Increases Student Success 
Prepared by Vanessa Torres
 Lack of parent involvement in schools 
 Reasons why parents are not involved 
 How to increase parent involvement 
 Costs 
 Benefits 
 Resources
 Lack of parental involvement is the biggest 
problem facing public schools (Rose, Gallup, & 
Elam, 1997) 
 86% of the general public believes that support 
from parents is the most important way to improve 
schools
 Increase communication 
 Create a stipend program 
 Create a more welcoming environment 
 Make being involved an easier process 
 Rewarding parents and students 
 Require parent involvement hours
 Increase awareness $ 800.00 
 Create a stipend program $1,200.00 
($20 a per meeting, 1 meeting a month for 10 months) 
 Create a more welcoming environment $1,000.00 
 Make being involved an easier process $ 0.00 
 Rewarding parents and students $1,500.00 
 Require parent involvement hours $ 0.00 
Annual Estimated Cost to implement $4,500.00 Annually
 Increase parent involvement 
 Increase community relations/donations 
 Increase test scores 
 Raise students self esteem 
 Increase teacher and staff morale
 California School Board Association, Governance and Policy Resources | Parent Engagement. 
2012. Retrieved 20 November 2014. http:// 
www.csba.org/GovernanceAndPolicyResources/ConditionsOfChildren/ParentFamComEngageandCollab/ California Department of Education. Parental Involvement in Title I Schools. April 7, 2014. 
Retrieved 20 November 2014. http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/sw/t1/parentalbroch.asp 
 U.S. Department of Education. Part A – Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Education 
Agencies http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg2.html 
 Coachella Valley Unified School District. Parents. Parent and Community Engagement. 
http://www.cvusd.us/cms/One.aspx?portalId=5154617&pageId=5383343

Parent involvement -Vanessa Torres MGT 306

  • 1.
    Increases Student Success Prepared by Vanessa Torres
  • 2.
     Lack ofparent involvement in schools  Reasons why parents are not involved  How to increase parent involvement  Costs  Benefits  Resources
  • 3.
     Lack ofparental involvement is the biggest problem facing public schools (Rose, Gallup, & Elam, 1997)  86% of the general public believes that support from parents is the most important way to improve schools
  • 5.
     Increase communication  Create a stipend program  Create a more welcoming environment  Make being involved an easier process  Rewarding parents and students  Require parent involvement hours
  • 6.
     Increase awareness$ 800.00  Create a stipend program $1,200.00 ($20 a per meeting, 1 meeting a month for 10 months)  Create a more welcoming environment $1,000.00  Make being involved an easier process $ 0.00  Rewarding parents and students $1,500.00  Require parent involvement hours $ 0.00 Annual Estimated Cost to implement $4,500.00 Annually
  • 7.
     Increase parentinvolvement  Increase community relations/donations  Increase test scores  Raise students self esteem  Increase teacher and staff morale
  • 8.
     California SchoolBoard Association, Governance and Policy Resources | Parent Engagement. 2012. Retrieved 20 November 2014. http:// www.csba.org/GovernanceAndPolicyResources/ConditionsOfChildren/ParentFamComEngageandCollab/ California Department of Education. Parental Involvement in Title I Schools. April 7, 2014. Retrieved 20 November 2014. http://www.cde.ca.gov/sp/sw/t1/parentalbroch.asp  U.S. Department of Education. Part A – Improving Basic Programs Operated by Local Education Agencies http://www2.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg2.html  Coachella Valley Unified School District. Parents. Parent and Community Engagement. http://www.cvusd.us/cms/One.aspx?portalId=5154617&pageId=5383343