Winning and Keeping Parent Support presents proven and innovative methods to gain and keep parent support. This model emphasizes interventions through a cooperative team approach between teachers and parents. Based on research endorsed by the National PTA, the skills and procedures taught in this course and practiced in applied assignments will enable educators to maintain supportive involvement from parents of even the most challenging students.
Objectives Identify the greatest roadblocks to parent-teacher cooperation.
Identify the most critical elements of contacts with parents early in the school year. Examine successful and recommended practices for involving parents in their children's education. Identify particular types of parental involvement and when to use them. Understand how culture and past experiences affect parents' reactions to teachers. Examine reasons conflicts may escalate or de-escalate and learn to choose the most constructive approach.