Parents and Teachers Working Together

The following topics and issues are covered in this chapter:

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  the history of parental involvement in schools;
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  current requirements and expectations for parental involvement in schools;
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  reasons for parents and teachers to work together;
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  parents' and teachers' perspectives on home-school partnership;
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  some barriers to parental involvement;
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  how to form positive partnerships;
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  parents' and teachers' expectations of each other;
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  initial contact between schools and parents;
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  different forms of written communication with parents;
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  advice on writing for parents;
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  involving parents in school during the school day;
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  involving parents for whom daytime help is difficult;
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  the school in the community;
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  involving parents at home through homework, games and home-school notebooks;
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  meetings between parents and teachers; and
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  helping parents to ...