Parents Are Lifesavers A Handbook for Parent Involvement in Schools [Paperback]

Real-life skills and tips you need to turn parents into active participants in their children's education.

Real-life skills and tips you need to turn parents into active participants in their children's education.

Offers a practical path to new partnerships between schools and parents. Such life-saving partnerships are essential if we are to serve our children and our future.Bateys enthusiasm for involving parents is infectious.

Batey delivers a concise, fresh look at successful, broad-based community/school collaborations. Every school should have a copy of this important work.

Foreword - Richard C Benjamin
My Journey to Parent Involvement
Creating a Climate for Parent Participation
Forming a Volunteer Network
Starting from Scratch
Using Parents' Expertise
Strategies for Successful Parent Involvement
Educators, Parents, and Community Involvement
It Works! It Works! It Works!