Dear Editor:
GUSD has made communications and the
School-to-Home-back-to-School connection a priority this year.
In order for families and communities to become informed about
and involved in children’s education at school and at home,
partnerships must be viewed as an essential component of school and
classroom organization.
Dear Editor:
GUSD has made communications and the School-to-Home-back-to-School connection a priority this year.
In order for families and communities to become informed about and involved in children’s education at school and at home, partnerships must be viewed as an essential component of school and classroom organization.
No longer an optional activity or a matter of public relations school, family, and community partnerships are essential for student learning and success in school.
Educators, parents, students, community members, all work together to develop and maintain effective programs of partnership. The schools belong to all of us and we are in it for all the same reason – our students.
The program the schools in the district are utilizing is based on the six types of involvement developed by Researcher Joyce Epstein of Johns Hopkins University and the National Network of Partnership Schools.
TYPE 1 – PARENTING: Assist families with parenting and child-rearing skills, understanding child and adolescent development, and setting home conditions that support children as students at each age and grade level. Assist schools in understanding families.
TYPE 2 – COMMUNICATING: Communicate with families about school programs and student progress through effective school-to-home and home-to-school communications.
TYPE 3 – VOLUNTEERING: Improve recruitment, training, work, and schedules to involve families as volunteers and audiences at the school or in other locations to support students and school programs.
TYPE 4 – LEARNING AT HOME: Involve families with their children in learning activities at home, including homework and other curriculum-linked activities and decisions.
TYPE 5 – DECISION MAKING: Include families as participants in school decisions, governance, and advocacy through PTA/PTO, school councils, committees, and other parent organizations.
TYPE 6 – COLLABORATING WITH THE COMMUNITY: Coordinate resources and services for families, students, and the school with businesses, agencies, and other groups, and provide services to the community.
Gilroy High School will be conducting a National Network of Partnership Schools workshop, for the high school, on Wednesday, Dec. 17 in the school library from 6 to 9 p.m. If you are interested in this exciting new program, come by and learn how you too can be a part of a partnership for our students‚ educational success.
Greg Camacho-Light, Assistant Principal, Gilroy High School
Submitted Monday, Dec. 8 to ed****@ga****.com
