ITTT - Summative Task

Natália Lino de Andrade

April 7th, 2022

107. Parents role in Education

Since children are very young, their parents' habits and lessons have a significant impact
on their life. For a complete and good education it's important to understand the role of parents
in the development of a child. According to Epstein (1995), parents' role in teaching children
affects them in six ways at home during childhood: communication, decision-making, peer
interaction, building a sense of community development, encouraging them to volunteer, and
learning on their own. Parents' roles are not limited to getting their children admitted to schools
and paying for their expenses at educational institutes, they also have a role in assisting their
children in the learning process and meeting with their teachers to learn about their
development and interactions with other students in class. Epstein (1988) wrote that there are
four sorts of parents: authoritarian, easygoing, authoritative, and indulgent.
When schools include parents in the teaching process, it helps both schooling systems
and parents to contribute to a child's educational process. The success of students is a common
goal of both the school and the families. Motivation, ability, goals, practice, and support are
some of the primary aspects that influence it. Building strong relationships with parents, family,
and friends requires a lot of support. When a student notices that he or she will be supported
both inside and outside of the classroom, there is a tendency of that student being accountable
for and involved in their education increases. Parents are the primary educators until their child
enters nursery school or begins school, and they continue to have a significant impact on their
child's learning throughout school and beyond. Parental involvement in education is critical for
fostering a collaborative atmosphere in which students can develop and succeed. There's no
denying that parental involvement may work wonders and play a good influence in their child's
education, school community, sports, and social life. Children are helped when school and
families collaborate, and they behave and perform better academically as well.
Teaching kids at home helps to create an educational environment in the house.
Furthermore, parents include children in decision-making, and children include parents in
decision-making regarding their lives. This approach will promote the true purpose of education
in kids by involving and encouraging them to participate in community work. Parents must
participate in their children's education because children spend more time at home than in
schools, and parents' behavior has a greater impact on students than teachers' behavior.
Parents involved in school activities help students understand that education is a very important
tool, and that their parents are participating in the activities as well. In education, parents have a
critical role.
Having a good relationship with parents is essential to keep a teacher's job going on. An
excellent relationship with families is extremely important in order to make the greatest
decisions for their children. As early as feasible, establish clear, open, and meaningful
communication with parents to assist them understand their role in the learning process. A
parents' meeting at the start of the academic year is required, during which a teacher should
meet with all of the parents and get to know them and their children. It is important that they
understand our plans for the future. Providing handouts with main information is one approach
to support this process and engage parents. A handout will include a welcome letter, ways to
help your teacher, communication policy, homework and classwork policies, a list of extra
activities, information about special classes for parents and classes of positive parenting, and a
suggestion part.
Teachers who want to learn everything they can about their children should start by
introducing themselves. A welcome letter will include information about the teacher, including
the background, education, mission, and student and parent expectations. The majority of
parents have no idea what education is or how they may assist their children. With a handout,
parents can learn about their role in school and how to help their children at home. For example,
be a supervisor who supports a kid on a daily basis and celebrates his or her accomplishments,
or, if possible, speak English and read with their child every day. A teacher should say in the
communication section that all parents are free to reach out if they need support. Weekly, the
teacher can send a class newsletter to tell parents about what the class does each week and to
provide them with vital information. As a result, parents should always be aware of when and
where a newsletter is published so that they can read it. Homework and classwork policies will
help families in understanding what a teacher and students do in class, as well as what children
are expected to complete at home. Some parents have more free time than others, but the
handout will contain some extracurricular activities that may be done at home to engage them in
the learning process. Those activities and partnerships between school and families develop
some skills, such as critical thinking, problem solving, and creativity in children. It has also been
shown to improve school attendance and academic performance. Unfortunately, some parents
don’t get interested in their child’s education for completely different reasons.
Communication between a teacher and a parent might also be affected by language
issues. Some parents work multiple jobs to pay for an overseas school, and as a result, they
simply do not have time for parent-teacher conferences or contact. Some parents might not
want to come to school. They don't think it's important because they don't believe it is. Paying
school fees already makes them feel involved in their children's education. Teachers can find
ways to partner up with parents, understanding their home environment, routine and needs.
Some resources that can be used by teachers are emails, videos, conferences, in-person
meetings, newsletters. The more families and teachers feel comfortable together the more they
will have to support their children together. Constancy is also important, some teachers tend to
overwhelm parents with a lot of information at the beginning of the school year and get very
busy throughout the year, missing some communication. Parents might feel insecure and left
out. Being constant, informing them with their kid's works, pictures and additional personal
information about their children, make them feel included and part of their kids' learning. This
partnership will always be beneficial to the three parts involved: parents, teachers and students.