Effective Parent Engagement Strategies

CONTENT TABLE
 Who are we?
 Gantt Chart
 Chapter Review
 Matrix Diagram
 Pie Chart
 Statement of the Problem
 Fishbone Diagram
 Literature Review
 Analysis of the Literature Review
 Survey
 Survey analysis
 Recommendations
 References
Working with Parents Jones, V. F. & Jones, L. S.(2007).
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WHO ARE WE?
Working with Parents
Project Coordinators
Yusuf Cengiz
Serhat Başar Human Resources
Esat Kuzu Analyst
Gülşah Tahtacı
Analyst
Esra Kudu

OUR GROUP’S SLOGAN

GANTT CARD
STEPS October
23
October
24
Octobrer
25
October
29
October
30
November
2
Choosing the topic
PLAN Statement of the problem
Literature Review
DO Determination of the main causes
Collecting and preparing datas
CHECK Checking Data
Suggestions
ACT Last preparations for the Presentation
Presentation
EXPECTED OBSERVED
Jones, V. F. & Jones, L. S.(2007).

LEARNING GOALS
 Methods for keeeping parents and caregivers informed about their students’
work and behaviour at school
 How to structure a successful parent/caregiver conference
 How to deal effectively with criticism and confrontation from adults who are
responsible for your students

LEARNING GOALS
 Methods for keeeping parents and caregivers informed about their students’
work and behaviour at school
 How to structure a successful parent/caregiver conference
 How to deal effectively with criticism and confrontation from adults who are
responsible for your students
 Methods for working with parents of L2 learners
CHAPTER REVIEW
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CHAPTER REVIEW
 «The way schools care about children is reflected the way
schools care about the children’s families.»
 Joyce Epstein (1995), Phi Delta Kappan

CHAPTER REVIEW
 Why is it important to work with parents?

Parental Encouragement and
Reinforcement
Significant impact on student motivation
Willingness to behave responsibly in school
Influences in attitudes towards school
Persistence at schoolwork by students
Consistent impact on dropping-out rates

CHAPTER REVIEW
 Teachers find that, for several reasons, an important and rewarding role
includes their work with parents.
Children’s attitudes
about school are
influenced by their
parents.
Parents should be kept
informed about the
students’ behaviour and
academic performance.
Parents can be valuable
resources for teachers.
They can tutor students,
copy materials and share
their expertise on special
topics
Parents’ supportting their
children, holding high
expectations and assisting
their child with homework
can help students to be
high-achievers.
Teachers need to involve
parents in developing a
behaviour change program
for the students.

CHAPTER REVIEW
How to keep parents informed:
 Early contact with parents
 Introductory letters
 Introductory phone calls
 Home visits
 Follow-up
 Back-to-school nights
 Continuing teacher-parent communication
 Weekly planner
 Friday envelops
 Newsletters
 Progress reports

PARENT CONFERENCES
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PARENT CONFERENCES
 Parents conferences can play a vital role in eliciting parents’ support for us
and can help us work with students who are experiencing difficulties.
 A poorly organised or otherwise negative conference can create or intensify
parental dissatisfaction.
 This dissatisfaction will frequently be reflected in students’ behaviours.
 Positive, well prepared conferences can reduce anxiety, provide parents with
support and positive feelings.

PARENT CONFERENCES
 4 major types of data that are useful in a parent conference are:
 Data on the students’ and parents’ feelings about the class
 Data on the students’ academic work
 Data on students’ behaviour and the results of attempts to improve the behaviour
 Data on conferences with colleagues and specialists aimed at developing a solution
to any matter that is a problem

PARENT CONFERENCES
 Conducting an effective conference:
 First mention positive sides of the students
 Ask parents to read students’ self evaluation reports and students’ works on their
progress
 Examine specific examples
 Focus on student behaviour and peer relationships
 Discuss both positive aspects of students’ behaviour as well as the ones that need
improvement
 Encourage parents to ask questions and make comments
 Summarise the students’ academic and behaviour strenghts and goals

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1r3ADU4CoVo (wrong parent meeting)
 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dpm-yHCbGGU (positive conference)

DEALING EFFECTIVELY WITH PARENTS’
CRITICISM AND CONFRONTATIONS
 Meet in a safe enviroment
 Act in a pleasant manner
 Use active listening and do not be defensive
 Look interested and listen carefully
 Be professional
 Ask the parents what they aim to accomplish
 Set a time limit
 Ask the parents whether the student is aware of the problem
 Be honest
 Emphasize specific data
 Tell the parents specifically what will be done to deal with the problem

CHAPTER REVIEW
PARENTING
COMMUNICATING
VOLUNTEERING
LEARNING AT
HOME
DESICION
MAKING
COLLABORATING
WITH
COMMUNITY
Joyse Epstein’s (1995) theory of six
areas, in which school staff can
positively engage families.

Why is there an
ineffective teacher-
parent relationship in
schools in Turkey?
TEACHER RELATED
PROBLEMS
PARENT RELATED
PROBLEMS
SYSTEM RELATED
PROBLEMS
STUDENT RELATED
PROBLEMS
Time consuming
Difficult to follow up
Lack of experience
and awareness
Indifference towards school
Unawareness of their roles
Not included in curriculum
Exclusion of parents
Not informing parents
Fear of criticism

MATRIX DIAGRAM
Teacher
Related
Student
Related
System
Related
Parent
Related
Serhat Başar 7 2 6 5
Gülşah Tahtacı 7 3 6 5
Yusuf Cengiz 6 5 7 4
Esat Kuzu 7 2 5 6
Esra Kudu 6 2 7 5
------Total------ 33 14 31 25
--Percentages- 32,03% 13,59% 30,09% 24,27%

MATRIX DIAGRAM
System related ,
30.09%
Teacher related,
33.02%
Student related,
13.59%
Parent related,
24.27%
CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
 Innefective teacher-parent relationship in Turkey mainly stems from the
teachers, however effects of the current system cannot be overlooked.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
 Innefective teacher-parent relationship in Turkey mainly stems from the
teachers, however effects of the current system cannot be overlooked.
LITERATURE REVIEW
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LITERATURE REVIEW
 Satır (1996) indicates that through positive feedback and interest in school
performance by parents can increase the academic performance of the
student, while being deprived of parental support can lead to serious
developmental and emotional problems. Based on this fact, teachers should
try to work with parents both for student’s sake and their own sake.

LITERATURE REVIEW
 Despite the value placed on improved parent-teacher relations, however, the
literature also suggests the difficulty of achieving this goal. For example,
Cutright's (1984) survey of parents, teachers, and administrators revealed
support for increased parent participation but agreement that actual parent
involvement is usually quite low.

LITERATURE REVIEW
 Genç (2005) indicates that parents generally visit school and teachers in case
of an academic failure, a physicological or a social problem, which means
that parents are mostly concerned about crisis situations, rather than
focusing on prevention strategies.
 Genç also states that one of the main reasons behind parent-teacher
interactions is meeting the economical needs of the school.

SURVEY
SURVEY
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SURVEY
How often did your parents attend teacher-parent conferences at primary school?
59%
29%
12%
0% 0%
Always
Often
Sometimes
Seldom
Never

SURVEY
How often did your parents attend teacher-parent conferences at highschool?
35%
35%
12%
6%
12%
Always
Often
Sometimes
Seldom
Never

SURVEY
Do you think that teacher-parent interactions has an influence in your academic
success?
64%
36%
Yes
No

SURVEY
If yes, on what degree did parent-teacher interactions affect your academic
success?
43%
50%
7%
A lot
A little
None

50%
37%
13%
A lot
A little
None
SURVEY
If no, on what degree did absence of parent-teacher interactions affect your
academic success?

37%
34%
24%
5%
Teachers
Parents
System
Students
SURVEY
What can be the reason behind failure in teacher-parent interaction?

RECOMMENDATIONS
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RECOMMENDATIONS
 Early contact:
It is important to familiarize parents with the teacher’s
instructional goals and classroom methods as soon as possible.
We should start working with the parents before any worries about
their child’s achievement or behaviour arise.
When our initial interaction with the parents is positive, and if we
maintain ongoing communication with them, we will be more comfrotable in all
our contacts with them.

RECOMMENDATIONS
 Introductory letters & phone calls:
One of the easiest approach to make the initial contact is to sent a
letter to parents or to call them.
This method presents a much more personal exchange of
information between parents and the teachers.

RECOMMENDATIONS
 Home visits:
While home visits can be time consuming and require caution
regarding personnal safety and liability and sensitivity to values and beliefs of
those in the home,
They can be a wonderful statement of caring and support as well as
giving helpful info about student and their culture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=He4n2TvP3bA (home visit)

RECOMMENDATIONS
 An initial meeting:
For this initial meeting:
 A descriptiion of the curriculum
 An ıntroductory letter of the teacher
 A class schedule
 Info about the child’s social and emotional characteristics
 A list of assignements that may require some parental assistance
 A statement of teacher’s classroom management procedures
 Materials to be used, read throughout the year
 Recommendation form for parents

RECOMMENDATIONS
 Follow-up:
Sending positive notes to parents about the improvement and
efforts of the student.
Parents should also inform teachers when their chlidren make a
special effort, Show improvement or do something new or interesting.
Teachers shouldn’t wait too long before reinforcing the ideas
presented in the orientation meeting.

RECOMMENDATIONS
 Friday envelops:
On Friday, students can be given a Friday envelop filled with
the work that they have completed that week and the students share the
envelope with their parents.

EXAMPLES
 https://www.terakki.org.tr/anaokulu/anaokulunda-yasam/okul-veli-iletisimi/
 http://www.enkaokullari.k12.tr/randevu/
 http://webportal.robcol.k12.tr/tr/Veliler/Sayfalar/default.aspx

Special thanks
to Dr. Köksal
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for-innovative-collaboration-y-ime-der

REFERENCES
 IMC Circles Education by Hayal Köksal
 Jones, V. F. & Jones, L. S.(2007). Comprehensive Classroom Management: Creating
communities of support and solving problems, 8th edition. Boston: Pearson/Allyn
& Bacon.
 Satır, S. (1996). Özel Tevfik Fikret Lisesi Öğrencilerinin Akademik Başarılarıyla İlgili
Anne-Baba Davranışları ve Akademik Başarıyı Artırmaya Yönelik Anne-Baba
Eğitim Gereksinmelerinin Belirlenmesi. A.Ü Sos. Bilm. Enst. Yayınlanmamış.
Yüksek Lisans Tezi.
 Hoover-Dempsey, K., Bassler, O., (1987) Parent Involvement: Contributions of
Teacher Efficacy, School Socioeconomic Status, and Other School Characteristics,
American Educational Research Journal, Fall 1987, Vol 24, No. 3, pp. 417-435
 Genç, S. (2005), İlköğretim 1. Kademedeki Okul Aile İşbirliğiyle İlgili Öğretmen ve
Veli Görüşleri, Atatürk Üniversitesi Kazım Karabekir Eğitim Fakültesi İlköğretim
Bölümü

WEB REFERENCES
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 http://www.enkaokullari.k12.tr/randevu/
 http://webportal.robcol.k12.tr/tr/Veliler/Sayfalar/default.aspx
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