1. Parental Involvement In Education
Jessica Risch
Ivy Tech Community College
Professor Andrew Buckle
November 19, 2014

2. Description And Rationale
INTASC Standard,
Description And Rationale
Standard #3 Learning Environments
The teacher works with others to create environments that support individual and collaborative learning, and that encourage positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self motivation.
Name of Artifact: Contemporary Issues PowerPoint Project
Date: November 19, 2014
Course: EDUC-101: Introduction To Teaching

3. Description And Rationale Cont’d
INTASC Standard,
Description And Rationale Cont’d
Brief Description
For this assignment, I will be giving a PowerPoint presentation describing parental involvement with education in schools. The presentation will identify how involved a student’s parents are in their education.
Rationale
To my understanding of Standard #3, Learning Environments, for my Contemporary Issues PowerPoint Project, because it not only includes students learning in school but at home as well. To my knowledge, parents must encourage their child to be engaged in learning, be motivated in and out of school, and support individual and collaborative learning.

4. Introduction
Parents are becoming more involved in the child’s education to help them achieve success.
The most important reason of parental involvement in education is for effective education of a student.
Communication is essential in order for parents to be actively involved in their child’s education.
Parental involvement in education helps students get involved with extracurricular activities.
There are many pros and cons related to the subject of parental involvement in education.

5. Parental Involvement In Education
Parents are becoming more and more involved with their child’s education.
They help their child with classwork issues, social issues, and activity issues.
Typically, this benefits all three parties (teacher/parent/child).
This creates multiple environments that are very adequate for student learning.
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This opens up a line of communication between teacher/parent/child.
Such as school, home, the library, etc.

6. Parental Involvement In Education
Educators and parents must work together and have good communication to enrich the learning environment of the student.
Parents and teachers, collectively, must encourage positive social interaction, the active engagement in learning, and a strong self motivation for students.
Parents must understand what is being taught to the child, and to do that…they must communicate with the teacher to discover what the curriculum is. This is to provide the support at home necessary for the child if they need help with any homework or projects. Communication is essential to create a good learning environment.
Encouraging positive social interaction with their peers helps children develop the appropriate social skills necessary to thrive later in life. Being actively engaged in learning ensures that the child will have the opportunity to succeed and grasp the material. Parents and teachers must also promote self motivation for students to do homework and other assorted projects or assignments in, and out of, school.

7. Parental Involvement In Education Benefits For Educators
Benefits For Parents
Benefits For Educators
Aware of what their child is learning
Parents develop a commitment to the school
Have a better understanding of what the teacher is doing and the curriculum in place
Parents can become more confident in their parenting abilities
Creates an interaction between parents and child to understand the child’s needs
Educators earn a certain respect from parents
Have a better understanding of students’ cultures given the diversity of the student body
A strong sense of job satisfaction
Leads to excellent communication between parents and teachers
Raises morale for teachers knowing that parents are helping in the education of their students

8. Parental Involvement In Education
Pro’s and Con’s
Pro
Con
Improves parent/teacher relations
Student attitude and behavior
Student grades and completing homework
Parental confidence and satisfaction in teacher
Helps student understand material
Improves attendance
Extracurricular activities
Parents being too involved, and doing their child’s work for them
Child feels smothered and is unable to do any other activity unless related to school
Stressful for students, teachers, and parents
Inexperienced teachers
Susceptible to routine
Unfamiliar learning styles

9. Discussion Questions In today’s society, do you
believe parents are involved
enough in their child’s education?
Were your parents?
What does parental involvement in education mean to you?

10. References
Koch, J. (2014). Teach (2nd ed.). Belmont, CA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning.
Bracke, D., & Corts, D. (2012, January 1). Parental Involvement And The Theory Of Planned Behavior. Retrieved November 17, 2014, from
Hornby, G., & Lafaele, R. (2011, January 1). Barriers To Parental Involvement In Education: An Explanatory Model. Retrieved November 17, 2014, from
Bloomquist, Michael L. PhD, (2013). Skills Training for Struggling Kids. New York, NY: The Guilford Press.
Ricci, M. (2013). Mindsets in the Classroom building a culture of success and student achievement in schools. Waco Texas: Prufrock Press.
12- stock pictures, Microsoft ClipArt, on November 19, 2014, location- Indianapolis, IN.