The overall importance of parent and family involvement
as the foundation for all other education reforms warranted
the establishment of national standards to guide parent
involvement programs and evaluate their quality and
effectiveness. The National Standards for Parent/Family
Involvement Programs were developed in 1998 by the
National PTA in cooperation with education and parent
involvement professionals and through the National
Coalition for Parent Involvement in Education (NCPIE).
These standards were built upon the six keys of parent
involvement identified by Dr. Joyce Epstein of the
Center of School, Family, and Community Partnerships
at Johns Hopkins University.
These are the six keys for
involvement and some of the ways the Boise School District
uses these keys to build strong programs for student
success.
- Key #1 - Parenting: Helping all families provide a
supportive and healthy home environment where learning
can take place.
- District sponsored parenting classes
- Resource lists for parents
- Counseling Department
- Key #2 - Communicating: Insuring comfortable two-way
(school-to-home; home-to- school) communications
that increase understanding about the school, its
programs,
and each child's progress.
- School District website
- Individual School Newsletters and web sites
-
What's Happening in the Boise School District
- Community Update
- Key #3 - Volunteering:
Providing opportunities for families to help with
school or classroom-related
activities, programs, and projects; individual
students; or other parents.
- Community Volunteer Program
- Project Tutor
- Volunteer Board
- Key #4 - Learning at Home: Helping families support
children's learning at home through homework and
other learning activities that families can do
with their children.
- Learning Together workshops
- Individual school newsletters
- Key #5 - Decision Making: Developing
parent leaders who play a decision-making role in
councils, organizations,
planning committees, and advocacy groups at both
the school and district levels.
- Partnership Action Teams (PAT)
- District Partnership Action Team (D-PAT)
- Boise Parents of English Language Learners (BPEL)
- Parent
Community Advisory Committee (PCAC)
- Individual School Leadership Teams
- Key #6 - Collaborating: Focusing on ways that businesses,
service-providers and others in the community can
support families and schools to strengthen student
learning
and development.
- Individual School Leadership Teams
- Continuous Improvement Plan Teams
- Project Tutor
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Business - "Partners in Education"
School, Family, & Community
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Ann Farris, Supervisor 854-4133
Dr. Ruth Calnon, Federal Programs Consultant 854-4161
Molly Jo de Fuentealba, Federal Programs Consultant 854-4160
Sharon Hutton, Administrative Assistant 854-4163
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8169 W. Victory Rd.
Boise, Idaho 83709
Phone ~ (208) 854-4000
Fax ~ (208)854-4003
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