Enhancing Home-School Partnership

Topic Outcomes

Upon completion of this topic, you will be able to do the following:

1. Define home-school partnership
2. Discuss the changing trends in home-school partnerships
3. Analyse the benefits of a strong home-school partnership
4. Identify the barriers to a home-school partnership

Topic Outcomes

Upon completion of this topic, you will be able to do the following:

1. Explain why families should get involved in the education of their children
2. Analyse Type 1 Partnership: Parenting in Epstein's model of home-school partnership
3. Describe Type 2  Partnership: Communicating in Epstein's model of home-school partnership
4. Explain Type 3  Partnership: Volunteering in Epstein's model of home-school partnership
5. Elaborate on Type 4  Partnership: Learning at home in Epstein's model of home-school partnership
6. Evaluate Type 5 Partnership: Decision making in Epstein's model of home-school partnership
7. Interpret Type 6 Partnership:  Collaborating in Epstein's model of home-school partnership

Topic Outcomes

Upon completion of this topic, you will be able to

1. Discuss the types of parents teachers will have to deal with in fostering home-school partnerships
2. Explain how to develop ‘parenting’ and its benefits
3. Justify the importance of school communicating with parents and its benefits
4. Suggest how parents can be persuaded to volunteer and its benefits
5. Explain how school could help parents be involved in helping children learn at home
6. List the benefits of parents helping children to learn, parents themselves, and teachers
7. Suggest how schools could use community resources to enrich the curriculum for children