Teaching works best with parental involvement

Introduction

When parents are informed and engaged, children exceed everyone's expectations. A New World is built on the idea that teachers can guide parents and give them the support and knowledge they need to succeed. A New World connects teachers with parents. This site gives you numerous tools to reach parents and promote your goals in the home to make sure that your students succeed.

How a new world can help Parents


Better Understand classroom goals through weekly Teacher posts

Teacher Updates let parents know what is being taught and why it is being taught. When parents understand the goals of the classroom, they can work more effectively with their children to obtain better educational results.


Chat with Teachers to Clarify Homework Assignments

Parents can chat with teachers to help understand homework assignments and what is expected of their children.


View videos that review previous lessons

Through video, parents can go over lessons with their children and solidify the lessons with their children so that children take the lessons with them for life.


Teachers provide suggestions for activities that support learning

By following your teacher's suggested home activities that compliment classroom goals, parents can make learning a daily part of the home.


Download Homework Assignments

Teachers can make homework assignments available online so that parents always have access to homework, even if the child forgot to bring it home.


The Need for Parent Teacher Communcation
According to the Research

1) The family makes critical contributions to student achievement; efforts to improve children's outcomes are much more effective if the efforts encompass the children's families.

2) When parents are involved in their children's learning at school, not just at home, children do better in school and they stay in school longer.

3) When parents are involved at school, their children go to better schools.

4) A comprehensive, well-planned family-school partnership fosters high student achievement.

5) Families, schools, and community organizations all contribute to student achievement; the best results come when all three work together.

See "A New Generation of Evidence: The Family Is Critical to Student Achievement" by Henderson & Berla.



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