Title: Fostering parental involvement in school | Raising Children Network
Headings: Teachers: involving parents in school
Teachers: involving parents in school
Key points
Parental involvement in school: why it’s good
Schools: getting to know parents and families
Classroom teachers: establishing partnerships
Keeping in regular touch with parents
How to tell if a partnership is working
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Content: have higher job satisfaction
experience less stress
can better tailor their approaches to learning and teaching because they have more insight into children’s needs
benefit indirectly from parent help in classrooms, sports days and libraries, or from parent participation in school committees and so on. Parents who are involved at school: can share their child’s strengths and interests with staff and suggest learning opportunities to build on these
feel empowered to raise concerns and negotiate solutions with staff
experience less stress, because they know they can work with staff on concerns about their child’s learning or development. Parents are members of the community too. Through parental involvement, the school gets to know the community better. This means the school is more likely to offer services that are relevant to the community and that improve community wellbeing. Building a partnership with parents is important not just in schools but in child care services too. If you’re a child care educator, you can use many of the suggestions in this article to build beneficial partnerships with the parents you work with. Schools: getting to know parents and families
For teachers and other school professionals working with parents, getting to know families is key to promoting parental involvement and developing partnerships.