Types of guidance parents can provide students & the value of homework

Types of guidance parents can provide students & the value of homework

Authorities at BDMI, one of the top cbse schools in south Kolkata, believes that awareness regarding the types of guidance a parent can provide to the student is extremely valuable & effective. While all schools promote parent involvement, there are various different types of involvement, which ranges from encouraging volunteering and fundraising to providing parents with the all-important home-based learning activities. Joyce Epstein of the Johns Hopkins University, Center on School, Family and Community Partnerships, is one of the USA’s leading experts on parent involvement. According to him school parent involvement programs can be divided into six broad categories:

1.      Parenting- Schools help families with their parenting skills. They provide information on children’s developmental stages and offer a list of advices on learning-friendly home environments for a child to grow.

2.      Communicating- This is basically working to educate families about their child’s progress and school services. It provides opportunities for parents to communicate with the school.

3.      Volunteering- It ranges from offering opportunities for parents to visit their child’s school to finding innovative ways to recruit and train them to work in the classroom as well.

4.      Learning at home- Educators in school share ideas to promote at-home learning through high expectations and strategies. This way parents can monitor and help students with homework.

5.      Decision-making- Schools include families as partners in school organizations, advisory panels, and other similar committees.

Community collaboration- Basically a two-way outreach strategy in which community or business groups are involved in the educational process