Family Supports
Positive Parental Involvement Can Help:
- Connect and strengthen parent/child relationship in these crucial years
- Improve student morale, attitudes, and academic achievement
- Improve students’ behavior, social adjustment, and emotional development
- Encourage students to ask and seek help when needed
General Tools for Success:
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Praise students when they ask for help
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Understand that asking for help can be scary - Assist them in learning how and when to ask and seek help
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Review/Study for tests together
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Remind students that tests are important and should be taken seriously
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Help monitor homework [Also see ‘Homework’ below]
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Are they completing the homework and turning it in on time?
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Help teach organizational skills
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Check their agenda, backpacks, binders, and notebooks
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Help teach time management skills
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What are they doing after school? Are they procrastinating or not doing homework at all?
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Map out what needs to be done and when things are due
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Don’t leave assignments for the last minute
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Help teach study skills
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Make and use flashcards, quiz your children, review/rewrite notes
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Set Reasonable Goals:
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Help students figure out what their goal is for a particular class, assignment, 6-weeks, or trimester. Start out small (attainable).
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Sample Goals: I will…
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Turn in all homework assignments for a week
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Spend 30 minutes a day studying for my Math test
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Attend HW Club twice a week and ask for help
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Homework:
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Find a quiet place with no distractions (TV, phone, social media, etc.)
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Establish a time when your student must be working on homework.
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Set a routine
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Example: Get home from school, have a snack, work on homework, have dinner, finish homework
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Make yourself available
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Let students know that you care about the work they are doing and the grades they are earning
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Ask specific questions to get more information:
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“Which assignment do you think you need to work on first?”
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“What homework will you need help with?”
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“What tests do you have this week?
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BIPOC Mental Health Resources
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