Parental Involvement: Is it Necessary? Many teachers believe that schools can make a difference in the growth of a child. Can the teachers or schools do this job alone? What should be the parent’s role be in their child’s education? Parents have a significant role in their child’s schooling. Will the parent’s assistant help increase their child’s learning capability? What are successful ways for teachers to involve parents in their child’s education? Parental involvement has been defined in multiple ways, including activities that parents can help with at home. Many times parent involvement leads to higher educational performance. Parental involvement can mean different things to different parents. To some, it could mean helping their children
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Parental involvement increases the social growth of their child. When parents talk to their children about their education and become involved in school functions, they show that education is important. When parents talk to the teacher about their child, it will help the teacher understand the child better and possibly better educate the child. For example, let’s say a child had a death in the family and started doing worse in school, the teacher will understand why the child has started to do badly in school if the parent reaches out to the teacher and explains the situation. When I was growing up, every day when I got home from school, my parents would always ask what I did that day. They always showed a concern in my life at school, as well as outside of school, and I believe that helped me to see how important school was. My parents always expected me to go to college and they always believed that I could do anything that I put my mind too, so that helped me realize that I needed to make good grades and always do my best. Families and schools have worked together since the beginning of formalized schooling. However, the nature of collaboration has evolved over the years (Epstein & Sanders, 2002). As delineated by the United Code of Law (USCS 7801 (32), parental involvement is defined as “the participation of parents in regular, two-way, and meaningful communication, involving student learning and other school
Parental involvement increases the social growth of their child. When parents talk to their children about their education and become involved in school functions, they show that education is important. When parents talk to the teacher about their child, it will help the teacher understand the child better and possibly better educate the child. For example, let’s say a child had a death in the family and started doing worse in school, the teacher will understand why the child has started to do badly in school if the parent reaches out to the teacher and explains the situation. When I was growing up, every day when I got home from school, my parents would always ask what I did that day. They always showed a concern in my life at school, as well as outside of school, and I believe that helped me to see how important school was. My parents always expected me to go to college and they always believed that I could do anything that I put my mind too, so that helped me realize that I needed to make good grades and always do my best. Families and schools have worked together since the beginning of formalized schooling. However, the nature of collaboration has evolved over the years (Epstein & Sanders, 2002). As delineated by the United Code of Law (USCS 7801 (32), parental involvement is defined as “the participation of parents in regular, two-way, and meaningful communication, involving student learning and other school