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Volume 21, Number 5
September/October 2005

Parents as Partners in School Reform

Outreach, training—and respect—are keys to tapping this critical source of support

by Nancy Walser

 

Jared Christensen is a real estate investor in the burgeoning suburbs of southern Salt Lake County. The father of four, he is also a parent representative on the community council at South Hills Middle School. He’s not an expert on education, but two years ago, when then-principal Michael Siroiscame to the council to talk about what adolescents need in school, how the school needed to change, and how parents could help, Christensen was intrigued.

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For Further Information

H.C. Giles. “Parent Engagement as a School Reform Strategy.” ERICDigests.org. Available online at www.ericdigests.org/1998-3/reform.html

M. Fullan. The New Meaning of Educational Change, 3rd ed. New York: Teachers College Press, 2001.

L. Lambert. Leadership Capacity for Lasting School Improvement. Alexandria, VA: Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, 2003.

National Association of Elementary School Principals. “Leading Learning Communities: Standards for What Principals Should Know and Be Able to Do.” Alexandria, VA: Author, 2001. Executive summary available online at www.ecs.org/html/Document.asp?chouseid=3392