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Verwys, Susan K. – Young Children, 2007
In this article, the author presents a discussion regarding the sharing of decision making regarding curriculum in preschool. The preschool where she teaches is housed in a diverse, faith-based elementary school in the heart of Grand Rapids, Michigan, a midsize, midwestern city. It offers full-day, half-day, and two-and-a-half-hour preschool…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Participative Decision Making, Emergent Literacy, Child Development Centers
Fischer, Nicholas A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1981
Describes a program in which parents were included in the selecting of teachers. Argues that the benefits of such a program outweigh the problems. (IRT)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Parent Participation, Program Descriptions, Teacher Selection
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Cairney, Trevor H. – Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 1995
Presents evidence that schools inconsistently tap the social, cultural, and linguistic resources of families, privileging specific groups. Argues that teachers need to examine their literacy practices and the ways these affect students. Offers a description of an Australian program to provide a framework for bridging home and school literacies.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Parent Teacher Cooperation
Gubbels, Joyce – Momentum, 1989
Discusses five elements in the effective involvement of parents as volunteers in Catholic school communities: receptivity of faculty and staff to volunteers, school organization and structure, recruitment, training, and recognition of the parents' contributions. Offers examples from St. Pius X/St. Leo School's (Omaha, Nebraska) volunteer program.…
Descriptors: Catholic Schools, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
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Alson, Allan; Gibbons, Charles H., Jr. – National Elementary Principal, 1979
Describes the role of the elementary principal in the Boston schools before and during the court-ordered desegregation effort. Describes how one principal used his increased authority to effect change in his school. (IRT)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Role, Elementary Education, Individual Power
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Segel, Elizabeth; Friedberg, Joan Brest – Language Arts, 1991
Describes programs such as "Read Together" and the "Gift Book Program" that were developed by "Beginning with Books," a prevention-oriented literacy agency affiliated with the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Discusses projects that promote literacy in home and community. (MG)
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Elementary Education, Family Involvement, Libraries
Sanacore, Joseph – 1995
With genuine love and substantive support, educators can help the estimated 200,000 to 500,000 homeless young people in the United States enrich their personal and academic lives. After securing district office staff approval, the building principal and interested faculty can discuss homeless students' needs with the director of the local shelter…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Homeless People, Inservice Teacher Education, Literacy
Wheeler, Samuel B.; Wilson, Cynthia E. – 1979
This brief paper describes the "Brookline After School Special:" a program created to meet the after-school needs of older elementary school-age children throughout the city of Brookline, Massachusetts. The rationale for the program, a discussion of aspects considered in implementing the program, and reflections on the first year of…
Descriptors: After School Day Care, Elementary School Students, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship
Slezak, James – California Journal of Teacher Education, 1979
A comprehensive school management system plan that includes parent participation and staff development is described. The staff development program is influenced by parents' input through surveys and through their direct involvement on site councils. (JMF)
Descriptors: Inservice Education, Parent Influence, Parent Participation, Parent Role
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Staubitz, Jill; Hook, Marie N.; Littleton, John – Montessori Life, 1998
Describes three projects involving family-Montessori school collaboration: (1) "'Growing Room' for The New School" (Staubitz), a building expansion for a private Montessori school in Cincinnati; (2) "Lei Day in Hawaii" (Hook), a uniquely celebrated Hawaiian holiday; and (3) "Tales Told by Toddlers" (Littleton), an…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Educational Facilities, Family School Relationship, Holidays
Riley, Mary Tom, Ed.; Flores, Alfredo R., Ed. – 1982
The Texas Metro Network (TMN) is an informal group of Head Start Directors and Executive Directors organized for the purposes of improving the delivery of training and technical assistance and for assisting communication between large scale Head Start programs in the metropolitan areas of Texas. In pursuit of these aims, each member unit of the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Individual Needs, Information Systems, Networks
Mizell, M. Hayes – 1980
A current project of the Southeastern Public Education Program (SEPEP) of the American Friends Service Committee is strengthening the implementation of parental involvement requirements of Title I of the 1965 Elementary and Secondary Education Act. Toward this end, SEPEP has provided technical assistance to parent advisory council members in…
Descriptors: Advisory Committees, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Associations, Parent Participation
Hamilton-Lee, Muriel – 1988
This paper discusses parent participation in education from three perspectives: current research and theoretical positions; a brief historical review of parent involvement and its limitations; and the comprehensive approach used by the School Development Program. The first section reviews past publications that focus on the importance of…
Descriptors: Cooperative Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Elementary Secondary Education, Parent Participation
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Antonek, Janis L.; And Others – Mosaic: A Journal for Language Teachers, 1995
Describes the use of interactive homework, which requires parent and student participation, to strengthen the connection between parents and their children's school. Discusses the use of interactive homework in a kindergarten through fifth-grade program for Japanese as a foreign language at the Falk Laboratory School at the University of…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, FLES, Homework, Japanese
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Kucerik, Janet – Learning Languages, 2000
Discusses how foreign language teachers at Bay Point Elementary School in Pinellas County, Florida have worked to align assessment with the teaching process. Assessment goals, materials, parent communication, the process, benefits, and evaluation results of the assessment program are highlighted. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Evaluation Methods, Instructional Materials
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