WHAT ACTIVITIES CONSTITUTE PARENT INVOLVEMENT?

Written by:

Michael and Shelly Robinson

According to Simich-Dudgeon (1986) there are certain activities which constitute parental involvement:

• providing a home environment that supports children's learning needs;
  volunteering to provide assistance in the school as teachers' aides, secretaries, or in other roles;
  
• becoming activists and decision-makers in organizations such as the local PTA/PTO, or community advocacy groups that advise local school boards and school districts;
  
• attending school-sponsored activities;
  
• maintaining open channels of communication with the teacher(s) and continually monitoring children's progress in school;
  
• tutoring the children at home, using specific learning activities designed by the teacher to reinforce work being done in school (Epstein, 1986).