Researcher Joyce Epstein's framework for parent involvement includes sample practices, or activities, that help describe involvement greater. Epstein's work also includes the challenges and results expected from implementing the six types of involvement. The six types of parent involvement are: parenting, communicating, volunteering, learning at home, decision-making, and collaborating with the community
(Epstein, Coates, Salinas, Sanders, and Simon, 1997).
Type one is parenting. Parenting programs assist with parenting skills and aids in setting home conditions that will support children as students. They also help schools understand families. It is responsibility of schools to help all families establish home environments conducive to supporting …show more content…
Decision making, as the fifth type of parent involvement, includes families in school decisions, and helps develop parent leaders and representatives. Active PTA,
PTO, or other parent organizations, advisory councils for parent leadership and participation offer decision-making opportunities. Independent advocacy groups lobby for school reform and improvements. Networks link all families with parent representatives. Action teams that include a combination of parents and teachers oversee the development of the school's overall program (Epstein, et al., 1997).
The sixth type of parent involvement, as outlined by Epstein, is collaborating with the community. Identify and integrate resources and services from the community to strengthen school programs, family practices, and student learning and development.
Information for students and families on community health, cultural, recreational, social support, and other programs or services are provided through collaboration. Further, information on community activities to link to learning skills and talents, including summer programs for students exhibit collaborative efforts are offered. The school community offers service to the general community by students, families, and …show more content…
8). The framework's six types of involvement overlap. "It is now time to...move toward studying the interactive nature of these overlapping 'spheres of influence' (Ames, 1993, p. 11).
"As children's first teachers, family members have a profound and continuing effect on growth and development" (Dianda & McLaren, 1996, p. 11). Parenting skills must be taught, they are not inherent. Workshops, support programs, and specific parent training programs are needed for families (Epstein & Conners, 1993).
Communications must be two-way between home and school. "Principals can keep the connection relevant by sending out monthly calendars with suggestions for educational activities, such as 'listen to your child tell a story' or 'take your child to the library' (Gullatt, 1997, p. 36). Using telephones in the classrooms and a monthly telephone tree dramatically improved communications at a rural school in southern West
Virginia (Funkhouser & Gonzales, 1997). One method of communication will not reach all homes. A variety of strategies that are adapted to the specific families of the school must be used (Liontos,
(Epstein, Coates, Salinas, Sanders, and Simon, 1997).
Type one is parenting. Parenting programs assist with parenting skills and aids in setting home conditions that will support children as students. They also help schools understand families. It is responsibility of schools to help all families establish home environments conducive to supporting …show more content…
Decision making, as the fifth type of parent involvement, includes families in school decisions, and helps develop parent leaders and representatives. Active PTA,
PTO, or other parent organizations, advisory councils for parent leadership and participation offer decision-making opportunities. Independent advocacy groups lobby for school reform and improvements. Networks link all families with parent representatives. Action teams that include a combination of parents and teachers oversee the development of the school's overall program (Epstein, et al., 1997).
The sixth type of parent involvement, as outlined by Epstein, is collaborating with the community. Identify and integrate resources and services from the community to strengthen school programs, family practices, and student learning and development.
Information for students and families on community health, cultural, recreational, social support, and other programs or services are provided through collaboration. Further, information on community activities to link to learning skills and talents, including summer programs for students exhibit collaborative efforts are offered. The school community offers service to the general community by students, families, and …show more content…
8). The framework's six types of involvement overlap. "It is now time to...move toward studying the interactive nature of these overlapping 'spheres of influence' (Ames, 1993, p. 11).
"As children's first teachers, family members have a profound and continuing effect on growth and development" (Dianda & McLaren, 1996, p. 11). Parenting skills must be taught, they are not inherent. Workshops, support programs, and specific parent training programs are needed for families (Epstein & Conners, 1993).
Communications must be two-way between home and school. "Principals can keep the connection relevant by sending out monthly calendars with suggestions for educational activities, such as 'listen to your child tell a story' or 'take your child to the library' (Gullatt, 1997, p. 36). Using telephones in the classrooms and a monthly telephone tree dramatically improved communications at a rural school in southern West
Virginia (Funkhouser & Gonzales, 1997). One method of communication will not reach all homes. A variety of strategies that are adapted to the specific families of the school must be used (Liontos,