Thursday, January 5, 2012

Standard IV: Volunteering

Creating an Inviting Classroom
1.Parent Invitation: This is an invitation, good for the entire year, for parents to come to the classroom and visit. Included in this invitation is my name, my email address, a map of the school with my room highlighted, and a list of times they can contact me as well as an open invitation to come into the classroom whenever they would like to come.
2.Parent and student name on door: This activity would take place on Back to School Night. I would put the names of the students and parents on the front of the door beneath a sign that invited them into the room for the evening and for the entire year.

Ways to Solicit and Invite Parents to Volunteer
1. Email: Emails would be sent home periodically informing parents of upcoming events and opportunities where they could be involved and assist their student as well as others in the educational process.
2. Parent specialist list.This is a list encouraging parents to sign up and volunteer to teach on a certain topic during the year.
3. Letter: This form of soliciting could be sent home once a quarter to re-invite parents to volunteer for specific events and a reminder that they are always welcome to come and help at any time during the year.
4.Phone Calls: This would be an effective way of targeting parents for specific events and opportunities to be involved in their child’s education.
5.SEP Sign-up: This is an opportunity for one-on-one solicitation of parents to volunteer in the classroom. In this conversation, parents can express likes and dislikes and how they feel they could best serve in the class.

Specific ways to Involve Parents in the Classroom
1.Parent to help create an assessment: This would be an opportunity for the parent to actually help structure an assessment. The parent helping to construct the assessment would be given support through other examples or working directly with me. This would create great buy-in, awareness, and greater interest in their child’s education.
Overcoming poverty barriers: The communication for this involvement could take place over the phone. Ideas and samples could be exchanged by sending notes back and forth with the student.
2.Parent to help construct a rubric: This would be an opportunity for the parent to help determine what the requirements will be for an upcoming assignment.  This would create increased interest and greater understanding for student learning.
Overcoming poverty barriers: The communication for this involvement could take place over the phone. Ideas and samples could be exchanged by sending notes back and forth with the student.

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