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Getting Families Involved In Students’ Education Through Home Visits At Midwestern Charter Schools, Hakan Solak
Getting Families Involved In Students’ Education Through Home Visits At Midwestern Charter Schools, Hakan Solak
Department of Educational Administration: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Home visits are a model of communication after school time when school staff members actually go into students homes to foster a relationship among students, families, and teachers. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore how home visits take place in a single charter school and how families are involved in the educational process of students at Midwestern Charter Schools.
Thirteen participants from Chicago Math and Science Academia (CMSA) were interviewed via an open-ended questionnaire. Additionally, two home visit observations were made by the primary investigator in the natural setting of the homes of two students. Through this …