Goal 12 of The 30 Goals Challenge 2011
Sorry this goal was a little late! Youtube was updating!
Goal
Short-term- This week find ways to seek ideas from parents to implement. Suggest ideas for others.
Long-term- Find ways to continue the dialogue with parents and listen to them throughout the year.
Quote
“People have been known to achieve more as a result of working with others than against them.” ~Dr. Allan Fromme
Fantastic Posts about this Goal!
- Larry Ferlazzo’s Parent Engagement Blog
- Larry Ferlazzo on the Difference Between Parent Involvement and Parent Engagement
- Parentella- The Free Parent Teacher Social Newtork
Challenge:
This week find ways to seek ideas from parents to implement. Suggest ideas for others.
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Shelly,
Thanks for giving such a great presentation, and thanks for the plug!
Larry
What a great presentation! The points you brought up are SO true! A Complicated issue…
These challenges hit one important point after the other!
This is great, Shelly! For the past 12 years I have worked as a parent liaison with the Wisconsin Statewide Parent Educator Initiative. The last 10 I have been a coordinator for the project in a very rural area of northern Wisconsin. I facilitate communication between parents and teachers, work with teachers to improve parent engagement as well as do workshops on a variety of topics for both parent groups and school staff. In the years I have been doing this there has been a real change in how schools view parent engagement. Where in the past it had been more focused on activities we are now more aware of the quality of relationships. As Shelly mentioned sometimes when a family is in crisis it is uncomfortable and often confusing to know how to communicate with them. I think the most important thing we need to strive for is to be less judgmental. If we can view each other with compassion it can overcome many barriers and it is always better for students.
Inviting parents to be a part of the learning experience is so valueable. It also creates a great united front for school and home connection. Those relationships are priceless!