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: why it’s good
Good parent-school partnerships are one of the best ways to support children’s learning, development and wellbeing. And these partnerships have benefits for you as an educator and for parents too. Children whose parents are involved in school: perform better at school
settle better into school programs
feel valued and important because their parents are taking an interest in their lives
develop positive social skills by watching parents and school staff interact respectfully
experience better social, physical and emotional wellbeing. When parents are involved in school, staff: 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.