processes and information search (Laurent and Kapferer, 1985). In addition, studies have shown that consumers differ not only in level of involvement, but also in the type of involvement they have. This triggered interest in understanding involvement, its meaning and measurement (e.g. Mitchell, 1979; Zaichkowsky, 1985)....
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...Question 2: “High involvement products are always high risk and always expensive”. Using examples, discuss the validity of this statement and reflect upon strategies that marketers might employ to reduce level of risk in a purchase decision situation. Involvement is defined as a person’s perceived relevance of the object based on their inherent needs, values and interest (Solomon et al., 2006). It has a major influence on consumers’ decision-making and communication behaviors (Michaelidou and Dibb, 2006). There are two types of involvement that consumers would have when purchasing for a product/ service: enduring involvement (Zaischkowsky, 1985), which refers to the importance of the product to the consumer’s self-concept and situational involvement (Dholakia, 1997), which refers as a term suggests, occurs only in specific situations. Risk has been linked directly with the level of involvement. There are 6 types of risks (Jacoby & Kaplan, 1972) including monetary, social, psychological, functional, physical and time. In this essay, the link between “high involvement products” and “high risk” would be examined. Then the implication for marketers to reduce the level of risk in a purchase decision situation would be mentioned. First of all, the decision making process would be used as the primary key to access this issue. It is the process that consumers go through when purchasing for a product/ service with 5 stages including problem recognition, information search,...
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...Section I (Standard 1b): Sara is five years old and her family consists of her mom, dad and a younger sister that is two years old. I chose this child from this particular family because I wanted to really see what it’s like in a family that is unfamiliar with the typical “American” way of life since they have moved from Iran. They moved to America when she was just a year old, so though America is not her parent’s original hometown, it is now hers and will be raised as an American. Sara has very strong and distinct personality and characteristics. On a social level, she is a very friendly child who is always smiling. She is very respectful to not only her parents but to her little sister as well, which carries onto her classroom environment and her parents say that she is the same way with her classmates. She has developed a great sense of confidence in their ability to perform at school and with peers and it shows through activities such as the school talent show or in her music class. She takes piano lessons and also attends a Sunday school weekly for a Persian Society where she takes classes to learn the Persian language and writing. She also loves to play soccer with her classmates during her outdoors recess time. She has reached the middle childhood milestone of her life. A lot is changing for her and other children at her age because they are gaining their sense of who they are. This is the time their personalities and actions are developing. These characteristics would...
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...Family Involvement 3 A parents' and/or family members' impact on children's learning and development are lasting and probably carries the most impact. When parents are involved in their child's learning process the child senses the importance of education. Early childhood educators need to reach out to families in order to engage them in their children's education. In order to do this, educators must first understand the challenges modern families face. Family dynamics have had drastic changes over the last several decades. “These changes include: Families are more diverse in structure and style, spend less time together, are poorer, need more schooling than ever in history, are more likely to be single, and have shifted their value base to be more protective of their children (Knopf & Swick 2008 pg 419). Families are also faced with other aspects including multi-generation households, higher economy, greater demands and longer hours at work, technological advances and society's changes. Longer life spans have created the condition of parents caring for their parents and their children, sometimes causing financial and time constraints that didn't exist in society before. The work force is also more demanding of it's workers requiring more education and training than ever before (Knopf & Swick 2008 pg 420 as cited in Coontz 1997). Parents feel a tug between providing for their families in this tough economy by working long demanding hours and spending quality...
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...Father Involvement Father Involvement Parent involvement makes a drastic difference in their child’s educational experience. Until recently fathers have played a backseat role to the mothers part in the child’s upbringing and education. However, research shows that a father’s involvement, no matter the father’s background or income, plays a critical part in the education of a child. Fathers that are part of a two-parent family are less likely to be highly involved in the education of a child. Surprisingly, a single-father is more likely to be highly involved in school activities or child education. When a father is involved in the education process their children become better learners, perform better, and have better behavior. Fathers tend to get involved in activities that are more likely to be outside of normal business or work hours such as plays, science fairs, or sports events. A father’s role can also have great positive affects on the way a child problem solves to emotional, mental, and spiritual development. A father’s involvement even shows in their child’s increase in curiosity and encourages children to be confident in their abilities. Both parents need to model behavior, but the added model of the father shows great improvement in all areas of educational experience in those children who have a father involved in school and other areas of their lives. Fathers are often seen as the sole providers and the mother should take of the rest. However, it is great...
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...LIR 858 Alsadeg 1 Hussain Alsadeg Labor Relations Practice in Business and Employee Involvement The Industrial Relations approach to managing the employee/employer relationship has been losing the battle against the Personnel Management school practices. Most integral to the recent personnel management approaches is Employee Involvement. “Fifty-two percent of employees in the Workplace Representation and Participation Survey reported that some form of employee participation program operates in their workplace and 31 percent indicate that they participate in an employee involvement program” (Commission on the Future of Worker-Management Relations). Employee Involvement and empowerment practices are thought to weaken labor unions; as the approach to rewards and empowerment is distributed to individuals instead of being collectively bargained. While employee involvement has demonstrated to bring enhanced productivity and effectiveness, there is concern that employee involvement programs violate Section 8(a)(2) of the NLRA; this section of the law states: “Sec. 8. [§ 158.] (a) [Unfair labor practices by employer] It shall be an unfair labor practice for an employer--(2) to dominate or interfere with the formation or administration of any labor organization or contribute financial or other support to it: Provided, That subject to rules and regulations made and published by the Board pursuant to section 6 [section 156 of this title], an employer shall not be...
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...Parental Involvement Presented By: Edwina Tillman Presented To: Professor Steven Brown Class: RES 531 Date: April 15, 2012 The topic that I chose to do is Parental Involvement. I changed my topic from the aging of the federal workplace. I feel that my new topic fits me more since I am a teacher and work with all types of families on a daily basis. This topic is important to me because it disturbs me to see how some parents do not care or try to be involved in what is going on with their child and their child/children’s education. There are many parents in the United States who are not active or supportive members of helping their child to succeed in getting a good education. Parents must be on the same level with the teacher and the student in order for the parental involvement program to become a success. Parental involvement ensures that the teachers, principals, and students will work cooperatively to get total satisfaction on standardized test, homework, and many other school activities. Parental involvement will make a big difference in the community and in our children’s future. Parental involvement is a problem in the school and a problem in the home. It becomes a problem in the classroom when parents are not coming to the classroom to visit the teacher or peep through the door to see how their child is behaving in class and progressing in their school work. It becomes a problem at home when the child is having difficulty with their homework and they ask their...
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...18 March 2014 REED Church Involvement (Discovery, Insights, and Learning Experience) “Being involved is being enlightened”. There are so many to learn and discover when one takes time to be a part of the church, not only during mass on a Sunday, but also the programs and activities the church have that involves reaching-out to the society and spreading the good news of the lord, including support for those who are in need. I have been keen on initiating a part of my personal time to get involved. Each day, I discover a lot of fruitful knowledge from a simple conversation with a priest and group reading of the Bible. We share ideas and information not only about the history of the Catholic Church but also its main core of existence. This is beneficial for me, as life moves on, I am able to adapt to the morality of my existence. I also experienced getting involved with our local church during times of calamity where we volunteer to assist the church programs on collection of goods, working shoulder to shoulder with friends, sorting offerings from kind heart. The experience is quite dramatic and enriching, as I have witness our society share and help each other when in need. By being an active part of the church, I gained friends and acquaintances, I learn from their ideas and experience. Moreover, I have observed different perspective of people with regards to their faith and life in general. This learning experience can be used as my reference when dealing with my own...
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...LAGUNA STATE POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY SAN PABLO CITY CAMPUS S.Y 2011-2012 ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF RESERVED TYPE AND OUT-GOING TYPE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY TEENAGERS ABIGAIL ROSE O. MONZON BS PSYCHOLOGY 2P1 SUBMITTED TO: MS. MARIZ BORGOÑOS 2012 I. Title ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF RESERVED TYPE AND OUT-GOING TYPE: A COMPARATIVE STUDY TEENAGERS II. Introduction Extraversion-Introversion is a key component of what makes up the human personality. More aggressive and gregarious individuals are generally referred to as extraverts or out-going type, while introverts or reserved type tend to prefer solitude and worry less about being social. By no means are introverts lonely people, they simply prefer to socialize and work in smaller groups. Extraverts live to meet new people and constantly expand their circle of friends, and they often do this quite actively. The important thing to notice in the description above is that being an introvert has nothing to do with being afraid or anxious about socialization. Introversion is a choice, or at least a preference. Out-going type or so called an extroverted personality. It's a person who is confident, has good manners and when they come into a room they are a breath of fresh air. Their manners are impeccable and they make each and every person feel important. They can have a good sense of humor without being anxious or loud, ask how the other person is doing or congratulate someone who has had...
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