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Framework of Six Types of Parental Involvement Theoretical Model OVERLAPPING SPHERES OF INFLUENCE OF FAMILY, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY ON CHILDRENS LEARNING External Structure Force C Force B Experience, Experience, Philosophy,
Theoretical Model
OVERLAPPING SPHERES OF INFLUENCE OF FAMILY, SCHOOL, AND COMMUNITY ON CHILDREN’S LEARNING
External Structure
Force B Experience, Philosophy, Practices
Force C Experience, Philosophy, Practices
Force D Experience, Philosophy, Practices
Force A Time/Age/Grade Level
See Handbook chapters 4 and 5 for the Internal structure of interpersonal connections in this model.
THE KEYS TO SUCCESSFUL SCHOOL-FAMILY-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS EPSTEIN’S SIX TYPES OF INVOLVEMENT
PARENTING: Assist families in understanding child and adolescent development, and in setting home conditions that support children as students at each age and grade level. Assist schools in understanding families. COMMUNICATING: Communicate with families about school programs and student progress through effective school-to-home and home-to-school communications. VOLUNTEERING: Improve recruitment, training, work, and schedules to involve families as volunteers and audiences at school
LEARNING AT HOME: Involve families with their children in learning activities at home, including homework, other curriculum- related activities, and individual course and program decisions. DECISION MAKING: Include families as participants in school decisions, governance, and advocacy through PTA/PTO, school councils, committees, action teams, and other parent organizations. COLLABORATING WITH COMMUNITY: Coordinate resources and services for students, families, and the school with businesses, agencies, and other groups, and provide services to the community.
Type 1 Type 2 Type 6 Type 5 Type 4 Type 3
Housing, health, nutrition, clothing, safety Understand child and adolescent development
Information and activities to help schools
Basic Responsibilities of Families
Home conditions that support children as
Memos, notices, report cards, conferences, newsletters,
phone calls, computerized messages, e-mails, Web sites
Information to help families
Two-way channels of communication for questions,
Basic Responsibilities of Schools
Recruit and Organize Parent Help and Support School and classroom volunteer programs to help teachers, administrators, students and other parents Parent room or family center for volunteer work, meetings, resources for families Annual postcard survey to identify all available talents, times and locations of volunteers Class parent, telephone tree, or other structures to provide all families with needed information Parent patrols or other activities to aid safety and
How to help at home with homework Required skills to pass each subject Curriculum-related decisions by and for
Development of students’ other skills and talents
School Council or School Improvement Team Title I advisory and other school or district
Participation and Leadership
Independent advisory and advocacy groups Action Team for Partnerships PTA/PTO membership, participation,
Community contributes to schools, students, and
Schools, students, and families to contribute to the
An Inventory of Present Practices of School, Family, and Community Partnerships Your TABLE will be assigned ONE TYPE of involvement.
for the TYPE of involvement that you were assigned.
school (or schools you supervise or assist) and the grade levels that conduct each activity.
another TYPE of involvement to review.