A regular two - way and meaningful communication to enhance student academic learning.
What is NCLB's definition of parent involvement?
100
Advocacy, academics and expertise.
What are the three turnarounds for principals to engage families and communities?
100
This act requires parents or guardians of children with disabilities to be equal partners with educational decisions, including developing their student's individualized educational plan.
What is Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA)?
100
Support and utilize these groups to make important decisions at the schools.
What are parent focus groups?
100
Principals should allocate these for the purchase of electronic devices for student use in reading, writing and information retrieval.
What is Title 1 Funds?
200
Consists of the people intimately associated with a school - students, their families, teachers, administration, school staff, and volunteers.
What is a school community?
200
True or False:
Subtle aspects of parental engagement are more impactful on student achievement, than overt expressions of parental engagement.
What is TRUE?
200
Studies have shown that homework and student achievement have a _________ correlation.
What is positive?
200
School funds can be used for this position to promote family engagement within the schoolhouse.
What is a community specialist?
200
The percentage a district acquiring $500,000 in Title 1 funds can spend on family engagement.
What is 1%?
300
Leadership, goals and roles, communication, education, connections and continuous improvement.
What are the six building blocks of community?
300
Studies have show that high achieving students spend _____ hours a week outside of school in constructive learning activities (i.e.: music practice, reading, youth groups).
What is 20 hours?
300
School families situations, perspectives and abilities affect their capacity to support their children in different ways, resulting in administrators having to do what...
What is differentiation family supports?
300
Periodically conduct both of these surveys to improve future policy and practice?
What are formal and informal surveys?
300
Principals who advocate for family and community engagement.
What is must be proponents of parent leaders?
400
1. Reading and Literacy
2. Self- Directed Learning
3. Respect and Responsibility
What are example goals to invest families, staff and community?
400
*Belief that one has some reasonable personal control over decisions about the activities he or she will undertake
*Belief that one will be successful to at least some extent in those activities
What are two key personal beliefs to self-efficacy?
400
The formation of an action team with teachers, school administrators, parents and community members is the first step in...
What is creating a framework for partnership?
400
Distribute informational, family-friendly materials, including materials translated into the family's language best supports...
What is bridging language and culture within a school?
400
Building strong distributed leadership for family and community engagement.
What is shared leadership?
500
Access, Understanding and Action
What are the three steps toward using data to impact school-wide change and college and career readiness?
500
Personal experience of success in the given domain,
parents’ vicarious experience of success related to involvement, verbal encouragement and persuasion from important others an personal emotional arousal are all factors in the development of...
What is positive self-efficacy?
500
Require schools to include these stakeholders on appropriate school teams and ensure that the teams represent the diversity of the community and operate with by-laws, agendas and minutes.
Who are parents?
500
Provide guidance for families in supporting their child's learning at home including this common practice used by teachers and schools.
What is homework help?
500
Use this tool to develop a profile of the immigrants in your school, their academic achievement and set specific goals for these students.