Parentships in a PLC at Work(r)

Forming and Sustaining School-Home Relationships with Families

von Kyle Palmer

176 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Parents and guardians can be a powerful resource for teachers, but it takes skill and confidence to build partnerships, or parentships, and proactively engage in a positive way. Kyle Palmer draws from his experience as both principal of a model PLC school and as a parent to offer practical strategies for including parents or guardians as part of your collaborative culture focused on student learning. - Understand the basics of PLCs and parentships. - Learn how parentships can integrate into and enhance the PLC process. - Create mission and vision statements for parentships in a PLC. - Use specific strategies to enhance your parentship and engage effectively with parents. - Maintain an effective parentship into the future. Contents: - Introduction - Part I: Foundations of Parentships in a PLC - Chapter 1: Understanding Parentships in a PLC - Chapter 2: Creating Parentships in a PLC - Chapter 3: Creating Shared Mission and Vision Statements for Your Parentship - Chapter 4: Creating Values and Goals for Your Parentship - Part II: Strategies for Parentships in a PLC - Chapter 5: Strategies Related to Curriculum - Chapter 6: Strategies Related to Individual Student Progress - Chapter 7: Strategies Related to Parental Engagement - Chapter 8: Strategies for Building Stronger Parent Relationships - Chapter 9: Strategies for Monitoring and Sustaining Your Parentship - Epilogue: Now What? - References and Resources - Index