...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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...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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...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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...Parental School Involvement is a Plus Parents usually ask themselves if home schooling actually works, or if public schools are such a problem. Parents are reasonably cautious when considering something as important as their children’s’ learning environment. While homeschool and public school focuses on education, the right parental involvement can provide positive effect on a child. Parents have limited involvement with their children at public school. In this case, A father was homeschooling his oldest son. He and his wife have not always homeschooled their son, even though they did not originally set out to do so. they homeschooled their oldest son for two years, the years he was in public schools caused parent to be mindful of other options of appropriate education for their son. He was in public school from 1st to 9th grade. They thought they had legitimate reasons for their decision, to wait a little longer to take their son out of public school and thought they could counter any challenging social issues they received along the way. They were naive. The son was also classified as “gifted;” however, public schools teach to the average and so he spent a lot of time with nothing to do. On the contrary, Home School allows the freedom to explore and learn at the pace of the individual student. Their son also had a bladder issue that made him have serious urgency to use the restroom without really much notice. The parent explained the issue with his...
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...Part one of Epstein’s framework of overlapping spheres of influence looks at the parent and family (Hornby, Lafaele 2011). Parent and Family factors that create challenges to involvement include a lack of understanding of the home school partnerships, lack of understanding of the school system; lack of confidence, work interference, negative past experiences with schools, and insensitivity or hostility on the part of the school personnel (Öztürk 2013). Parents who believe that their role is only to get children to school, which then takes over responsibility for their education, will not be willing to be actively involved in either school‐based or home‐based parental involvement. (Hornby, Lafaele 2011). On the other hand some parents believe...
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...Improving Parental Involvement in Early Childhood Education Through the Use of Technology A thesis submitted by Marilyn McNair to Full Sail University in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of MASTER OF SCIENCE in Education Technology and Media Design December 23, 2008 Abstract This research paper was designed to give insight into the importance of parental involvement in early childhood education, and why there is a need to increase parental involvement. It examines the elements of parental involvement, and its effects on achievement and social development in children. It reviews traditional methods of parental involvement, and considers the need for change. It also highlights how technology can be implemented to increase parental participation, and student achievement and social development. Table of Contents Abstract 2 Improving Parental Involvement in Early Childhood Education 4 Educational Significance 10 Definition of Terms 11 Literature Review 12 Current/Past Solutions to the Problem in Practice 15 Proposed Solutions to the Problem 16 Integration of Proposed Solutions with Current/Past Solutions 17 Conclusion 18 Suggestions for Further Research 19 References 20 Improving Parental Involvement in Early Childhood Education Through the Use of Technology A growing number...
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...Parental Involvement CM220-07 College Composition Unit 6: Rough Draft Professor Judith McNeely We need to establish nationwide programs like parent volunteer day so parents can understand the importance of attending school functions because “without parental involvement children will feel inadequate and under appreciated”. If Parents know their involvement is important, why aren't they more involved? Not surprisingly, for 2/3s of parents who believe they should be more involved it's lack of time: 38% identified work or a full-time job as a major obstacle and 26% said other demands on their time and scheduling conflicts interfered with their involvement. Parental involvement creates an environment of safety and confidence in a child, which allows them to imagine and maximize their potential. Rather than criticizing parents as unconcerned “slackers” perhaps we could all benefit from a thorough understanding of how we can find potential solutions to fix this problem. No school or teacher can ever substitute an engaged parent but we definitely need parents and teachers to work together so we can have a child succeed both academically and socially. “Statistics show that students whose parents are actively involved in their education do better at school, regardless of their family income and background. Specifically, students with involved parents have greater academic success, better attitudes about school, and fewer behavioral problems. This makes sense, since parents are...
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...Parental Involvement Plan Parental involvement is essential to any classroom. The research shows that children with parents who are active in their school do better academically. You will be designing a presentation that introduces you and your classroom to the parents for the new school year. Some of the items from your First Day of School PowerPoint® will be “recycled” into this assignment. You may want to tweak them because the audience is very different—now it is the parents. For this Assignment, you will create a presentation using PowerPoint, Prezi®, or another type of presentation software. You will present some of the information that will later go into your Classroom Management Action Plan. You will address ways in which parents can get involved in your classroom in meaningful ways. You will include the following in your plan. 1. Basic description of your class (grade, subject, room number). 2. Your introduction (you can recycle this from your First Day of School PowerPoint). 3. Classroom Activities: Include a detailed description of three classroom activities for which the parents will be invited to participate (one per slide). * Jobs/functions volunteers will have to perform. * Materials you need donated, if any. * Any preparation that needs to happen at home (if you need someone to cut paper, staple something) or in school before activities takes place (making photocopies, assembling something). * How much time will this take...
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...opportunity? It’s not too late, parental involvement can change your child’s education significantly. a. Jane Hull once said “At the end of the day, the most overwhelming key to a child’s success is the positive involvement of parents”. b. According to the Child trends data bank, the national percentage of parental involvement rose significantly from 1999 to 2007, unfortunately these percentages have been declining since 2008. c. With these percentages going in the opposite direction, I would like to take the time educate you on some negative effects on your child’s education from the lack of parental involvement, some solutions that can encourage more involvement, and the benefits that parental involvement can have on your child’s education. Transition: I will begin by discussing some of the negative effects from lack of parental involvement. II. According to the National Voices Project, 73% of parents that took this survey, said that their top reason for lack of parental involvement was due to, parent’s being too busy working. d. Lack of parental involvement-leads to lack of self-confidence, drug use and violence, and ultimately a child dropping out of school. e. Lack of self-confidence can lead to- i. Little/No involvement in the classroom. ii. Not completing assignments-grades dropping iii. Drop in their attendance-skip school f. Lack of parental involvement-children start to use drugs...
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...between parental involvement and parental counselling Parental involvement can be described as having an awareness of and involvement in a child’s schoolwork and a commitment to consistent communication with educators about a child’s progress at school (Epstein 2005:77-96). It involves an understanding of the interactions between parenting skills and a child’s success in school. Parental involvement is important to the educational success of a young child and generally declines when a child enters the higher grades. According to Epstein (2005: 77-96) the benefits of parental involvement include: • Parental involvement leads to improved educational performance of children • Parental involvement foster better behaviour in classrooms • Parents who participate in decision making experience greater feelings of ownership and are more committed to supporting the schools mission • Parental involvement improves school attendance • Parental involvement creates better understanding of roles and responsibilities between parents, educators and children • Parental involvement improves the child’s emotional well-being In contrast to parental involvement, parental counselling can be described as individual counselling designed to support and educate parents through their child’s recovery process (Shoeman 2009:105). Parental counselling is a service offered to parents who are looking for some guidance on issues pertaining to their child or adolescent. Unlike parental involvement...
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...Running head: PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN Parental Involvement in Classroom Management Reflection Paper Landon Hayes Grand Canyon University: EDU-536 June 5, 2012 Parental Involvement in Classroom Management Reflection Paper It is so important for parents to be actively engaged in their child’s education. The earlier those parents become involved in their child’s education the more powerful it will be in the long run. Communication is the key element for positive parental involvement especially with that child’s teacher. I was able to reflect on how important communication is with parents while writing a practice letter for this particular assignment. Writing the practice letter about a child’s disruptive behavior taught me a few things about being an effective communicator with parents. The first thing that it taught me was that the teacher should always be precise about the specific disruptive behavior that is taking place. The parents need to know the specific behavior that their child is displaying in the classroom. The parents and the teacher can then work together with one another to help reduce the disruptive behavior. The next thing that this letter to the parents taught me was that even though you’re writing to tell the parents about a disruptive behavior, the teacher should also include positive things about the child. Parents don’t want to hear everything that is negative about their child so it is important for them to hear the good things...
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...Research Proposal – Leadership as an effective Tool in parental involvement and student achievement United Arab Emirates University Part I: Introduction to the Study Introduction The results of effective leadership include parental involvement and transparency from the school. Successful leadership gives parents the opportunity to contribute in school-wide activities and decisions. The positive outcome of parental involvement is improved student learning and participation which will also benefit the whole school community. I wanted to focus on this issue of parental involvement. The further research that I have handle involves the concrete ways that a parent can have on their child’s achievement. Although most of the...
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...Running Head: The Effects of Parental Involvement The Effects of Parental Involvement on Academic Achievement An Individual Research Project by Diane Higgins To Dr. Belinda Hartnett Research Methods – RES 531 Section 013 In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Education Strayer University Washington, D.C. June 19, 2011 Chapter One: Introduction I. Topic Selected: As a teacher, one of my passions is to make sure that all of my students are able to learn and understand what is being taught to them. Sometimes this process is hindered when the only learning for some students goes on at school. I am a strong believer that students need assistance when they get home from school, so I decided to research on how parental involvement can affect student achievement. II. Description of Topic: Parental involvement plays an important part in a child’s life, not only during the early years, but throughout the school years as well. Parents who play an active role in the education of their child will have greater opportunities to motivate their children to behave more and strive for greatness. Self- esteem may rise as a result of positive reinforcement. An involved parent will also know when his child is misbehaving and be able to correct the problem before it gets out of hand and becomes a regular habit. With proper parental involvement, a child is less likely to feel the need to lash out and misbehave for much needed attention; they'll...
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...Article Summary Student’s Name University Affiliation Parental Involvement: Impact on a Child’s Education Providing for a family is a challenging task in today’s world. Parents work long hours to pay bills and ensure that their children live a comfortable life. As a result, most parents return home tired and with little energy or time to follow up on their children’s educational progress. Some parents delegate all educational responsibilities to teachers. However, a child whose parents are supportive and involved in his or her education has a better chance of succeeding in school. Firstly, children whose parents play a critical role in their education score higher grades than those whose parents play a passive role or are absent altogether. This is because active parents encourage their children to succeed in school. They aid their children to do their homework and help teachers to identify and solve difficulties encountered in their children’s education. They also help their children choose subjects and courses they can pursue with passion and excellence. The involvement of parents in the education of their child also influences teachers (Jeynes, 2011). Since instructors play a significant role in rating and grading a child, “a high degree of parental involvement likely influences how the teacher perceives and even grades the child” (Jeynes, 2011, p. 55). According to Chance (1997), providing teachers with feedback about a child’s attitude...
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...Is Greater Parental Involvement at School Always Beneficial Is Greater Parental Involvement at School Always Beneficial? From the beginning of time, parents have been involved in their children’s lives and served as their protector, guide, teacher, and life skills coach. Many different aspects of parenthood will eventually transfer to a classroom setting, where a parent would continue a support role and become more deeply involved in their child’s education. This involvement would change over time and with change would come adjustments that would either assist or hinder a child’s ability to function and reach full academic potential. Early Parental Involvement Before organized schools came into existence, parents were the primary teacher for their children. Their role as educator was essential if the village or community was to grow and prosper. Children served in many capacities, and as soon as they were able to assume grown up responsibilities, they did. These responsibilities were what kept their heritage, culture, and people alive and well enough to pass traditions onto their posterity. If parents had not been involved in their child’s learning, little by little their culture and heritage would have been lost. As the originator of psychoanalysis, Sigmund Freud’s, emphasis on early childhood experiences would prove an essential step in understanding behavior and the vital role behavior plays in a child’s ability to learn and thrive (Ormond...
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