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Building Parent Engagement in Schools 1st Edition

by Larry Ferlazzo (Author), Lorie Hammond (Author)
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This work is a report on the positive impact of parental involvement on their child's academics and on the school at large.

Building Parent Engagement in Schools is an introduction to educators, particularly in lower-income and urban schools, who want to promote increased parental engagement in both the classroom and at home―an effort required by provisions of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. It is both an authoritative review of research that confirms the positive impact of parental involvement on student achievement and a guide for implementing proven strategies for increasing that involvement.

With Building Parent Engagement in Schools, educators can start to develop a hybrid culture between home and school, so that school can serve as a cultural bridge for the students. Filled with the voices of real educators, students, and parents, the book documents a number of parent-involved efforts to improve low-income communities, gain greater resources for schools, and improve academic achievement. Coverage includes details of real initiatives in action, including programs for home visits, innovative uses of technology, joint enterprises like school/community gardens, and community organization efforts.

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  4. Publisher
    Linworth
  5. Publication date
    September 23, 2009
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    6 x 0.2 x 9 inches
  8. Print length
    100 pages
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“As usual, Larry doesn't disappoint! His text―designed to introduce schools to the kinds of strategies and actions necessary for moving parent participation in schools from involvement to engagement―details a series of key principles that define effective community engagement efforts AND a series of practical projects that communities could tackle tomorrow. Drawn largely from his 20 years of experience as a community organizer and his second career as an educator at a high-needs school in Sacramento, California, Larry's thoughts and ideas have a measure of credibility that you just can't find anywhere else. . . . What made Larry's book so powerful to me is that it directly challenges the traditional efforts made by schools to reach out to parents―chaperoning field trips, making photocopies, organizing bake sales. . . . What will make Larry's book powerful to you is that it provides tangible examples of what meaningful parent engagement efforts can look like in action―and in a world where closing the achievement gap depends on strengthening the capacity of parents, those examples are nothing short of invaluable.” ―The Tempered Radical weblog

“. . . parents and schools must work together for the improvement of instruction, and for the betterment of their students' academic and person lives. The authors write of this importance, while giving down-to-earth examples of how it can work. . . . Recommended.” ―Library Media Connection

“Sacramento, California-based educator Ferlazzo teaches high school-level English language learners; Hammond has been in education for 35 years, working as a teacher from preschool to college, a curriculum coordinator, a researcher, and a teacher educator. Together they have created a concise introduction for educators on engaging parents as active players in the school community ― particularly in lower-income and urban schools ― by basing parents' involvement in issues that motivate them in authentic ways, and by helping them develop the power to act. After explaining the concept of parent engagement, the authors present four chapters describing successful parent-involved school projects from around the US.” ―Reference & Research Book News

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Larry Ferlazzo teaches English language learners at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, CA.

Lorie Hammond has been an educator for 35 years, working as a teacher from preschool to college, a curriculum coordinator, a researcher, and a teacher educator.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Linworth; 1st edition (September 23, 2009)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 100 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1586833421
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1586833428
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 5.6 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.2 x 9 inches
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  1. Larry Ferlazzo

    Larry Ferlazzo

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    I teach English, Social Studies and International Baccalaureate classes to English Language Learners and English-proficient students at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California.

    I've written or edited thirteen books on education: The ELL Teacher's Toolbox (with co-author Katie Hull Sypnieski); Navigating The Common Core With English Language Learners (with co-author Katie Hull Sypnieski); Building A Community Of Self-Motivated Learners: Strategies To Help Students Thrive In School and Beyond; Classroom Management Q&As: Expert Strategies for Teaching; Self-Driven Learning: Teaching Strategies For Student Motivation; The ESL/ELL Teacher's Survival Guide (with co-author Katie Hull Sypnieski); Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers To Classroom Challenges; English Language Learners: Teaching Strategies That Work; and Building Parent Engagement In Schools (with co-author Lorie Hammond). Katie Hull and I also edited a series of books on Math, Science and Social Studies that are modeled on our ELL Teacher's Toolbox. A second edition of the ESL/ELL Teacher's Survival Guide was recently published. The Student Motivation Handbook is my newest book.

    My other writing includes a popular education blog at http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ , a weekly teacher advice column for Education Week Teacher and a series of posts for The New York Times. My articles on education policy regularly appear in the Washington Post. In addition, my articles have appeared in publications such as ASCD Educational Leadership, Social Policy, and Language Magazine.

    I've won several awards, including the Leadership For A Changing World Award from the Ford Foundation, and was the Grand Prize Winner of the International Reading Association Award for Technology and Reading.

    You can check out three hundred radio show segments I've done on BAM! Education Radio.

    I was a community organizer for nineteen years prior to becoming a public school teacher.

    In the personal area, I'm married and have three children and four grandchildren.

    A basketball team I play for has come in last place every year since 2014, so I should not give up my day job for a career in sports.

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    Lorie Hammond

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    Lorie Hammond, Ph.D, is founder of Peregrine School, an independent, progressive school in Davis, CA. She is Professor Emerita at California State University at Sacramento, specializing in science, art, and bilingual/multicultural education. She has worked in public schools for quality education and social justice for over thirty years, and has written and published extensively on these subjects.

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  • Lizette Sanz
    5.0 out of 5 stars The real reason why schools fail
    Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2018
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    Schools need parents as support. Without them schools will fail. Bottom line. This book does a great job explaining the reasons why parents are very important in any school system. Also, a lot of great tips for parent involvement and parent engagement! It supports all of the benefits of establishing a good relationship with parents and the community. Thanks to this book and as a teacher I can say that I am now convinced that having a good relationship with parents is of high importance. Parents are the backbone of schools in the nation. Without parents schools are nothing. I recommend this book to principals, school staff and volunteers, parents, teachers, mature students, and community leaders.
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  • Tim Koepsell
    4.0 out of 5 stars -Although what the author posits is good in theory
    Reviewed in the United States on January 2, 2018
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    +Easy read: chapters go by quick, and have lots of stories to highlight author's points.
    +Offers some practical steps for increasing parent engagement.

    -Although what the author posits is good in theory, it is hard as an already busy educator to think about trying to change my school's mindsets and culture regarding parent engagement. It would be effective to take on what the author suggests, but schools need a full time person devoted to being the parent/community outreach person.
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    5.0 out of 5 stars Parent Involvement
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    If students are going to excell, the parent must be involved. There are things the schools can do to reach out to families helping them become partners in their child's education.
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    4.0 out of 5 stars The textbook industry is a horrible scam, and the only reason I didn't rate ...
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    A perfectly adequate textbook for the class I took. The textbook industry is a horrible scam, and the only reason I didn't rate this lower is because this one was actually reasonably priced.
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  • William M. Ferriter
    4.0 out of 5 stars Revisiting Parent Engagement in Schools
    Reviewed in the United States on October 11, 2009
    Larry Ferlazzo has been one of the most influential minds in my own personal learning network for a long while now. I first stumbled onto Larry's work when In Practice--a collaborative blog that Larry writes with two other thinkers I admire, Brian Crosby and Alice Mercer--was up for an Edublogs award a few years ago.

    That's why I was so excited when Linworth Publishing agreed to send me a free review copy of Larry's new book, Building Parent Engagement in Schools.

    (Note to FTC: Does that qualify as a full disclosure statement?)

    As usual, Larry doesn't disappoint! His text--designed to introduce schools to the kinds of strategies and actions necessary for moving parent participation in schools from involvement to engagement--details a series of key principles that define effective community engagement efforts AND a series of practical projects that communities could tackle tomorrow.

    Drawn largely from his 20 years of experience as a community organizer and his second career as an educator at a high-needs school in Sacramento, California, Larry's thoughts and ideas have a measure of credibility that you just can't find anywhere else.

    Through 96 pages of engaging text, he describes four main projects, including examples of each in action:

    1. A process for parent-home visits designed to develop strong relationships between a child's two primary teachers.

    2. An effort to develop family literacy through the use of computers and at-home internet connections.

    3. The important role that cross-cultural spaces--think community gardens--can play in engaging immigrant populations that are often isolated in traditional schools.

    4. The role that formal community organizers can play in supporting schools.

    What made Larry's book so powerful to me is that it directly challenges the traditional efforts made by schools to reach out to parents--chaperoning field trips, making photocopies, organizing bake sales.

    Larry's argument is that taking advantage of the funds of knowledge in the communities that we serve requires a willingness to give parents real ownership over the projects that they are involved in AND opportunities to be involved in the academic life of a school.

    He writes:

    "Low income and working class communities are often less successful at involving parents as providers rather than consumers of knowledge. Teachers and other school officials too often assume that less educated communities will have a difficult time getting involved in the educational process....

    Community funds of knowledge are a kind of social capital that is often overlooked. Too often, minority students are described by what they lack, rather than what they have...

    If topics of study are envisioned as an exchange between mainstream sources of knowledge and community sources of knowledge, then the knowledge which parents have takes on new value."

    (Ferlazzo, 2009, pp. 54-56, emphasis in the original)

    What will make Larry's book powerful to you is that it provides tangible examples of what meaningful parent engagement efforts can look like in action--and in a world where closing the achievement gap depends on strengthening the capacity of parents, those examples are nothing short of invaluable.

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