Education – Parental Involvement
Describe the issue(s). What are the concerns?
Group consensus of the desired change. Pinpoint your goals and objectives. Be flexible. Some goals and objectives may be identified in the group plan that you have not considered.
Six month objective(s): meet with leaders (local government, BOE), companies to emphasize the importance of parental involvement in education, hold meetings in churches and housing centers to gather the input of the area concerns; commitment/consistency of mentors and/or those involved
One-year objective(s): commitment; foster grandparents; open forums for discussions
Full Scale:
Establish signs of success during this journey. For example, what should success feel and look like? Your objectives will not be met overnight so will need signpost to confirm you are heading in the right direction.
Overall impact on Kinston (East/West/Southeast/Northwest). All of Kinston
Describe the issue(s). What are the concerns?
- Meet them at their levels; have respectful and helpful attitudes
- Consistency
- Lack of parental involvement
- Parents need to be comfortable in the educational arena –need to be made to feel welcomed.
- How do we “teach” the parents???
- Access to quality education
- Business Involvement (Incentives? Parents need to BE ABLE to visit schools during school hours/ outside of FMLA time)
- Reeducating parents and mentors
Group consensus of the desired change. Pinpoint your goals and objectives. Be flexible. Some goals and objectives may be identified in the group plan that you have not considered.
Six month objective(s): meet with leaders (local government, BOE), companies to emphasize the importance of parental involvement in education, hold meetings in churches and housing centers to gather the input of the area concerns; commitment/consistency of mentors and/or those involved
One-year objective(s): commitment; foster grandparents; open forums for discussions
Full Scale:
- Drop-out rate decrease
- EOG Test scores increase;
- Decrease in behavioral problems
Establish signs of success during this journey. For example, what should success feel and look like? Your objectives will not be met overnight so will need signpost to confirm you are heading in the right direction.
- Increased participation in meetings, community involvement
- follow-through with volunteers
- A community Hub of resources
- List the steps in order of priority that should be taken.
- Small Initial Steps/Low Hanging Fruit: Starting committees, keeping scheduled meetings
- Leaps and bounds/Radical steps:
- Identify a group or individuals best suited to take the steps: volunteers (some educators and parents).
Overall impact on Kinston (East/West/Southeast/Northwest). All of Kinston