Author: Norma Nunez-CortesPublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
Parent-school partnerships impact student achievement in K-12 schools across the nation. Researchers suggest that increased parent engagement in schools has the potential to positively affect student achievement, increase attendance, and promote positive student attitudes and behaviors. Increased parent engagement first requires the building of parental capacity for involvement in schools. Building capacity for involvement is particularly challenging for schools and teachers working with limited-English and non-English speaking Latino migrant families. Through analysis of data from an English and Spanish Parent Questionnaire, this study examined the perceptions of parents in three main areas—communication barriers during school events and meetings, training provided to parents to help their children with homework and academic activities, and home-school partnerships via outreach to parents from school personnel. Parents included in this study were limited-English and non-English speaking Latino migrant parents with children enrolled in a migrant pre-kindergarten program site that was part of the 2015-2016 Academic Parent-Teacher Teams cohort.
