Action Research Plan for Increase Parental Involvement on our High School Campus.
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1dKGOqklKXXv1sEtrtbqzheTsoJevyeewHiM5i-QuTxo
Action Research SIP/PIP in English
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1Dfxz3vqOJ0DxHiWyb0Id9YaGe-JhdvnOOBW7VH2vOS0
Action Research SIP/PIP in Spanish
https://docs.google.com/document/pub?id=1bENh8JHSStyQztSPjv_7hD4YI_J9uQT5bAHwMp8NeSA
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I would be interested in more detail about how you will create the parent center. Maybe you could break it into smaller actions.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your suggestion, Cathy. First, we'll move furniture and computers to create a welcoming area in the library near the small coffee cafe that is already located there. In this area, we will place a parent activity calendar and signup sheets, along with materials explaining opportunities, events,activities and meetings. The librarian and the librarian student assistants will "host" the area during school hours. On the first Monday of each month, we will have evening meetings/activities in the library.
ReplyDeleteI commend you on taking on a topic which every school district seems to be struggling to make better. Parent involvement is a huge factor in student success and parents seem to not be involved as much as their child moves up to the secondary level. I am also impressed how you are going about the funding of your parent involvement activities. One area, besides the funding, that I see might be a problem if this were implemented in my district would be of real teacher support. Verbally teachers would support this, but I am not so sure if they have to volunteer their time to be available for these parent activities. What ends up happening in my district, a few teachers end up being responsible for this and they end up feeling pressured to attend all the time. It makes for bad feelings...so I look forward to how your action plan findings play out: Was it successful? What was the teachers attitudes along the way? Did the campus as a whole play a part in the success of the plan, or was it just a few who made it successful.
ReplyDeleteI am definitely concerned about teacher support, too, Jennifer. I started this project with a discussion with four other teachers, three of which were very supportive...at the time. I've revised my plan to hold meetings the last Monday of the six weeks reporting period. This way it can be a celebration of success, unit projects, etc. My principal has approved my idea of having each of the Monday meetings the responsibility of a different teacher team. For example, it may be the Math department sharing strategies that parents can do at home to help their students with homework; or the UIL Academic coaches could explain and recruit participants; or the elective teachers could display student work. Once teachers understand that this is their "time to shine" and receive parental support, I'm hoping they will see that once a school year of being responsible for a meeting with a group of peers is a great payout for student success.
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