Faithin Omaha eBook Collection

Download or read book Parents Are Lifesavers written by Carol S. Batey and published by Corwin. This book was released on 1996-01-26 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The literature on reform and restructuring often calls for increasing parents' participation as a way to maximize schools' effectiveness. This book contains the real, down-to-earth skills and tips you need to turn parents into active, sharing participants in their children's education. Batey provides you with step-by-step guidelines for getting parents involved in your school and your classrooms. You'll learn proven techniques that encourage participation by all, including the "hard-to-reach" parents. Written by a parent who's been there, this new workbook gives you outlines for use by school professionals or parents, sample volunteer forms, sample donation letters, parent and staff surveys, teacher improvement plans for parental involvement, a "wish list" request form and more! If you want to motivate parents to become working partners at your school, this book is for you.