Lincoln

Elementary
School
CREATING PARTNERSHIPS
CRYSTAL CASE
 Welcome to the PTO
Informational meeting
 We will spend the next 45 minutes talking about:
 how to create and sustain partnerships with families and the
community
 how these partnerships influence the learning and development
of children
 Its important as teachers, parents, family members and
community members to all be involved in the school
 In turn it benefits the children, the schools and also the
community
 My role as the Teacher
 When you talk about teachers it’s a huge role that
requires a lot of responsibility. When in the classroom
all the students depend on me. Everything the
teacher says will have an impact on the students. My
job is to create a warm and protective environment
but also be professional. In a classroom when
students feel secure in the classroom the results will
be noticeable in the academic progress.
 School is a place where one goes to learn. My role is
to create a learning environment that is suitable for
30 kids to learn the material, and retain it. Not all
children learn at the same speed, in the same way,
or steps. Some children need a small lesson one on
one, as others can be explained and shown once
and understand. Its my job to help each and every
student grasp the information and learn!
 Teachers are not always just at the front of the class
teaching, like it used to be!
 Rationale Steps
 Bringing together families, schools, and community organizations in
a collaborative effort to meet the comprehensive needs of children,
families and the community. “When schools and families work
together in partnership, develop strategies to support each other,
students and schools both benefit.” (Parent, Family, Community
Involvement, N.A.)
 Have meetings after school hours and help to support community
learning centers for everyone in the neighborhood.
 In the world we live in today the children are learning things earlier in life
than we did, such as algebra and etc. So it’s important for us to provide
the help and services for family members.
 Cultivate school-business relationships that will benefit both school
and business partners and sustain family-involvement.
 Doing this will enable all parties to support and encourage each other.
 The Mesosystem from
Bronfenbrenner's Ecological System
 When schools and communities work together, both
are strengthened in synergistic ways and make gains
that outpace what either entity could accomplish on its
own:
 Families access community resources more easily
 Businesses connect education programs with the realities
of the workplace
 Seniors contribute wisdom and gain a greater sense of
purpose
 Students serve and learn beyond their school involvement
 “As the mesosystem and exosystem in Bronfenbrenner’s
model make clear, connections to the neighborhood
and the larger community—both formal organizations,
such as school, workplace, recreation center, child-
care center, and religious institution, and informal social
networks of relatives, friends, and neighbors—influence
parent–child relationships.” (Berk, 2013)
 Epstein’s 6 Types
of Involvement
 Parenting
 Communicating
 Volunteering
 Learning at home
 Decision Making
 Collaborating with community
 Type 1 of Involvement

 Parenting is the type one of involvement.

 Help all families establish home environments to support children as
students.
 When doing this is helps the children, with being able to have
awareness of importance of school, and improved attendance.
 One way the school can implement to help parenting is have
neighborhood meetings to help families understand schools and to
help schools understand families. “Providing home visit’s at transition
times, such as pre-k, kindergarten, and middle school.” (American
Association of school, 1988)
 Type 2 of Involvement

 The second type of involvement is communicating.

 Design effective forms of school-to-home and home-to-school
communications about school programs and children's progress.
 Communicating influences a child’s learning because the
understanding of school policies on behavior, attendance, and
other areas of student conduct.
 A way we could implement communicating is doing regular
schedule of useful notices, memos, phone calls, newsletters, and
other communications. “Conferences with every parent at least
once per year.” (American Association of school, 1988)
 Type 3 of Involvement

 The third type of involvement is Volunteering.

 Recruit and organize parent help and support.
 When volunteering it increases skills in children, with them being able
to communicate with adults.
 One way to increase volunteering in our school is to have a parent
room or family center for volunteer work, meetings, and resources
for families.
 Type 4 of Involvement

 The fourth type of involvement is learning at home.

 Provide information and ideas to families about how to help students at
home with homework and other curriculum-related activities, decisions,
and planning.
 Leaning at home helps children by providing positive attitude
towards schoolwork.
 One way the school can help with this is providing information on
how to assist students to improve skills on various class and school
assessment.
 Type 5 of Involvement

 The fifth type of involvement is Decision Making.

 Include parents in school decisions, developing parent leaders
and representatives.
 This type of involvement helps students understand and
create awareness of representation of families in school decisions.
 The school can help achieve this by having independent advocacy
groups to lobby and work for school reform and improvements.
“Networks to link all families with parent representatives.” (American
Association of school, 1988)
 Type 6 of Involvement

 The sixth type of involvement is collaborating with community

 Identify and integrate resources and services from the community to
strengthen school programs, family practices, and student learning and
development.
 For the children it helps with awareness of careers and of options for
future education and work.
 A way for the school to achieve this is have service to the
community by students, families, and school. Some examples might
be recycling, art, music, drama, and other activities.
 Reference Page

 American Association of School Administrators (1988). Challenges

for School Leaders.Arlington, VA. ED 300 915.
Granowsky, A. (1989). "Can I Guarantee My Child's Love of
Learning?" PTA Today, 14 (4), p. 25. EJ 406 241
 Berk, L. E. (2013). Child development. (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River,
NJ: Pearson. Retrieved from https://content.ashford.edu/
 Parent, Family, Community Involvement in Education, An NEA policy
brief. National Education Association. www.nea.org