National Standards for Parent / Family Involvement Programs
Building upon the six types of parent involvement identified by Joyce Epstein, Ph.D., of the Center on School, Family, and Community Partnerships at Johns Hopkins University, National PTA created program standards of excellence. Successful Innovations, Inc. takes pride in having meaningful resources to support those standards:
- Standard 1: Communication – Communication between home and school (regular and meaningful)
- Standard 2: Parenting – Parenting skills are promoted and supported
- Standard 3: Student Learning: Parents play an integral role in assisting student learning
- Standard 4: Volunteering – Parents are welcome in the school and their support and assistance are sought
- Standard 5: School Decision Making and Advocacy – Parents are full partners in the decisions that affect children and families
- Standard 6: Collaborating with Community – Community resources are used to strengthen schools, families and student learning
*Our resources encourage parents to participate in meaningful learning activities at home with their child. Through our “Parent Points” incentive program, frequent communication between the school and home is emphasized and promoted. We make it easy for schools and organizations to reach out to parents from diverse backgrounds and socioeconomic levels. Our goal is to provide parents with practical and relevant information that they can utilize to enable them to become more knowledgeable of how to become an active and supportive partner in their child’s education.
“The earlier in a child’s educational process parental involvement begins, the more powerful the effects.” (Cotton, K. Wikelund, K. Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, School Improvement Research Series. In Parent Involvement in Education.
Our Early Childhood Kit equips parents with the necessary skills needed to help prepare their child for a successful school experience. Parents learn essential pre-readiness and pre-literacy activities to have a significant impact on their child’s cognitive abilities and skill development.
“The most effective forms of parent involvement are those which engage parents in working directly with their children on learning activities in the home.” (Cotton, K. Wikelund, K. Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, School Improvement Research Series. In Parent Involvement in Education.
Our products provide parents with modeled demonstrations of practical activities that they can do right in the comfort of their own homes to help their child experience success in school. Our interactive resources encourage parents to engage in meaningful learning opportunities with their child to have a significant impact on their child’s education.
“Teachers often think that low-income parents and single parents will not or cannot spend as much time helping their children at home as do middle-class parents with more education and leisure time.” (Williams, D.L. & Chavkin, N.F. Essential elements of strong parent involvement programs)
We want to eliminate this misperception. We believe that MANY parents want to be involved in their child’s education, but they may not have the tools necessary to help their child experience success. We take pride in providing practical resources that parents from diverse backgrounds and socioeconomic levels can utilize and understand. Because we don’t use any complicated educational jargon and only model activities from common items found right in their houses, we believe that parents will feel comfortable and confident utilizing our resources. This translates into these parents feeling better about participating in activities at school.