Research on Family Involvement

Research on Family Involvement

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  Research on FamilyInvolvementWhy is family involvement so important?What are the challenges?By: Misti MorrisonCI 5836/20/2010Dr. LaPrarie
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  Parent Involvement Improveseducation Research shows that children are more likely to succeed and are less likely to engage in destructive behavior if their families are involved in their education.
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  Parent Involvement ImprovesEducationEffective family engagement is carried out in the multiple settings where children learn—at home, in pre-kindergarten programs, in school, in afterschool programs, in faith-based institutions, and in community programs. Statistics About Parent InvolvementMore than 9 out of 10 students who mostly get A’s & B’s said they are encouraged by their parents to do well in school.
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  Teachers say thatparents' involvement in education needs to be the number one priority.
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  Students are halfas likely (7 percent to 15 percent) to have ever repeated a grade and are significantly less likely to have ever been suspended or expelled (10 to 18 percent) if their fathers have high involvement in their schools.Involvement Improves More Than Just GradesReams of research show that parental involvement in children's education improves their chances of success in both school and life.
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  In the earlyyears…Parents’ presence at the school, whether in classrooms or at other activities, reinforces children’s sense of school as a welcoming environment and facilitates their ability to see learning as a continuous process, not just something that takes place within the school walls away from their homes.
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  Middle / HighSchool Years…Effective family engagement during adolescence differs from the types of involvement parents find successful during earlier years, and these changes reflect adolescents’ changing developmental needs. Family Involvement and Student AchievementPredictors of student achievementNot income or social status, but the extent to which that student’s family is able to: Create a home environment that encourages learning
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  Expresshigh (but not unrealistic) expectations for their children’s achievement and future careers
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  Becomeinvolved in their children’s education at school and in the communityBenefits of being parents being involved in education: Higher grades and test scores;
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  Better attitudes and behavior;
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  Better school attendance;
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  More homework completed;
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  Less chance of placement in special education;
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  Greater likelihood of graduating from high school; and
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  Better chance of enrolling in postsecondary education. US Dept. of Education, revised 2002
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  NCES
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  Activities Promoting ParentInvolvementCreate a school environment that supports family involvement.2. Provide families a list of required mastery skills for course(s) in which their child is enrolled.3. Invite families to share hopes for and concerns about children and then work together to set student goals. 4. Initiate a classroom volunteer program. FACS Educator Resource
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  Partnership for FamilyInvolvement in EducationWhat can the federal government and the Partnership for FamilyInvolvement in Education do to help your school or district?www.ed.gov/PFIE1-800-USA-LEARN
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  BibliographyAmerica’s Career ResourceCenter website. 2010. http://cte.ed.gov/acrn/parents/schoolsuccess.htm#1FACS Educator Resource. 2010. http://www2.tntech.edu/tnfacser/parent_involvement.htmlHelping Your Child Succeed in School, U.S. Department of Education, 1992, revised 2002. http://www2.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/succeed/index.htmlNational Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education website. 2010. http://www.ncpie.org/Starr, Linda. (2009). A Dozen Activities to Promote Parent Involvement. Retrieved June 19, 2010. from http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr200.shtml