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Transforming Our Roles As Co-Educators; A Parents Guide To Meaningful Engagement., Toni M. Stallman
Transforming Our Roles As Co-Educators; A Parents Guide To Meaningful Engagement., Toni M. Stallman
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When schools and families support each other, students of all backgrounds and various abilities achieve at higher levels. Research indicates levels of parental engagement tends to decline as children progress through the educational system. Parents need to understand and transform their roles to become collaborative co-educators as their children transition from elementary to middle school in order to improve academic outcomes. This intervention, a summer workshop series for parents of children in or approaching middle school, aims to increase home-based and school-based activities and strategies which foster parental engagement. Participants will attend four workshops and be provided interactive workbook to …