Developing A School And Community Partnerships

When an Individuals is invested in the well-being and success of a school and the students who are attending the school, they are considered a key stakeholder. Parents and family expect their child to receive a challenging and successful education. They want the education system to benefit their child's academic needs. As a future teacher, It will be my job to create a strong and positive communication with the student's parents and family. Our positive relationship will allow me to encourage them to integrate an at home learning environment. It will encourage them to speak to me about any issues. Allowing me to address them and help provides a fun and engaging learning environment inside and outside of school. Creating this bond will affect

Family involvement plays a major role when helping students prosper in the school setting. In order for children to be successful, as a teacher, we have to provide support to the parent’s to make an effort in wanting to play apart in that success. Communication plays a major part in the effective relationship between families and school. Giving the parents a sense of idea as to how their child is doing in school is built through the student’s academic needs.

Parent and Community involvement does not occur overnight. I feel that schools must make parent and community involvement a priority, valuing and accepting each other’s differences. Schools, families and communities must work together to support all students in a learning environment to ensure every student is a successful learner. Positive family and school involvement fosters a partnership among my school encouraging students to reach their highest potential academically and in life. Parent and community involvement does not mean stay-at-home mothers coming to school to help as needed, or a businessman stopping by to see events occurring on campus. The role of school, family and community involvement is a partnership incorporating goal-oriented activities for all grade levels linked to academic success and student growth.

As a result of the location of the school in a suburban community, the parents are very actively involved in the school. As a result of the active of the supportive parents in the community, the students arrived every day with a smile on their faces and generally prepared for learning. However, as with

Probably one of the most important issues when it comes to Family/Community Partnership is trying to get the families/community involved in what we are doing. By engaging parents, it will help us to see what we are lacking and what we need to do in order to have our families fully engaged. I feel that if our families/communities are not engaged in our program then we need to reevaluate in order to encourage their participation. By reevaluating our program we can further access what we need to work on. If parents/communities feel that they are not valued as part of our team, they won’t engage in our program. Both the parents and the community play a big role in the education of our children. Parents are their first teachers and the communities have valuable resources for the children.

Parental involvement is essential for the school’s effectiveness. We see ourselves as partners of the family, reinforcing parents' efforts to guide the intellectual, emotional and spiritual development of their children. We offer seminars and classes for personal enrichment of parents as they strive to become even more the kind of person they want their children to

The participants included 1000 kindergarten and 1000 fifth grade (N=2000) students from two elementary schools of Los Angeles Unifies School District (LAUSD). One of the schools was an affluent public school with abundant resources catered to children in need and programs that promote positivity and growth. The other school was also public, but had limited resources due to financial restraints. Of the participants, 50% were female and 50% were from low-income families. All

Education is seen as a vital entry for future success. As an education major, I find this to be interesting because I value education since it trickles into many opportunities in the future. Although education may be a gateway to success, there are obstacles that can affect the outcome of a persons’ future. One main attribute that disturbs the future success of a person is the lack of support held at educational institutions. The success of a students’ attainment of education is not held without support.

As early educators and advocates for young children, we need to be available to families in our area and play integral roles that can make a difference in their lives. Some ways that I could do that in a student’s life would be to assure that the family’s basic needs are met by striving to make a deeper connection, provide outside

Many of the parents have little academic attainment of their own, and are in need of academic support for themselves and for their children. Nearly all of the students come to the school from relatively low performing inner city public schools, where quality after-school and summer programs have not been available to them. They come to Freire Wilmington generally far below their peers in the state academically, and they are in need of more academic learning hours, more enrichment opportunities, and more opportunities to develop social skills and leadership abilities outside of the regular school hours. In short- they are caught in the cycle of poverty, and need a boost for themselves and their parents in the form of positive, extended, inspiring learning opportunities beyond the relatively few hours that can be provided to them during the school day and

The National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC) is a registered charity which aims to prevent and stop any form of cruelty or harm to children. 90% of their funding comes from public donations, and in 2014 they managed to reach out to 278,700 children through their school`s service. They work to prevent abuse from ever happening, protect those who are at risk and help children who have been abused to try and rebuild their lives. £600 pays for the NSPCC School`s Service to talk to 1 class of primary school children about the signs and dangers of abuse and

The most direct and meaningful impact on children’s education and advancement of social competence comes from parents and families. Students work harder, excel more, show attitudes and behavior that is positive, and feel at ease in new settings. Educators must connect to families so that they may develop relationships that employ them as active partners in their children’s learning

Understanding the importance of a family-school partnership is essential in order for school districts and families with children to grow and strive. If an imbalance occurs within any of the various parts that play a key role, difficulties will rise to the surface. Several of these roles include: communication, decision making, volunteering, and learning and parenting at home. All of these factors must work together in order to create a successful school environment in which children are able to learn and strive. When a school is successful in fulfilling each of these roles, there are several benefits. These benefits include: better positive attitudes toward school, higher achievements, better attendance, higher graduation rates, an increase in enrollment rates in post-secondary education, and overall better schools to attend (University of West Virginia).

Children living in poverty or low-income neighborhoods are known to have lifelong struggles because of their education. The link between poverty and poor education is a known fact because children living in poverty will rather provide for their families than their own education. As a community, we need to come together to help low-income families and their children obtain a better future in their education. The effects of children living in poverty or low-income neighborhoods is a known issue worldwide and is only affecting our children’s future and ours.

Although it is important for families to be involved with their child’s school, school personnel should also strive to create a positive interaction with families of students. Carl Dunst (2002) states that school and parent collaboration is necessary, and if schools take on a more family-centered approach, it will help create a supportive environment and help to strengthen a family’s capacity to enhance and promote a child’s development and learning.