Forest Hill Elementary School

Project Cornerstone Asset of the Month

SEPTEMBER Asset of the Month: PARENT INVOLVEMENT IN SCHOOLING
Parent(s) are actively involved in helping young people succeed in school.

The Importance of Parent Involvement in Schooling Research shows that youth whose parents are actively involved in their schooling are more engaged in school. Students are less likely to be delinquent or drop out, and more likely to achieve higher grades and standardized test scores. Joyce Epstein of the National Network of Partnership Schools developed a framework for understanding six different kinds of parent involvement: 

1. Parenting: families establish home environments that support children’s learning

2. Communicating: families and schools engage in effective two-way communications about student expectations and progress

3. Volunteering: parents directly support the classroom or school

4. Learning at home: families help students with homework and school-related decisionmaking and planning

5. Decision making: parents are involved in school decisions

6. Community collaboration: community services are resources integrated to strengthen schools and families

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