Parental Involvement Essay

What is parental involvement?

According to Share, Kerrinsand Greene (2011), there are many different definitions, models and traditions that can define parental involvement. There is no universal agreement on what it is, however in my opinion, it is simply parents being aware of and involved in the school work of their child as well as to make a commitment of consistent communication with educators about student progress. A research called “Parental Involvement and Student Achievement: A Meta-Analysis ( William H. Jeynes,2005) has indicated that parental involvement is affiliated with higher student achievement outcomes. This result have been found through student’s grades, standardized test scores and teacher ratings. I believe that nowadays,

There are many purposes of parental involvement such as student performance, knowledge building and volunteers.

Firstly the student performance, many researches have shown that parental involvement directly has a positive impact on the child’s scholastic performance. Children of parents who are highly involved often have better academic results. Parents being in classroom doesn’t mean that they simply show up at school to volunteer for classroom and can get their child straight A’s. Instead, parents have stronger belief in the benefits of participation as well as more interest in their children’s education, when they involve themselves in their child’s academic lives. As parents better understand the program/ activities provided by the school, also discover the methods used by the teachers to teach their child, they can imply the same strategies at home to boost their child’s academics resulting into child getting better grades and higher test scores. For example, the teacher teaches about animals in the class throw some videos or pictures, but parents feel that their child doesn’t remember what was taught in the class, they can review the particular chapter with their children at home using pictures or videos so that they can remember it for long term. Therefore, this can help child’s scholastic