Parent involvement and why it is so important (1)

Parent involvement and why it is so important (1)

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  PARENT INVOLVEMENT ANDWHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT WHEN SUPPORTING THE NEEDS OF ALL LEARNERS Shirley Allen EDU697 Professor Keith Pressey
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  MAKE CURRICULUM RELEVANT At-risk students are not necessarily motivated to learn material.  If that task is not complex enough, students, especially at- risk students, will want to understand how the material they are learning is relevant to their lives. (Riegert & Recht, 2012).  Again involving parents is important because the information they provide can help with providing relevant material
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  CREATING BONDS
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  A MAJOR PARTOF TEACHING IS BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS.
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  WHY PARENT INVOLVEMENTIS IMPORTANT WHEN BONDING WITH STUDENTS  At-risk students often are not easy to bond  Many withdraw from their teachers  Challenge teacher rules and expectations  Make phone calls to parents to discuss their child. Make sure every call is started on a positive note.  Find out as much as possible about the child by not only talking to the student but sitting down and talking to the parent as well.  Email parents occasionally about their child’s progress in school.
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  PERSEVERE THROUGH DIFFICULTIES
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  WHEN CREATING RELATIONSHIPSWITH STUDENTS, THESE TEACHERS DON'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER WHEN STUDENTS AREN'T MEETING THEIR EXPECTATIONS. I have found that inviting parent to make a surprise visit to the school and let them see for themselves what their children are doing in school can not only correct bad behavior but also make that student engage more in their child education. In order to do that, first teacher must have an open door policy. For parent who may not be able to come because of work or other obligations, teachers could talk to the parent about using technology like Skype or oovoo to have a video invite so parents can see what is going on in the classroom.
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  DIFFERENTIATE AND BEFLEXIBLE This is when it is very important to connect with parents because who better than a parent to find out about a child likes and dislikes. Providing surveys for parents and students about the students as well as the parents interest and passion and combine that information to come up with a lesson plans to showcase those likes and interests. Teacher can provide online activities at home for students and parents can connect with each other so students can actually see that there are some things they have in common with their parents,
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  START FRESH DAILY Teachers need to look at these kids knowing that every day is a new day.  All of these teachers provided their students with fresh starts every day.  Teaching students who are at risk requires energy, dedication, talent, and commitment.  By keeping their students' needs, interests, talents, and learning styles in the forefront, these teachers successfully reach and educate the students who need them most. (Riegert & Recht 2012),  Technology makes it possible to reach parents more today than years ago. Teachers can communicate with parents via email, social sites, video chats, webpages, blogs, etc. to gather information that can help them better serve the children they teach. Getting information from parents as well as students can help teachers come up with a better image of what their students like and dislikes are.
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  Reference RIEGERT, J. &RECHT. D. (2012). PRACTICES TO ENGAGE ALL LEARNERS. RETRIEVED ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2014, FROM, HTTP://WWW.ASCD.ORG/PUBLICATIONS/EDUCATION AL-LEADERSHIP/OCT12/VOL70/NUM02/PRACTICES- TO-ENGAGE-ALL-LEARNERS.ASPX.