3 Ways for Schools to Engage Families of Older Students
Though sustaining a strong connection between school and home can become more difficult in middle and high school, it’s worth the extra effort to support long-term student success.
From building more effective communication habits to creating a more welcoming back-to-school night to considering setting up a home visit system, there are many ways that secondary school administrators can work to improve family engagement, even as students get older. The best of these approaches will welcome caregivers of all backgrounds to partner with the school, increase community involvement, and ultimately boost student achievement.
To learn more about the benefits of the strategies covered in this video and others, explore these resources cited in the video:
- Heather B. Weiss, M. Elena Lopez, and Margaret Caspe’s report on how to create a bold vision for next-generation family engagement to transform education (2018)
- Aprile D. Benner, Alaina E. Boyle, and Sydney Sadler’s study on parent involvement in school and how the roles of prior student achievement and socioeconomic status of parents intersect with adolescents’ educational success (2016)
- Paul Caldarella, Ross A. A. Larsen, and Howard P. Wills’s research on the effects of middle school teachers’ praise-to-reprimand ratios on students’ classroom behavior (2021)