Your final blog post will be about parent involvement in schools. After our discussion in class and your reading of chapter 6 you should have a good understanding of how important this connection is for the success of a child. Do you have an interesting story from your schooling about your parent or a classmate's parent being involved in school? How important do you think it is? What can you do as a first year teacher to help parents become more involved? Pick one of the questions above as a springboard for your post.
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I think that the parents should know what the kids are learning, but if they arent interested theres not any way to really make them care about it. Like it needs to be more then just parent teacher confrences, but its not really the teachers responsibility to get involved in the class, the parent has to take interest and get involved in their childs education, but hey thats just my openion
ReplyDeleteIn my class one day, before I showed up after lunch, one of the kids in my class, his mom showed up to observe and help out my teacher.I'm glad she got the opportunity to help out and see how the kids act during school. It is super important for parenbts to come and observe the classroom, because kids don't act the samt at home as they do in school. my host teacher said if she could she would have all the parents come to school one day just to see how thier kids act in school. it would probably be a eye opener for some parents. I also think it is important because my mom was very involoved in the classroom, she helped out whenever she could and it helped alot and I enjoyed having my mom at school and on field trips with me. Parent involvement it very important, if a parent doesn't get involoved what is the example they are setting for their kids. It says that it is ok not to get involved in school and then the kids don't all because their parents don't.
ReplyDeleteI do think parent involvement is very important. I remember from my own schooling, and that of my 3 brothers, that my parents were very involved. They acted as parent supervisors on field trips, made sure to know all our teachers by name, and always asked questions. They also always made sure to have our backs in the case of bad teachers, but not when it wasn't warrented (if we were being...jerks...they wouldn't defend us).
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ReplyDeleteI have to agree with what Ian said. Parents should know what their kids are learning and should become involved, but if they don't want to then there isn't much a teacher can do to make them. A teacher can offer to meet with parents, and send letters asking for parent support on such and such issue, but if the parent won't volunteer then there's nothing a teacher can do.
When I was at my old high school observing, all the math teachers had lunch at the same time. I got to eat with them and listened to their converstations they would have on a daily basis. A couple teachers would complain but i did not understand why exactly till i heard the whole story. Apparently many parents would email the teachers complaining about their childs grades. What the parent didnt realize was that their child wouldnt do any work or turn it in and their parents expected them to have a good grade. They wanted the teacher to do something about it, instead of talking it over with their child. This was a major conflict that every teacher has had a problem with and it never seems to end.
ReplyDeletei agree with brian parent involvement is very important, but parents at some times dont want to help their kids. Some say they are too busy doing other things that they dont stop and take the time to help out and better their child..
ReplyDeletei think the parent involvement is very important in a childs schooling career. when the parent gets involved at a younger age, i have come to believe that the child will have a more open relationship with their parents about school and grades. the child will not have to feel that they have to hide a bad test grade or something like that. this will let the child know that they have someone to come to when they need help with some of their school work. this will eventually help the student later on in life and being more open with his/her parents
ReplyDeletei agree with what ian said. i think that the parent has to take some of the initiative to be in the childs school life. it is not all of the students responsibility to get their parents involved.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the students learning is greatly enhanced if their parents are in involved with their education process. in the room i am observing, there is a poster in there that has a picture of a house and the words "where the real learning takes place" or something along those lines, but you get the picture. the poster emphasizes how important it is for parents to help their child learn out of the classroom and into the living room
ReplyDeleteEach day, before I head to the assigned teacher's classroom, I always have to sign in to be permitted entry. While looking at the sign in sheet, I always see so many parent volunteers for the day. I think parental involvement is very important in the success of a child. with that being said, that is not all a child's success is based on. My parents were very busy people and they were unable to be there in class as much as other parents, but I was still being awarded for my grades in the school setting. That type of motivation is what made me want to succeed.
ReplyDeleteI agree with becky and Ian with the fact that no matter what you do some parents do not have the motivation to get involved with their child's education. I am observing in a kindergarten class and it's like the teacher of that class says "Most of these children are the first born or oldest, so you'll have a lot more involvement with their parents than any other grades, because the parents want to experience everything that goes along with their child's education."
ReplyDeleteI think that having parent's involved is extremely important. I think that too many parents these days take a back seat approach and take very little interest in what their kid is doing at school. Too many times we see the kids that don't care about their grades. I believe that if the parents were to show their child how important achieving their grades is they would take more interest.
ReplyDeleteI believe, like beck and Ian that there are some parents that no matter what kind of thing you do to get them involved they just won't take initiative. I am observing a grade one class and there is a child that is extremely behind with counting and reading and writing. Although I understand that maybe there could be an underlying learning disorder, I think that the parents aren't doing what they need to help their child succeed. The child comes to school wearing the same clothes, somedays, and looks like she hasn't showered in a couple weeks. I think that something as simple as counting to 100 every night with your child is something that can be easily done and takes 30 seconds to do.
ReplyDeleteWOW, I haven't blogged in quite a bit. The question chose is, " Do you have an interesting story from your schooling about your parent or a classmate's parent being involved in school and how important do you think it is?" I don't really have a specific story about my parent being invloved in my schooling but I have an opinion on how important I think it is. All throughout elementary school my mother helped me when I needed the help but once I reached middle school and high school, my parent involvement sort of stopped. I believe that it is very important for parents to be involved because when my mother stopped helping me, I would do my homework and assignments and just leave it at that. I didn't really care about if it was correct or not, I just wanted to get it done. When I had parent involvement it helped me see mistakes with my work and find out new ways to go about a problem or question. So I believe that parent involvement really is important and that parents should strive to be involved with their childs schooling.
ReplyDeleteWith what Brian, like my comment said, I believe that parents should be very involved in their kids lives that much.
ReplyDeleteParent involvement is very important I think but there is a certain point where enough is enough. one parent in my class wants a detailed letter about what her child did throughout the day..the weekly newsletter she says isnt enough. the parent comes in atleast twice a week to "check" on her child. and when she does come in she tries to take over the classroom..enough is enough, she needs to let the teacher do her job.
ReplyDeleteI think parent involvement is very important. A funny thing happened to me on my first day of observation. I had to wear this yellow name tag that identified that I was a vistor in so-and-so's classroom during a certain time. One of the little first graders saw my nametag and asked me if I was a "mommy." I smiled and said no, but I knew that the students must connect yellow nametags to mothers or fathers because the parents are heavily involved in the classroom. Clearly, the parents want their children be successful and are willing to donate their time to ensure success.
ReplyDeleteAs much as I applaud parental involvement, I also agree with Loren, that sometimes it can be too much. Demanding that a teacher write a daily, detailed report of one child is ridiculous. The teacher has to watch 15 to 30 children I bet, and cannot be expected to meet those demands. Maybe the parent should start asking the child for a detailed report of the schoolday instead.
ReplyDeletewith what liz said my mom everyday when she picked me up from school said the same thing everyday "did you learn anything in school today" and i always told her one thing that was good in my day or something intersting i think that is good parent involvment without getting into the teachers hair and showing the child that school does matter
ReplyDeletei thin kthe parent teacher relationship is also very benificial to the childs sucess. a parent needs to be involved but not overly involved where the teacher cant run his/her own classroom
ReplyDeleteI believe parent involvement is very important. when a child knows that there is someone in their life that wants to see them to well in school it helps them strive to do better. i know when i was little my parents would always turn off the tv nd any distractions while i was doing my homework to help me concentrate. it showed me that they were willing to give up some of their free time to help me do well in school.
ReplyDeleteAnother reason why parent involvement is becuase maybe the child didnt understand it the first time when the teacher was teaching it and maybe the parent would be able to approach it in a different way since they know their child better
ReplyDeleteParental involvement is a vital part in a students sucess in school. As a first year teacher I will have an open door policy and offer many opportunities for parents to volunteer, I will make them feel welcome and let them know how important their childs education is to me.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Nicole. When a child knows that their parents care about their school and make an afford to show intrest in their school they try harder and know that school is important.
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