Partnerships:

Families and Education: An Educator's Resource for Family Involvement

Table of Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

1. Understanding Families: Suggestions for Educators

   Creating a Climate for Family Involvement

   Family Involvement: Reconnecting Schools and Communities

   Teachers and Families Have Different Perceptions

   What Families Want to Know

   Today's Diverse Family Styles and Cultures

   When Families Don't Participate

    

2. Family-Teacher Communication: Enlisting the Family's Support

   Home-School Communication Assessment 1

   Home-School Communication Assessment 2

   Tips for Teachers on Family Involvement

   Techniques for Two-Way Communication

   Teachers Reaching Out to Families

   Communicating by Telephone

   Tips for Teachers: Helping Families Help with Homework

   Open House Guidelines

   Schools That Say "Welcome"

   Welcome to a New School Year

   Help Me Know Your Child

   Making Parent-Teacher Conferences Successful

   Getting Ready for a Conference

   Parent or Guardian Questions for Teachers

   Fifty Ideas for Family Involvement

   Organizing Family Workshops

   Family Centers in Schools

   How to Start a Volunteer Program

    

3. Reinforcing Classwork at Home: Reproducible Suggestions for Families

   Children Learn What They Live

   A Good Foundation for Learning

   Help Children Read

   Help Children Write

   Help Children with Social Studies

   Encourage Children in the Arts

   Help Children with Mathematics

   Help Children with Science

   Study Skills and Homework

   Homework Tips from Families to Families

   Ten Ways to Help Your Children Make the Most of Their Day

   Weekly Assignment Guide

   Make It a Family-Learning Summer!

    

4. Caring for the Whole Child

   Communication Is Crucial

   Minimize Family Stress

   Build Children's Self-Esteem

   Boost Children's Self-Confidence

   Positive Discipline

   Does Parenting Style Matter?

   Saving the Family Meal

   Help Teens Establish Values

   How to Communicate When You're Angry

   Teens in Your Family? Read This!

   Describe

   Say It With a Word

   Responding to a Child's Distress

   Some Alternatives to Punishment

   Should Your Teen Work during the School Year?

   About Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse

   About Sexuality

   About Career Planning

   Guidelines for Latchkey Children

   Evaluate Your Involvement

    

5. Selected Resources

   Organizations and Programs

   Family-Community Partnership with the Schools

   A Checklist for Schools

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