201 Ways to Involve Parents

Practical Strategies for Partnering With Families
Third Edition
Betty L. Boult - Educational Consultant, British Columbia
201 Ways to Involve Parents
April 2016 | 160 pages | Corwin
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Proactively Develop Parental Involvement for Students’ Growth and Achievement

Years of research and practice show that connecting with families positively impacts student achievement. 201 Ways to Involve Parents is packed with realistic and ready-to-use ideas to help teachers and administrators actively engage parents as educational partners. This new edition includes current research on the impact of parent involvement in the school community, offers numerous new strategies, and provides expanded coverage of ways to build bridges between schools and diverse families, including:

  • Innovative ways to sustain ongoing communication with families
  • Ideas for welcoming parents as vital members of the school community
  • Strategies for including parents in school governance
  • Techniques for developing parent volunteer programs, and more

Start today to strengthen your classroom and school by working collaboratively with caregivers!

Contents

Preface

Preface

Publisher’s Acknowledgments

Publisher’s Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

Introduction

Introduction

Part 1 – Making It Happen

  • Starting the School Year
  • Supporting the Whole Family
  • Creating Safe Havens for Students
  • Recruiting Volunteers
  • Meeting the Needs of Volunteers
  • Training Volunteers
  • Developing Staff
  • Placing and Supporting Volunteers
  • Acknowledging Volunteers

Part 2 – Creating the Climate

  • Projecting a Positive Image
  • Marketing the Message
  • Using Technology to Communicate
  • Communicating Effectively
  • Creating the Context for Change

Part 3 – Sustaining the Involvement

  • Celebrating Diversity
  • Using Community Resources
  • Developing Community Relationships
  • Promoting Learning Across the Curriculum
  • Building Character
  • Talking Person to Person
  • Fundraising

Part 4 – Venturing Beyond the Bake Sale

  • Establishing Connections
  • Cross-Fertilizing Ideas
  • Fostering Effective Advisory Councils
  • Developing Parent Capacity
  • District Initiatives: Setting the Example

Resources

Resources

References

References

Index

Index

Additional materials

Description

Proactively Develop Parental Involvement for Students’ Growth and Achievement

Years of research and practice show that connecting with families positively impacts student achievement. 201 Ways to Involve Parents is packed with realistic and ready-to-use ideas to help teachers and administrators actively engage parents as educational partners. This new edition includes current research on the impact of parent involvement in the school community, offers numerous new strategies, and provides expanded coverage of ways to build bridges between schools and diverse families, including:

  • Innovative ways to sustain ongoing communication with families
  • Ideas for welcoming parents as vital members of the school community
  • Strategies for including parents in school governance
  • Techniques for developing parent volunteer programs, and more

Start today to strengthen your classroom and school by working collaboratively with caregivers!

Contents

Preface

Preface

Publisher’s Acknowledgments

Publisher’s Acknowledgments

About the Author

About the Author

Introduction

Introduction

Part 1 – Making It Happen

  • Starting the School Year
  • Supporting the Whole Family
  • Creating Safe Havens for Students
  • Recruiting Volunteers
  • Meeting the Needs of Volunteers
  • Training Volunteers
  • Developing Staff
  • Placing and Supporting Volunteers
  • Acknowledging Volunteers

Part 2 – Creating the Climate

  • Projecting a Positive Image
  • Marketing the Message
  • Using Technology to Communicate
  • Communicating Effectively
  • Creating the Context for Change

Part 3 – Sustaining the Involvement

  • Celebrating Diversity
  • Using Community Resources
  • Developing Community Relationships
  • Promoting Learning Across the Curriculum
  • Building Character
  • Talking Person to Person
  • Fundraising

Part 4 – Venturing Beyond the Bake Sale

  • Establishing Connections
  • Cross-Fertilizing Ideas
  • Fostering Effective Advisory Councils
  • Developing Parent Capacity
  • District Initiatives: Setting the Example

Resources

Resources

References

References

Index

Index

Additional materials

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201 Ways to Involve Parents

Practical Strategies for Partnering With Families

Betty L. Boult
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April 2016 | 160 pages | Corwin

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Proactively Develop Parental Involvement for Students’ Growth and Achievement

Years of research and practice show that connecting with families positively impacts student achievement. 201 Ways to Involve Parents is packed with realistic and ready-to-use ideas to help teachers and administrators actively engage parents as educational partners. This new edition includes current research on the impact of parent involvement in the school community, offers numerous new strategies, and provides expanded coverage of ways to build bridges between schools and diverse families, including:

  • Innovative ways to sustain ongoing communication with families
  • Ideas for welcoming parents as vital members of the school community
  • Strategies for including parents in school governance
  • Techniques for developing parent volunteer programs, and more

Start today to strengthen your classroom and school by working collaboratively with caregivers!


Table Of Contents:

  • Preface
  • Publisher’s Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
  • Introduction
  • Part 1 – Making It Happen
  • Starting the School Year
  • Supporting the Whole Family
  • Creating Safe Havens for Students
  • Recruiting Volunteers
  • Meeting the Needs of Volunteers
  • Training Volunteers
  • Developing Staff
  • Placing and Supporting Volunteers
  • Acknowledging Volunteers
  • Part 2 – Creating the Climate
  • Projecting a Positive Image
  • Marketing the Message
  • Using Technology to Communicate
  • Communicating Effectively
  • Creating the Context for Change
  • Part 3 – Sustaining the Involvement
  • Celebrating Diversity
  • Using Community Resources
  • Developing Community Relationships
  • Promoting Learning Across the Curriculum
  • Building Character
  • Talking Person to Person
  • Fundraising
  • Part 4 – Venturing Beyond the Bake Sale
  • Establishing Connections
  • Cross-Fertilizing Ideas
  • Fostering Effective Advisory Councils
  • Developing Parent Capacity
  • District Initiatives: Setting the Example
  • Resources
  • References
  • Index

Recent Product Reviews:

"When I used this book with the members of the Parent Advisory Council (PAC) in my inner city elementary school, their executive immediately embraced it as a way to better understand the important role they played. Because of this, instead of using the PAC monthly meetings as a platform to complain, they used them to work with my staff and me to positively and proactively influence the direction of my school. For years afterwards, I would overhear parent conversations that began with "As Boult said in her book..." It truly did assist in changing the climate in my school!"
DeDe DeRose, Retired Principal, Educational Consultant, Kamloops School District
"Equal parts instructional and inspirational, this little gem has been an important part of my toolkit since I came across the first edition a decade ago. Dr. Boult's imperative to involve parents so comprehensively in their children's education makes so much sense, and the variety of strategies she offers range from the practical to the imaginative. 201 Ways to Involve Parents is a wonderful resource for both classroom teachers and school administrators."
Lee Smith, Principal, Sino-Canada High School
"With Betty's vast and varied experience in education, she brings a breadth of knowledge and understanding to the important subject of parents as partners."
Judy Chapman, Educational Consultant, Vancouver, British Columbia

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