To make PTA members aware of how their attitudes about schools are channeled to their children and the entire community. To help PTA members understand and overcome obstacles in securing good school and PTA relations, such as negative attitudes, indifference, and apathy. To make PTA members and everyone involved in education more aware of PTA and its true purposes. Five Types Of Parent Involvement Home-School Communication Involves the exchange of information between parent, teacher and school, which helps both school and family to assist the child in learning. This exchange of information needs to be done in a variety of ways to increase the opportunity for understanding.
Good communication serves as the foundation for all other home-school partnership activities.
As Supporters Represents the traditional role that many parents have played such as attending open house or student performances, chaperoning field trips, conducting campus cleanups or organizing a book fair. These activities are ones with which both parents and teachers tend to feel the most comfortable. The school should set a goal to have all parents involved in at least one support activity during the course of the year. As Learners Means that most parents have an opportunity to increase their knowledge about the school curriculum, school policies and other aspects of school life as well as opportunities to increase their own parenting skills. Multiple ways need to be used to provide learning opportunities.