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Parents Involvement in Schools

Finding the best Solution to this Matter.

P.S. 28

New York, NY

Teresa Marte 3^rd Grade

Introduction:

One of the biggest problems nowadays in schools throughout New York City, our school P.S. 28 included, is parental involvement. In our school this is one of the major issues, there is a lack of parental involvement in the education process. Due to this problem, these are some of the results among others: poor students academic performance, student behavior problems and low student morale, etc.

As part of P.S. 28 educational community we should find the best effective ways for parents to be more involve in their children’s educational experience and progress.

Task:

Ø As a class we will prepare an oral presentation, and we will present it to parents during open school night. In our presentation we will explain our concerns about the lack of low parental involvement in our school. In our presentation we will provide parents with the following information.

1. Help parents understand the importance of parental involvement.

2. Gather evidence from other schools that benefit more from parental involvement and be ready to share findings with parents in our school.

3. Interview students from our school and have them share about what difference do they think it will make if parents were more involved in their children’s education?

4. List several possible ideas to help parents understand different ways how they can participate in our school.

5. Let parents know how appreciated they are in our school.

Process:

Steps One: We will review and incorporate in our projects the six steps in The Public Policy Analyst:

v Step 1: Define the problem.

v Worksheet 1:

v Step 2: Gather the Evidence.

v Worksheet 2:

v Step 3: Identify the Causes.

v Worksheet 3:

v Step 4: Evaluate a Policy.

v Worksheet 4:

v Step 5: Develop Solutions.

v Worksheet 5:

v Step 6: Select the Best Solution.

v Worksheet 6:

Step Two: After each group is familiar with the PPA, we will break up into five groups in the classroom; each group will be in charge of creating the informational notes for each grade (3^rd grade) in our building.

Step Three: We will speak to the Principal therefore we can organize a school assembly and have all the students in the school learn about our new project.

Resources:

§ http://learningtogive.org/lessons/unit367/lesson3.html

§ http://www.centerforpubliceducation.org/main-menu/public-education/parent-involvement

§ http://www.parentinvolvementmatters.org/

§ http://www.projectappleseed.org/

§ https://www.ohea.org/parental-involvement

Evaluation:

Poster Rubric.

Category	4	3	2	1
Required Elements	Thank you Notes includes all required elements as well as additional information.	All required elements are included in the Thank you Notes.	All but 1 of the required elements are included in the Thank you Notes.	Several required elements were missing.
Graphics-Relevance	All graphics are related to the topic and make it easier to understand. All borrowed graphics have a source citation.	All graphics are related to the topic and most make it easier to understand. Some borrowed graphics have a source citation.	All graphics relate to the topic. One or two borrowed graphics have a source citation.	Graphics do not relate to the topic OR several borrowed graphics do not have a source citation.
Attractiveness	Thank you notes are exceptionally attractive in terms of design, layout, and neatness.	Thank you notes are attractive in terms of design, layout and neatness.	Thank you notes are acceptably attractive though it may be a bit messy.	Thank you notes are distractingly messy or very poorly designed. It is not attractive.
Grammar	There are no grammatical/mechanical mistakes on the Thank you Notes.	There are 1-2 grammatical/mechanical mistakes on the Thank you Notes.	There are 3-4 grammatical/mechanical mistakes on the poster.	There are more than 4 grammatical/mechanical mistakes on the poster.
PPA Steps	The Thank you notes include all 6 of the PPA steps and a short explanation as to why your group thought the solution in step 6 is the best solution.	The Thank you notes include all 6 of the PPA steps but may be missing the required explanation or the notes are missing 1 of the PPA steps.	The Thank you notes may be missing 2 of the PPA steps or missing 1 PPA step and the required explanation of step 6.	Several PPA steps were missing from the Thank you notes.

Conclusion:

These types of projects help us all as a united community to improve our skills and our knowledge. Our world around us benefits from our new knowledge of this matter, our children, which are the new generation benefit tremendously by having their parents a lot more involved in their education. And mainly our students of P.S. 28 are able to learn and utilize their new skill of WebQuest research, within the near future.

Thank you for your efforts and have fun while learning your WebQuest research.

Standards: English Language Arts.

Standard #3: Students will read, write, listen, and speak for critical analysis and evaluation. As listeners and readers, students will analyze experiences, ideas, information, and issues presented by others using a variety of established criteria. As speakers and writers, they will present, in oral and written language and from a variety of perspectives, their opinions and judgments on experiences, ideas information and issues.

Standard #4: Students will read, write, listen and speak for social interaction. Students will use oral and written language for effective social communication with a wide variety of people. As readers and listeners, they will use the social communications of others to enrich their understanding of people and their views.