• PMD: 5,7
• Cost: Included in Registration
• Skill Level: Intermediate
• Poster Session 7: Consultation and Collaboration With Educators and Parents

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

1. recognize the importance of parental involvement in academic achievement, behavior/social adjustment, and overall school success;
2. understand the factors that influence perceptions and how to promote effective communication and collaboration between parents and teachers in relation to parental involvement; and
3. use empirical data to improve parental involvement in their professional settings to increase school success for their students.

Description

Parental involvement is a major factor in student success. Learn how to maximize the effectiveness of it by identifying the similarities and differences between the perceptions of parents and teachers.

Presenter(s)

Zion J. Kamau, Mississippi State University
Le&#39Shawn Norwood, Mississippi State University