2. Parent and Community Involvement
a. I believe that it is vital for any and all schools to have parent and community participation
b. I believe this because only when a child sees all the different people that want him/her to succeed academically, will the child be fully vested in his/her education. One of the main reasons why I was able to succeed in school was because of how involved my parents were as well as other members of my community.
c. One aspect of this is to ensure that those with a vested interest in having children be educated also participate in the social and educational upbringing of those students.
d. For example, when a local business provides opportunities to sponsor or help local students, the students are able to see that there are others, besides their family, that also want them to succeed.
e. Educating a student from kindergarten until the last year of high school is not easy. Family issues may appear, students may experience different hardships, financial instability, or the hardships of just growing up. It is in these moments where community participation as well as the school's can help cement important character traits in students so that they persevere.
f. As a leader, one must find ways of reaching out to businesses, families, and other resources for students. Community outreach is one aspect of it. Finding local businesses and individuals that care about the education of future workers and future clients. Families also need help in finding additional resources for students, trainings to better assist students at home, and information on how to guide students. This is especially true for families of lower incomes, where they may not know the sheer amount of positive opportunities that exist to help their children.
a. I believe that it is vital for any and all schools to have parent and community participation
b. I believe this because only when a child sees all the different people that want him/her to succeed academically, will the child be fully vested in his/her education. One of the main reasons why I was able to succeed in school was because of how involved my parents were as well as other members of my community.
c. One aspect of this is to ensure that those with a vested interest in having children be educated also participate in the social and educational upbringing of those students.
d. For example, when a local business provides opportunities to sponsor or help local students, the students are able to see that there are others, besides their family, that also want them to succeed.
e. Educating a student from kindergarten until the last year of high school is not easy. Family issues may appear, students may experience different hardships, financial instability, or the hardships of just growing up. It is in these moments where community participation as well as the school's can help cement important character traits in students so that they persevere.
f. As a leader, one must find ways of reaching out to businesses, families, and other resources for students. Community outreach is one aspect of it. Finding local businesses and individuals that care about the education of future workers and future clients. Families also need help in finding additional resources for students, trainings to better assist students at home, and information on how to guide students. This is especially true for families of lower incomes, where they may not know the sheer amount of positive opportunities that exist to help their children.