What Successful Schools Do to Involve Families

Neal A. Glasgow - San Dieguito Union High School District, California
Paula Jameson Whitney

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December 2008 | 216 pages | Corwin

"Partnering with parents is a missing link in efforts to improve student achievement. This book offers teachers specific and practical suggestions to capitalize on this extraordinary untapped resource."
—David Freitas, Professor of Education
Indiana University, South Bend

Watch performance levels climb when students are supported by teachers, families, and the community!

Emphasizing that students learn best when families and schools work together to promote student achievement, What Successful Schools Do to Involve Families offers teachers and administrators 55 practical strategies for forming effective partnerships with every type of family group.

From traditional forms of communication—such as open houses, parent-teacher conferences, and fundraising efforts—to hot-button topics such as bullying and discipline, this book helps educators bridge the gap between school and home by providing:

Solidly researched strategies with relevant how-to applications, tips, precautions, and additional resources
Strategies for reaching out to non-mainstream or non-traditional families
A chapter on the role of non-parental caregivers
Proven methods for including families in discussions about homework, literacy, mathematics, and students with special needs

Nurture academic success and resiliency in students by strengthening the bond between families, educators, and the outside community!

Available Formats

ISBN: 9781412956048	Paperback	Suggested Retail Price: $40.95	Bookstore Price: $32.76
ISBN: 9781452280394	Electronic Version	Suggested Retail Price: $37.00	Bookstore Price: $29.60

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Foreword by Sheila E. Durkin

Preface

Acknowledgments

About the Authors

Introduction

1. Parents, Families, Teachers, and Schools Appreciating and Supporting Each Other

2. Teachers, Students, Families, and Homework

3. Teachers, Students, Families, and Literacy

4. Teachers, Students, Families, and Mathematics

5. Teachers, Schools, Families, and the Special Education Student

6. Looking at the Roles of Non-Parental Caregivers in the Student's Life

7. Communicating With Families and Bridging the Gap Between School and Home

8. Working With Families and Especially Challenging Students

9. Working With Families From Nondominant Cultures

10. Families, Schools, and the Social Aspects of the Classroom

11. The Role of School Administrator: Increasing Student Achievement Through Parent Involvement

Index

“Partnering with parents is a missing link in efforts to improve student achievement. This book offers teachers specific and practical suggestions to capitalize on this extraordinary untapped resource.”

David Freitas, Professor of Education

Indiana University, South Bend

Key features

Written by best-selling author (and high school teacher and parent) Neal Glasgow and co-author Paula Jameson Whitney, whose 21 years in education include teaching and administrating in elementary and middle schools
55 research-based strategies for teachers, counselors, and principals, showing how best to involve parents and families who want to help their children succeed in school
Applications appropriate for culturally diverse communities
Strategies may be used in individual parent discussions or for parent nights, open houses, parent-teacher meetings, community meetings, and other settings
Topics include open houses, parent conferences, and communicating with families; homework issues; literacy and mathematical concepts; special education students and especially challenging students; working with families from non-dominant cultures
Each strategy offers a synthesis of the relevant research, a how-to application for educators, precautions and pitfalls, and research sources for optional follow-up