Classroom Teachers as Parent Educators

Joyce Epstein

Johns Hopkins Univ

Epstein's Six Types of Parent Involvement

Type 1 - ParentingType 2 - CommunicatingType 3 – VolunteeringType 4 - Learning at HomeType 5 - Decision MakingType 6 - Collaborating With The

Community

Epstein's Type 1 - Parenting:

Support families in their role as parents and assist with child-rearing skills.

Help parents to understand stages of child and adolescent development.

Promote a home environment that supports children at each age and grade level.

Help schools to appreciate all families.

Type 2 - Communicating:

Use effective communication tools to relate school events, policy and student progress, thus strengthen school and home partnerships.

Type 3 - Volunteering

Develop recruitment and training activities, and provide flexible schedules that engage families as volunteers, and as audiences at school and community events.

Type 4 - Learning at Home:

Help parents to be involved in learning activities with their children at home, including homework and other related activities.

Type 5 - Decision Making:

Encourage families to participate in school decisions, and in advocacy through PTA/PTO, school councils, committees, and other parent organizations.

Type 6 - Collaborating With The Community:

Coordinate resources and services for families, students, and the school with businesses, agencies, and other groups, and provide services to the community.

Epstein's Six Types of Parent Involvement

Type 1 - Parenting Type 2 - Communicating Type 3 – Volunteering Type 4 - Learning at Home Type 5 - Decision Making Type 6 - Collaborating With The Community

Classroom Teachers as Parent Educators