Benefits to Students:

• Better behavior and conduct.

• Increase in academic performance.

• Higher standardized test scores.

• Better ease at learning, and trust in their teacher.

• Forms a higher level of respect for teachers, themselves, and others.

Benefits to Parents:

• Parents are secure knowing that teachers genuinely care for the welfare of their children.

• Parents can also be sure that their children are in a safe environment.

• Creates a trusting bond between the teacher and parent.

• Parents feel confident that their child’s future is in the hands of teachers who go beyond the call of duty to guarantee each student’s prosperity.

• Parents are informed of their child’s progress at all times.

• Allows parents to become a part of the school environment.

Benefits for Teachers:

• Students` attitude changes positively. They feel a connection to you.

• Teachers feel confident knowing that they can provide students with the greatest assistance in their academic journey.

• The teachers mainly benefit from the genuinely good feeling they have after watching the students that they taught succeed throughout their life.

Overall Benefits of Home Visits:

• Strengthened parent/teacher relationships

• Increase in overall student achievement and test scores.

• Decrease in student discipline issues.

• Increase in student attendance.

• The feeling of trust, mutual respect, empowerment, and accountability by parents, students, and staff.

Educational Facts

What do teachers think?

Research Paper Link

A strong majority ( 84%) of the 60 teachers in this study reported that the home visit had an extremely positive effect on their relationship with the parents. (Stetson, Stetson, Sinclair, & Nix, 2012)