Courting Parents: Proven Ways to Engage Then in Your School
Printer-friendly versionHow can educators help low-income parents play a greater role in their kids’ education? Hear about two approaches that open doors. As past principal of North Godwin Elementary School and now assistant superintendent of Godwin Heights School District, Arelis Diaz has invited immigrant families—from as far a field as Bosnia and Mexico—to join her as partners in improving schools. Across the country at Washington’s Granger High School, former principal Richard Esparza will reveal how he achieved five years of 100 percent participation by families in student conferences.
Presenters: Arelis Diaz, assistant superintendent, Godwin Heights Public Schools, Wyoming, Mich.; Richard Esparza, former principal, Granger High School, Granger, Wash.
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November 4 2010
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