Goal: Increase parent collaboration by 20% with teachers every month for student academic success.
| Objective: To create Parent Partnerships to increase student homework completion rates and class participation. | ||||
| Action Step(s) | Person(s) Responsible | Timeline: Start/ end | Needed Resources | Evaluation |
| 1. Create committee to revisit the action plan and results of Parent Partnership night | Facilitator | -August 20th-Staff workday -September 28th - October 26th - November 30th - December 14th - January 25th - February 22nd - March 29th - April 12th -June 3rd Staff development for final review | -Give teachers time in developing Partnership night material | -Data print-out of total parents attending sessions -Monitoring homework completion rates for students whose parents attend Partnership nights -Analyzing detention data for students who do not complete work -Parents complete surveys at the end of each session |
| 2. Solicit parents/relatives on ideas for times and incentives for attending Partnership night | Committee established | Begin August 20th and continue monitoring throughout the year | -Phone surveys -In person survey (door to door, business, etc.) -Post card mail outs with return envelopes from Title I funds | -Compile survey data to identify ways that parents would be more enticed to attend Partnership nights |
| 3. Implement monthly Parent Partnerships | Administrators Core-curriculum teachers | Pending times all: - August 30th 6:00-7:30 p.m. -September 7th 6:00-7:30 p.m. -October 5th 6:00-7:30 p.m. - November 2nd 6:00-7:30 p.m. - December 7th 6:00-7:30 p.m. - January 4th 6:00-7:30 p.m. - February 1st 6:00-7:30 p.m. - March 1st 6:00-7:30 p.m. - April 5th 6:00-7:30 p.m. | -Give teachers time in developing Cram Night material -Focus materials on in-class activities, at-home activities, and homework (including notes, sample lessons, and fun learning activities for home use) -Title I funds -Secure money for advertising Parent Partnership Nights -Serve refreshments (invite community business to participate in helping to provide for Partnership night -Provide child care using elective teachers and/or high school students for assistance | -Create parent surveys -Gather percentages of parents attending Partnership nights -Offer bonus question on test/quizzes on whether parents attended Partnership night and if the help was beneficial |
| 4. Tracking system to correlate the process that Parent Partnership night has been paying off for students | Core-curriculum teachers | Ongoing | -Time for planning and communication -Review discipline data and individual student progress reports | -Brainstorming and organizing during team meetings on individual student success as a direct result of parent involvement in Cram night. -Offer bonus question on test/quizzes on whether parents attended Partnership night and if the help was beneficial |
| 5. Create individualized take-home packets for students weak in particular objectives that can be used for at-home use | -Core curriculum teachers -Partnership committee | Ongoing | -Encourage teachers to create fun, at-home activities for parents to use -Update materials as needed for targeted TEKS objectives | -TEKS objectives warm-ups/sponge activities -Performance on tests and quizzes -Students bringing back at-home activities for extra credit |
Carrie I like your action research plan. I believe that it is not going to be an easy task because our parental involvemnt is not the greatest either. I like the idea that you are planning to provide child care during the meetings with parents. That will help those parents knowing that they can take their little ones and they will be taken care of during the meeting. One suggestion would be to maybe include home visits as a way to entice your parents to attend these very important meetings. Our school uses home visits quite a bit and parents seem to appreciate the extra time that their childrens' teachers and administrators take to go to their homes and let them know how important it is for them and thier children to believe in a certain program the school is working on.
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