Disclaimer

This session is led from a parent perspective! While many examples will be given, in no way are they meant to negatively reflect on current trends or practices some of the participants of this session may be currently delivering to parents at Back-to-School Night. This session is meant to bring to mind aspects of presentations that parents may find hard to understand and/or access as well as strengthen communication between educators and parents.

EDC Chapter 16. Program to Encourage Parental Involvement [11500-11506]* Highlights of Parental Involvement:

(a) To engage parents and family members positively in their children’s education by providing assistance and training on topics such as state academic standards and assessments to develop knowledge and skills to use at home to support their children’s academic efforts at school and their children’s development as responsible future members of our society.

(b) To inform parents that they can directly affect the success of their children’s learning, by providing parents with techniques and strategies that they may utilize to improve their children’s academic success and to assist their children in learning at home.

(c) To build consistent and effective two-way communication between family members and the school so that parents and family members may know when and how to assist their children in support of classroom learning activities.

(d) To train teachers, school administrators, specialized instructional support personnel, and other staff to communicate effectively with parents as equal partners.

(e) To integrate and coordinate parent and family engagement activities with the local control and accountability plan adopted pursuant to Section 47606.5, 52060, or 52066, as applicable, with other programs.

What templates would you benefit from creating?

• Keep it simple!

• Avoid acronyms.

• Be wary of education lingo and curriculum names.

• Know your audience.

• Record and share.

• Accessibility.

• Update regularly!