Parent Involvement Analysis

As a child my parents were very involved in my school life. My mother was raised in a family focused on work. Homework and school came after tending to the animals and house work. She barely passed high school and never wanted that to happen to me. On the other hand my Dad came from a stereotypical Asian family. School was extremely important and anything lower than an A was unacceptable. It was difficult at times, having one parent involvement in my schoolwork and the other settling with a C as good enough. When I think back to my childhood my parents involvement definitely helped me to become a better student.

In school my parents always made sure my homework was done and that I made room in my day to study. I understand that not all parents are like mine and don't have a strong input on their children's academic lives. As a future teacher I hope to get parents involved in their children's educations. I believe that parents should know what their students are learning and how they are learning it. A good way to do this might be so send out a weekly or monthly letter to parents explaining what has been going on in the classroom. In the letter would be a class outline of the subjects being taught at the time. This way parents will always know what their children should and should not be doing at home for homework. Another good thing to add …show more content…
Not just for me, but for the student as well. Without my parents involvement in my school work I definitely would not be where I am today. My father was the one who encouraged me to learn not just in school, but outside of school as well. It is where my passion for history came from and that's what I would want for my students. I want students to come home from school and share what they learned with their parents, have discussions that go past the textbooks in school. Hopefully parents will want this involvement in their child's academic