21. Getting The Attention Of Middle School Students I know that where I teach, we only hear from them at budget time or when they are Chriswondered if a teacher's success in getting parents involved in their http://www.middleweb.com/MWLISTCONT/MSLinvolveparents.html

Great Ideas to Involve Middle School Parents A MiddleWeb Listserv conversation Also see our discussion: Parent Involvement or Family Engagement? After an active and sometimes fractious discussion about parent-teacher conferences, principal Chris Toy asked MiddleWeb Listserv members to think about ways schools can encourage parental input in schools. Does anyone have some good ideas for involving a good cross section of parents in positive ways in the school? We have a small core of parents who work in constructive ways. There are a significant group of parents who have thoughts, concerns, and input but for some reason do not get involved or hesitate to come to staff directly to communicate about their concerns. -Chris Kathy observed the chaos that can result when parents don't present their concerns constructively If I knew the answer to that question I could make lots of money. I know that where I teach, we only hear from them at budget time or when they are there to cut the budget because the school isn't doing its job. We have tried just about everything. One of the loudest negative voices in my community has not visited our school for years. She pulled her daughter out of my classroom the second year I would have had her but she never came to a parent conference, and she never called me to address a concern. I called her and she never said that she had issues that needed to be resolved.

22. Wired News: Laptops A Key To Top Education? children to school when they had the valuable laptops but the walks had the addedbenefit of getting parents involved in the Kids teach the teachers Well Jun. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,37263,00.html

Welcome to Wired News. Skip directly to: Search Box Section Navigation Content Search: Wired News Animations Wired Magazine HotBot (the Web) Laptops a Key to Top Education? by Katie Dean Also by this reporter Page 1 of 1 03:00 AM Jun. 28, 2000 PT ATLANTA As teachers in both wealthy and poor districts find that laptops create eager learners, the portable computers are becoming the tool of choice for integrating technology into the curriculum. "If you want every child to participate, if you want every child to learn, every child has to have technology," said Susannah Moran, who works in technology staff development for Community School District Four in New York's East Harlem. Story Tools See also See also: Kids Teach the Teachers Well See also: Teachers Learn Tech Lessons See also: Maine Lines Up to Be Tech Mecca Today's Top 5 Stories Noted War Blogger Cops to Copying Al Qaeda Website Refuses to Die Trying to Stop the Killer Flu Black Holes and Space Travel ... Yahoo Retools Search Engine "The strides you can make with students in writing and critical thinking are so great that to go into a room without a laptop is like going into a room without a chalkboard," said Kelly Hammond, a former teacher who works with staff development for the Cincinnati Country Day School , a private school. "It really promotes collaboration."

23. By Request.... | October 1996 teach each child as an individual discipline problems and a need to improve schoolclimate, administration and staff focused on getting parents involved in the http://www.nwrel.org/request/oct96/alaska.html

Foreword Introduction Making the Distinctions ... Benefits The Northwest Sampler Alaska Idaho Montana Oregon Washington ... Previous Issues The Northwest Sampler - Alaska Program Location Finger Lake Elementary School 690 Cope Industrial Way Palmer, AK 99645 Contact Nancy Norman, Teacher Phone: 907/746-4060 Fax: 907/746-4061 Program Description Tutoring is an integral part of each day for the kindergartners, first- and second-graders in Nancy Norman's multiage class at Finger Lake Elementary School. Arranged in cooperative groups, the children naturally help one another, but there also are planned activities that require peer and cross-age tutoring. Examples of these activities include: During the writing of weekly journals to parents, older children who tend to have mastered literacy skills are scribes for younger students still acquiring the necessary skill to print thoughts on paper. Students take turns reading to one another and discussing the content of text. Fifth-grade students come to the classroom and act as group leaders during science investigations. Parent coaching is another aspect of tutoring that is emphasized in Norman's class. She provides parent workshops that offer insights into how children learn and how parents can best assist their youngsters at home in subjects such as math, science, and reading. The children are present at these workshops and actually lead their parents through the process while Norman acts as facilitator.

24. A Breath Of Fresh Air!  For Parents at age 5 or 6 and teach them how to the right choices about drugs by communicatingand getting involved. parents Help Keep your Kids Tobacco-Free - This fact http://www.4woman.gov/QuitSmoking/parents.cfm

Search our database by Health Topic or enter your own keywords It's important to teach your children about the dangers of smoking. Smoking is addictive and will hurt your children's health. But, we also know how hard it can be to compete with advertising that seems to be everywhere, glamorizing smoking and making it appear to be the norm. Children and teens try using tobacco for a number of reasons, including trying to feel grown up, to fit in and belong (sometimes due to peer pressure), to relax and feel good, to take risks and rebel, and to satisfy curiosity. The bottom line is that your children need your help to never start or to quit smoking. Parents really can make a difference! What Parents Can Do Here are some things you can do to help your children avoid the dangers of smoking. Talk openly with your children about the health effects of smoking. Giving examples of family members or friends who have suffered from smoking-related illnesses or death can make the effects of smoking seem more real. Keep the lines of communication open.

25. Frontline: Teacher Center: Teachers' Guide: The Lost Children Of Rockdale County lifestyle or socioeconomic status of most of the teens involved in the SeparateLives What kind of attention are the teens getting from their parents? http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/teach/lost/lesson2.html

var loc = "../../"; Introduction Lesson 1 Lesson 2 Lesson 3 Lesson 4 Printer-Friendly Version Introduction: In the FRONTLINE program, "The Lost Children of Rockdale County," a high school guidance counselor suggests the teens are seeking attentionand that if they can't find good attention, they'll take bad attention in its place. This lesson plan explores the differences between good and bad attention and helps students develop strategies to focus on good attention-getting behaviors. Estimated Time: 1-2 class periods (block scheduling) Lesson Objectives: Students will: Interpret information from the video "The Lost Children of Rockdale County" through a series of written questions and answers. Distinguish between good attention and bad attention. Analyze and evaluate the behaviors which result in good or bad attention. Create a graphic representation illustrating good and bad attention and the behaviors associated with each. Correlation to National Health Standards (from http://www.aahperd.org/aahe/natl_health_education_standards.html Health Education Standard 1: Students will comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention through: describing the interrelationships of mental, emotional, social, and physical health throughout adulthood.

26. News offer books, videos and seminars to teach parents how to play a part in their children'slearning. The more we can do with getting parents involved in their http://www.flboe.org/parent/news.asp

27. School Safety For Parents setting rules for recess and for getting parents involved at home Procedures Itis important that parents stay aware can be turned around to teach a child http://www.karisable.com/crssfp.htm

for Parents To join the True Crimes Discussion List: Send e-mail to: sllist@ourfriends.com In the body of the message type: subscribe truecrimes Articles Discussion News Resources ... Tips On Disciplining Your Child Many parents are doing a better job than ever at communicating with their children. Still, a number of factors from parents' growing work schedules to kids' increasing sophistication have left some mothers and fathers in the dark and confused about their role What parents can do to help In Massachusetts 2 dads at a hockey practice got into a brawl: one dead, and another sentenced to 3 years in prison. The National Alliance for Youth Sports , a sports education organization, has issued a “Parents Code of Ethics” to encourage good sportsmanship, parental involvement and safety in children’s athletics. More children than ever are taking prescription drugs for behavior ailments. What parents may not realize is how little is known about these drugs, how they affect children and how much they are being used.

28. How Not To Teach Math By Matthew Clavel says, you have a better chance of getting students to In practice, however, tryingto teach a host of who doesn’t want to see parents involved with their http://www.city-journal.org/html/eon_3_7_03mc.html

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29. Getting Involved getting involved Community Child Safety. Child Safety is everyone's business! Designedfor use by parents to teach safety facts to children. http://www.legion.org/get_involved/gi_childsafety.htm

Tell Us What You Think of This Site SEARCH Community Reading Corner Education Aids Extension Institute ... Veteran's Video Child Safety Family Temporary Financial Assistance Children and Youth Resources Getting Involved Community Child Safety Child Safety is everyone's business! The American Legion Family has demonstrated a strong concern for the safety of this nation's young people since the early 1920's. By developing child safety programs within each community, help can be provided to our youngest generation affording them to lead happier and safer lives. Publication: PLAY IT SAFE (Stock #24-030) A short course in child safety. Designed for use by parents to teach safety facts to children. The "Make Halloween a Safe and Fun Night" Program was developed specifically for local Posts and Units to help eliminate many of the accidents associated yearly with Halloween. The American Legion is the only organization in this country that promotes, sponsors, and takes an active role in a Halloween Safety program for youngsters. Publication: MAKE HALLOWEEN A SAFE AND FUN NIGHT Brochure (Stock #24-012) Designed for children. Facts on "Trick or Treat" safety.

30. Questions And Comments About Homeschooling - A To Z Home's Cool Homeschooling - and homeschool organizations can do is to try their best to teach the adults Sowhy have school systems given only lip service to getting parents involved? http://www.gomilpitas.com/homeschooling/articles/082702.htm

YOU ARE HERE: HOME 2002 FEATURE ARTICLES Click on the banner for recommended books and supplies for homeschooling A to Z Home's Cool Homeschooling Feature Articles - 2002 I am Ann Zeise , your guide to the best and most interesting and useful sites and articles about home education on the web. Search This Site The Web Home Recent Articles Events Join Email List ... Free Newsletter Site Index: A B C D ... Z Feature Articles Current Feature Articles 2001 Feature Articles 2000 Feature Articles 1999 Feature Articles ... 1997 Feature Articles A to Z Home's Cool Home Just Beginning Concerns Regional Information ... Holiday Directory Questions and Comments About Homeschooling Dateline: August 27, 2002 by Ann Zeise An upset educator wrote me today. Her questions may be some you also have, so I thought I'd put them up online. You make the assumption that there is one right way to educate children. Could you please show me any study you know of that has compared a whole lot of methods and has proven which way is the right way. Thank you. And there are many esteemed people who have NOT had a public education , but been homeschooled, tutored or taught in a private school.

31. Parents' Source Articles Boundaries That teach The fourth of six articles By Belinda Brinton, parents' Source,March 20 Communities getting involved and Making A Difference Excerpts http://www.parentssource.com/articles.library.html

Building Assets Helping our children build the positive characteristics that support a happy and productive life A Chance to Contribute Outlined in this article are many ways adults can help children toward a goal of making a difference in their own lives and the lives of others. By Rachel M. Loeper, Parents' Source, January 20, 2002. As Tempers Flare: Anger Management for Children Presented here are a few ways you can help your child with their anger by self-regulating anger and appropriate expression of anger. By Henry Renn, Parents' Source, November 20, 2001. Boundaries That Teach The fourth of six articles emphasizing concepts such as discussing family values with your children. By Rachel M. Loeper, Parents' Source, March 20, 2002. Character We've Got It! Many parents would like to see their children develop strong character traits, but how? Find out how a local volunteer group has implemented character education so the children in our community can say, "Character, We've Got It." By Robert E. Miller, Parents' Source

32. St. Louis Education News he was still in good health so he could travel and teach at the and president of ProjectAppleseed, has some great ideas for getting parents involved in their http://www.projectappleseed.org/newstl.html

Daily Education News Available By E-Mail Hammonds to retire as city schools chief By Carolyn Bower Post-Dispatch Cleveland Hammonds , St. Louis Public Schools superintendant. (Karen Elshout/P-D) St. Louis school Superintendent Cleveland Hammonds Jr. has announced that he will retire June 30 after seven years at the helm of Missouri's largest school district. Using the occasion of his 67th birthday, Hammonds told several dozen people at a news conference that he had promised his family to make a decision about retirement on this day. He said he wanted to retire while he was still in good health so he could travel and teach at the university level. The announcement of the decision to retire comes at a critical time for the school district with nearly 42,000 students. Four of the seven seats on the district's school board are open in the election in April. Results of state tests this spring will help determine whether the district moves from provisional to full accreditation. A three-year teachers' contract expires in June. And Missouri legislators face a deep financial crisis that could affect how St. Louis serves its students. Hammonds noted "tremendous challenges'' he had dealt with including the end of court-ordered supervision of the area's desegregation program, financial crises in the school system, two bond elections, construction of new schools including a new Vashon High School, higher teacher salaries and the move of the district's administrative offices.

33. Teach-At-Home Links Homeschool Teens and College (11/1/2001) Cafi Cohen's web site on getting homeschoolingteens into college. Most of these parents were involved with the http://www.teach-at-home.com/Links.asp?c=8

34. Archived: Get Involved! How Parents And Families Can Help Their Children Do Bett Some parents and families may have the time to If you get involved and stay involved,you can child checking homework every night getting involved in PTA http://www.ed.gov/pubs/PFIE/families.html

A r c h i v e d I n f o r m a t i o n Partnership for Family Involvement in Education Steps You Can Take To Improve Your Children's Education Read together Children who read at home with their parents perform better in school. Show your kids how much you value reading by keeping good books, magazine, and newspapers in the house. Let them see you read. Take them on trips to the library and encourage them to get library cards. Let children read to you, and talk about the books. What was the book about? Why did a character act that way? What will he or she do next? Look for other ways to teach children the magic of language, words, and stories. Tell stories to your children about their families and their culture. Point out words to children wherever you go to the grocery, to the pharmacy, to the gas station. Encourage your children to write notes to grandparents and other relatives. Use TV wisely Academic achievement drops sharply for children who watch more than 10 hours of television a week, or an average of more than two hours a day. Parents can limit the amount of viewing and help children select educational programs. Parents can also watch and discuss shows with their kids. This will help children understand how stories are structured.

35. Getting Involved In Your Children's Education sleep, going to the doctor for immunizations, getting dental checkups Children learnattitudes from their parents. do all these things to get involved in your http://www.latinopapi.com/html/clmn/clmn_ECIInvolved_e.php

Home Monday April 07, 2003 Recent Articles Archive Galleries Family Web Sites Tributes Community Chat Forums Resources Links Amigos News for Papis About LatinoPapi Search LatinoPapi Search The Web Getting Involved in Your Children's Education en español My name is Lorena, and 10 years ago I came to the USA from Guatemala. Now I have a son in first grade and a daughter in third grade. Schools in this country want parents to get involved with the education of their children, but I'm not really sure what to do. Besides, we're so busy! School activities are often during the day when I'm working, and at night I need to stay home to take care of the kids. Even when I go to the school, it's hard to communicate because not many teachers speak Spanish. Many Latino parents feel just like Lorena. They have many questions. What is parent involvement? What can I do at home to help my child learn better? How am I supposed to work with the preschools and schools in this country? Can I trust them? These are hard questions, but they are important questions. Children are more successful when their families are involved in their education. One of your roles as a parent is to make sure that your child receives the best education possible. To do this, you need to be involved! What do schools want in this country?

36. NPIN Virtual Library. Parent Involvement In Education: A Resource For Parents, E for example, communication between home and school, and getting parents involvedin their disappear as factors in the willingness of parents to be involved. http://npin.org/library/pre1998/n00302/n00302.html

This article is provided courtesy of the Iowa Department of Education Parent Involvement in Education: A Resource for Parents, Educators, and Communities Chapter 2 State of Iowa Department of Education Getting Parents' Point of View In the past decade there have been major changes in the philosophy and procedures of parent involvement programs (Powell, 1989). The traditional model of parent education was based, in part, on the assumption that parents were deficient in their abilities and dependent on professionals for guidance. It has been replaced by the family support model, which is based on four fundamental principles (Kagan, 1991): The importance of the early childhood years. An ecological, or systems, approach to service delivery. A developmental view of parents. A universal need for family support. Strengths of Families Every family functions as a home learning environment, regardless of its structure, economic level, ethnic or cultural background. Consequently, every family has the potential to support and improve the academic achievement of its children (Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 1993). All families have certain strengths, which can be tapped into by schools and other groups seeking to build effective home-school partnerships. Among these are the following:

37. NPIN Virtual Library. Let's Do Homework! will be given and how the teacher wants you involved. Others want parents to go overthe homework and point If homework isn't getting done, your child may need http://npin.org/library/pre1998/n00259/n00259.html

This article is provided courtesy of the U.S. Department of Education Let's Do Homework! Children who do more homework, on average, do better in school. And, as children move up through the grades, homework becomes even more important to school success. Teachers assign homework for many reasons. It can help children practice what they have learned in school; get ready for the next day's class; use resources, such as libraries and encyclopedias; and learn things they don't have time to learn in school. Homework can also help children learn good habits and attitudes. It can teach children to work by themselves and encourage discipline and responsibility. Four Things You Can Do To Help Your Child with Homework Show You Think Education and Homework Are Important. Children are more eager to do homework if they know their parents care that it gets done. Set a regular time for homework. The best time is one that works for your child and your family. Pick a place to study that is fairly quiet and has lots of light. A desk is nice. But the kitchen table or a corner of the living room can work just fine.

38. Get Involved! How Parents And Families Can Help Their Children Do Better In Scho Some parents and families may have the time to you get involved and stay involved,you can checking homework every night getting involved in PTA discussing http://www.atozteacherstuff.com/articles/getinvolved.shtml

Visit Network Sites ... A to Z Teacher Stuff Store.atozteacherstuff.com LessonPlanz.com SearchEducation EduBanners about us advertise SPONSORED BY: home themes lessons tips ... E-mail to a Friend ARTICLES INDEX featured . . . Get Involved! Brain Based Classroom Mgt Cooperative Learning ... Using Think Time FIND MORE Get Involved! How Parents and Families Can Help Their Children Do Better in School Steps You Can Take To Improve Your Children's Education Children who read at home with their parents perform better in school. Show your kids how much you value reading by keeping good books, magazine, and newspapers in the house. Let them see you read. Take them on trips to the library and encourage them to get library cards. Let children read to you, and talk about the books. What was the book about? Why did a character act that way? What will he or she do next? Look for other ways to teach children the magic of language, words, and stories. Tell stories to your children about their families and their culture. Point out words to children wherever you go to the grocery, to the pharmacy, to the gas station. Encourage your children to write notes to grandparents and other relatives. Use TV wisely Academic achievement drops sharply for children who watch more than 10 hours of television a week, or an average of more than two hours a day. Parents can limit the amount of viewing and help children select educational programs. Parents can also watch and discuss shows with their kids. This will help children understand how stories are structured.

39. Vocational Ed Tools for getting parents involved in the Exceptional Education Process Section 6. An advocate. parents have to become involved. parents http://www.coping.org/involvepar/voced.htm

Coping.org Tools for Coping with Life's Stressors Home Up Parent Profile Glossary ... Accomodations List Vocational Ed IEP IEP Exercises Communications Assertiveness ... Chat Room Tools for Getting Parents Involved in the Exceptional Education Process - Section 6 An Overview of Vocational Education for Students with Disabilities Contents: What is Vocational Education? Importance of Work What Makes a Student Employable? Vocational Education for Students with Disabilities ... My Child's Vocational Education Plan I. What is Vocational Education? The goal or purpose of vocational education is to prepare students to be ready for work and future employment. Preparing students for work, prepares them for work that is satisfying and that really contributes something. This is work they are really interested in, challenged by, and feel capable of performing. It is work that they have chosen. Every student has the right to expect that kind of work. That's what vocational education should be preparing students with developmental disabilities to do. II. Importance of

40. Getting Parents Ready For Kindergarten: The Role Of Early Childhood Education Re getting parents Ready for Kindergarten The Role of Early Childhood also suggestthree important processes by which parents become involved in their http://www.gse.harvard.edu/hfrp/projects/fine/resources/research/kreider.html

Getting Parents "Ready" for Kindergarten: The Role of Early Childhood Education Holly Kreider , Harvard Family Research Project April 2002 Download this report: 130KB Word file 190KB Acrobat file Help for Word file Help for Acrobat file Does early childhood education "ready" parents for involvement in their children's school? A review of early childhood education and intervention literature suggests that these experiences can affect parents' current and future beliefs and practices (Barnard, 2001). Compared to non-preschool parents, parents of children who participated in preschool activities had higher occupational aspirations for their children, more satisfaction with their children's school performance, and greater parent involvement in elementary years at home and in school. Preschool factors positively affecting later home and school involvement include the existence, amount, and number of years of preschool, as well as follow-on activities once children reach school age. Yet in her review, Barnard also found studies suggesting that early interventions could lead to less home-school communication and involvement later on. Given the importance of this topic for children's later success, and the mixed results of prior research, we set out to explore connections between early childhood education experiences and later family involvement in education. For a full review of transition literature

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