Positive Parental Involvement Can Help:
Connect and strengthen parent/child relationship in these crucial years
Improve student morale, attitudes, and academic achievement
Improve students’ behavior, social adjustment, and emotional development
Encourage students to ask and seek help when needed
General Tools for Success:
Praise students when they ask for help
Understand that asking for help can be scary - Assist them in learning how and when to ask and seek help
Review/Study for tests together
Remind students that tests are important and should be taken seriously
Help monitor homework [Also see ‘Homework’ below]
Are they completing the homework and turning it in on time?
Help teach organizational skills
Check their agenda, backpacks, binders, and notebooks
Help teach time management skills
What are they doing after school? Are they procrastinating or not doing homework at all?
Map out what needs to be done and when things are due
Don’t leave assignments for the last minute
Help teach study skills
Make and use flashcards, quiz your children, review/rewrite notes
Set Reasonable Goals:
Help students figure out what their goal is for a particular class, assignment, 6-weeks, or semester. Start out small (attainable).
Sample Goals: I will…
Turn in all homework assignments for a week
Spend 30 minutes a day studying for my Math test
Attend HW Club twice a week and ask for help
Homework:
Find a quiet place with no distractions (TV, phone, social media, etc.)
Establish a time when your student must be working on homework.
Set a routine
Example: Get home from school, have a snack, work on homework, have dinner, finish homework
Make yourself available
Let students know that you care about the work they are doing and the grades they are earning
Ask specific questions to get more information:
“Which assignment do you think you need to work on first?”
“What homework will you need help with?”
“What tests do you have this week?”