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Item Nr: B 94459 Title: Building Parent Engagement in Schools
Grade Lvl: T Author: Ferlazzo, Larry
Length: 87 Prod/Pub: Linworth
Copyright: 2009 Series:
Book Type: N Biographee:
Copies: 1 Loan Period: 14 days
 
  Offers educators practical suggestions on how they can promote increased parental involvement in the classroom and at home, which has been proven to have a positive impact on a child's school success. Each chapter begins with an Aesop's fable whose theme leads to the educational topics. Chapters: What Is Parent Engagement?; Home Visits; Technology and Family Literacy; Parent Engagement through Schools-Community Gardens; and Schools and Community Organizing.

  Subjects:
  1431 - COMMUNITY AND SCHOOL
  1820 - FEP/PEC
  1222 - MOTIVATION (PSYCHOLOGY)
  1422 - PARENT-TEACHER RELATIONSHIPS
  1613 - REQUEST--AEA
  1510 - STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT (ACADEMIC)