Title: What is Family Involvement Anyway? - David Douglas School District
Headings: What is Family Involvement Anyway?
What is Family Involvement Anyway?
Content: The ultimate goal of family involvement is to effectively contribute to student success in school and life. Researchers and educators have long acknowledged a strong link between family involvement and children’s success in school. Studies have shown that school-family-community partnership programs enjoy improved student achievement, attendance, and fewer discipline problems. How can families get involved? As our communities become more diverse and families live busier lives, family involvement in education can and should take a variety of forms. Traditionally, parent involvement meant only baking cookies, volunteering in the classroom, and attending parent meetings. Today, besides those traditional roles, parents and family members can also: Participate in school decision-making
Become children and education advocates
Organize or support fundraising activities to benefit schools
Provide extended learning opportunities for their children at home
Play a role in connecting schools with businesses and community organizations. Six Best Practices
For ideas on how you can become involved in your child’s education, we have put together a list of suggestions based on a model created by Dr. Joyce Epstein, director of the National Network of Partnership Schools at Johns Hopkins University. In this model, Dr. Joyce Epstein has identified six best practices for family partnerships with schools.