Sunday, August 28, 2011

Principal’s Map For Parent Involvement | Connected Principals

Principal’s Map For Parent Involvement | Connected Principals:

Principal’s Map For Parent Involvement

From Davi Sommerfield http://bit.ly/orsLjF

Parent involvement and engagement are areas in which I have been trying to grow as an educator. Through families at my school as well as online, our school has begun to try to be more inviting and to actually listen to the voice of our families. This post was originally posted on The Wejr Board Blog as a guest post by Sheila Steward (@sheilaspeaking). Sheila is one of my mentors on the topic of parent and family engagement in school.

Sheila’s perspectives and advice regarding parent involvement come from a variety of roles and experience in education and working with parents. She is involved in local and provincial parent networks in Ontario, and she supports newcomer families with English language learning. In the past 8 years, she has worked collaboratively