Involving Latino Families in Schools : Raising Student Achievement Through Home-School Partnerships
by Concha Delgado GaitanFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2004-03-23
Publisher(s): Corwin Pr
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Summary
The author provides practical strategies for cultivating communication with Latino parents and including the Latino family in developing sustained academic improvement.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| Acknowledgments | |
| About the Author | |
| 1. Life in Latino Families | |
| Connecting | |
| Sharing Information | |
| Across Generations of Latinos | |
| Staying Involved | |
| Summary | |
| 2. Connecting Latino Parents to the Classroom | |
| Understanding Parent Involvement | |
| 3. Communicating Across the Home-School Border | |
| Informal Verbal Contacts With Parents | |
| Sharing Information | |
| Visiting Families | |
| Focus Groups | |
| Written Correspondence | |
| Language at Meetings | |
| Staying Involved | |
| Summary | |
| 4. Instructing Parents to Teach at Home | |
| Connecting | |
| Sharing Information | |
| Staying Involved | |
| Mentoring Project | |
| Summary | |
| 5. Involving Families in the Life of the School | |
| Connecting | |
| Sharing Information | |
| Parents as Advocates | |
| Home Experiences in the Classroom | |
| Parent Volunteers in the School | |
| Staying Involved | |
| Summary | |
| 6. Preparing Latino Students for Higher Education | |
| Connecting | |
| Sharing Information | |
| Summary | |
| 7. Designing Schoolwide Parent-Involvement Programs | |
| Connecting | |
| Sharing Information | |
| Staying Involved | |
| Summary | |
| 8. Forming School-Family-Community Partnerships | |
| National Networking for Assisting Local Schools | |
| Grassroots Organizing for Latino Parent Involvement | |
| College Track Community Program | |
| Summary | |
| Educational and Cultural Informational and Support Resources | |
| Cited and Suggested References | |
| Index |
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