Below are websites/ articles that Action Team Members may find of some interest: Higher Educational and Professional Certification Programs Preparing Teachers to Work with Parents Discusses the importance of requiring teachers to take courses on family engagement. If teachers do not take these classes during their pre-serivce education, opportunities to aquire this training in schools are very limited. Preparation of Graduate Students The artice suggests family-centered concepts and practices should be incorportaed into all aspects of preservice trainging. Family-centered environments should be selected or constructed so graduate students can work or engage in practicum experiences, as these may influence their family-centered beliefs, family-centered skills, and family-centered work practices.
Professional Staff Development Opportunites *Updates are being made daily. Please check back for websites/ articles.
Family Assessment Tools *Updates are being made daily. Please check back for websites/ articles.
Parent Involvement/Family Engagement Quality Indicators Parental Involvement: Key to Student Achievement Discusses ways to overcome barriers that may prevent parental involvement as well as school engagement.
Engaging Diverse Families Young Latino Infants and Families Researches the importance of fostering parental involvement at a young age in the latin community. Making it Work: Low- Income Mothers Discusses about work as an obstacle for involvement, work as an opportunity for involvement, and how to implement these practices. It shows parents how to turn something that is viewed as negative (non- involvement because of work) into a possitive.
Engaging SocialWelfare/ Healthcare Community *Updates are being made daily. Please check back for websites/ articles.
Promoting Partnership with Families of Children with Disabilities A Speical Education Plan for Anabela Discusses the importance of preparing teachers to deal with students of specials needs. Focus' on the life of Anabela and deciding if supporting her needs means holding her back in school. Family Involvement in the Education of Secondary-School-Age Students With Disabilities Discusses how parents with children with disabilities can get involved with their children at home, in school-based activities, IEP (Individualized Education Program) process. Also how to identify student and family characteristics associated with family involvement.
Engaging the Business Community to Enhance Family Engagement *Updates are being made daily. Please check back for websites/ articles. |
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