This section includes areas of information for parents and teachers to help develop and promote a successful relationship which will contribute to the overall learning experience for each student. By including both parents and teachers in the learning process, the bridge from home to school can be built.

"One of the best-kept secrets...is that families are educators' most powerful ally." - Theodora Ooms

No matter how hard teachers work to provide a great education, they can't do it alone. Teachers provide a child's formal education, but parents are a child' first and most influential teachers.

Ohio Department of Education

"Learning and Growing Together includes a series of fun and practical online resources for families, including information about your child's development, guides on preparing for school, ways to enhance early learning and more."

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*Links to the following information can be found in the blue bar on the right.


Parental Engagement in a Foreign Language Classroom

• Parental involvement in school activities such as reading and math is relatively easy to achieve, since adults have had some exposure to these disciplines. Reinforcing the learning that occurs during the Foreign Language lesson, however, will be problematic if no one in the family speaks those languages.  This link tells why studying a Foreign Language is important, its benefits, how to help at home even if parents do not know the language, and online resources that parents and students can use at home.This page includes a number of resources for teachers interested in understanding and expanding on each other's roles in an educational environment.

Resources for Increasing Parental Involvement in Low-Income Areas

• "When schools work together with families to support learning, children tend to succeed not just in school, but throughout life (Henderson & Berla, 1997, p.1)."