INSET ON RESEARCH BASED
TECHNIQUES ON STRENGTHENING
ENGAGEMENT OF PARENTS AND THE
WIDER SCHOOL COMMUNITY IN THE
EDUCATIVE PROCESS
ROMA M. RIVERA
Training Manager
MARCH 15, 2021
7:30 am to 5:oo pm
SHAIRA MAE C. MALLARI
Technical Training
Manager
JESUSA V. ESPINOZA
Resource Speaker
ROMA M. RIVERA
Resource Speaker
RODOLFO A. LIWANAG
Resource Speaker
OPENING PRAYER
PRAYER
Father God, we are gathered here to
fulfill the commission you have entrusted
to us. We humbly submit to Your feet of
mercy and Your throne of wisdom our
understanding of things and allow Your
teachings and Word to light our paths.
Teach us Your Ways. Hold our thoughts
and emotions in Your palms so that we
live according to your word.
Thank you for the morning of hope and
beginnings. We entrust everything unto
Your hands.
LEAH D. SANTIAGO
Grade I Teacher
PHILIPPINE NATIONAL ANTHEM
TERESITA C.
MANALOTO
Grade I – TEACHER
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
SHAIRA MAE C.
MALLARI
Kinder -Teacher
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CRUZ
School Head
ROLL CALL
LOIDA S. PINCA
Grade II Teacher
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ETHEL R. LAGMAN
Grade I Teacher
INSET ON RESEARCH
BASED TECHNIQUES
ON STRENGTHENING
ENGAGEMENT OF
PARENTS AND THE
WIDER SCHOOL
COMMUNITY IN THE
EDUCATIVE PROCESS
What is Successful Parental
Involvement?
Its Importance and Significance
in the Educative Process
ROMA M. RIVERA
Resource Speaker
Understand the parameters of a successful parental
Understand involvement.
Explain
OBJECTIVES:
At the end
of the
session, you
are
expected
to:
Know
Analyze
Explain the importance and significance of parental
involvement in the educative process.
Know the six important factors of Parental involvement
Analyze the three determinants of Parental Involvement
Parental involvement refers to a situation where parents
are directly involved in the education of their children.
What is
Parental
Involvement?
They involve themselves and are involved by the school
and teachers in the learning process of their children,
and they fulfil their duties as parents in making sure that
the learner is assisted in the process of learning as much
as they possibly can.
It does not just refer to parents enquiring about the
performance of a learner in schools, but also in them
taking a role in communicating with their children with
the aim of having a healthy relationship with them, so
that the process of encouraging, mentoring, leading
and inspiring may be genuine
Importance
and
Significance
of Parental
Involvement
 parental involvement is a significant element in
education and can also be achieved through homebased parental involvement like listening to the child
as they read, helping them in completing their
homework as well as school-based activities, which
include attending parents meeting and education
workshops.
 Seeing parents involved in the education of their
children is a good thing because it improves
academic performance. Learners become more
focused in their school work. This motivates learners
not to give up easily when they do not understand a
particular topic and will not bunk classes because
they know that their parents are always monitoring
their school attendance
Importance
and
Significance
of Parental
Involvement
 Learners whose parents are involved, are active
and ready to learn, they learn to be punctual from
young age, they learn to be persistent as the
parents would be continuously enquiring about
their progress and they would not want to
disappoint them. Taking responsibility becomes a
part of the nature of such children as they plan
ahead and are able to do their work according to
their schedule, which is the quality of being
organized. Through this parents can to make sure
that their children succeed in school
 According to Labahn (1995) parents are within
their rights by insisting that children focus on their
school work, because some children are lazy and
come up with meaningless excuses in order to
avoid doing their school work.
Importance and Significance of Parental
Involvement
Other benefits include those that are highlighted by
Lemmer (2007:218) which include improved self-esteem,
high rate of school attendance and positive social
behaviour. Sivertsen (2015) adds that parental
involvement is linked to improved behaviour, low levels
of absenteeism and optimistic attitudes.
Importance and Significance of Parental
Involvement based on further studies
 Parent involvement in education is crucial. No matter their income
or background, students with involved parents are more likely to
have higher grades and test scores, attend school regularly, have better
social skills, show improved behavior, and adapt well to school.
 The most accurate predictors of student achievement in school are not
family income or social status, but the extent to which the family creates
a home environment that encourages learning, communicates
high yet reasonable expectations for the child’s achievement,
and becomes involved in the child’s education at school.
 When parents are involved at school, the performance of all the children
at school, not just their own, tends to improve. The more comprehensive
and well planned the partnership between school and home, the
the student achievement.
higher
Benefits
Sending clear signals to students about the value of
education
Ensuring school decisions are broadly representative of
the school community
Ensuring school activities and actions are respectful and
representative of local cultures
 Building mutual commitment by families to take action in
the home that supports learning at school
 Enabling teachers and school leaders to access expertise
and perspectives that support curriculum
Successful Parental Involvement
parental involvement can only be successful if there is an
effort
to ensure effective participation of parents in
school activities, which includes helping learners with
homework, discussing learners' behaviour with teachers,
motivating learners and communicating their child
performance to name a few.
Parenting
Communicating
Volunteering
SIX
IMPORTANT
FACTORS OF
PARENTAL
INVOLVEMENT
Learning from Home
Decision Making
Collaborating with the community
Parenting
includes all of the activities that parents engage in to raise
happy, healthy children who become capable students.
Unlike teachers, whose influence on a child’s is relatively
limited, parents maintain a life-long commitment to their
children. Activities that support this type of involvement
provide information to parents about their child’s
development, health, safety, or home conditions that can
support student learning. Includes: parent education and
other courses or training for parents, family support
programmes to assist families with health, nutrition, and
other services, home visits at transition points to
elementary, middle, and secondary school
Communicating
Families and schools communicate with each other in
multiple ways. Schools send home notes and flyers about
important events and activities. Parents give teachers
information about their child’s health and educational
history. A school website is an additional mode of
communication with parents and families. Includes:
conferences with every parent at least once a year,
regular schedule of useful notices, memos, phone calls,
newsletters, and other communications
Volunteering
applies to recruiting and organizing help and support from
parents for school programmes and students’ activities.
There are three basic ways that individuals volunteer in
education. First, they may volunteer in the school or
classroom by helping teachers and adminstrators as tutors
or assistants. Second, they may volunteer for the school;
for instance, fundraising for an event or promoting a
school in the community. Finally, they may volunteer as a
member of an audience, attending school programmes or
performances.
Learning at Home
pertains to providing ideas and information to parents
about how they can best assist their children with
homework and curricular-related decisions and activities.
Parents helping their children with homework or taking them
to a museum, are examples of this type of involvement.
These activities produce a school-oriented family and
encourage parents to interact with the school curriculum.
Activities to encourage learning at home provide parents
with information on what children are doing in the
classroom and how to help them with homework.
Decision Making
refers to including parents in school decisions and
to developing parent leaders and representatives.
Parents participate in school decision making when
they become part of school governance
committees or join organizations, such as the
parent/teachers
association.
Other
decision
making activities include taking on leadership roles
that involve disseminating information to other
parents.
Collaborating with Community
pertains
to
identifying
and
integrating
communities’’ services and resources to support
and strengthen schools, students, and their families.
DETERMINANTS OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
Parental Aspirations - refer to idealistic hopes or goals that
parents may form regarding future attainment. Parents
who hold high aspirations for their children’s future are
likely to be more willing to exert efforts to ensure that
those aspirations are realized. Indeed, evidence from
research suggests that educational and occupational
aspirations are associated with the ways in which parents
shape children’s activities, time, and learning environment
(Murphey, 1992
DETERMINANTS OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
 Parenting Self-Efficacy - The construct of self-efficacy refers to
“beliefs in one’s capabilities to organize and execute the courses of
action required to produce given attainments” (Bandura, 1997, p. 3).
Research conducted in a variety of countries finds that individuals
with high self-efficacy in a specific area exert effort in that area,
persevere in the face of difficulty, and respond resiliently to
adversity (Bandura, 2002). They are less prone to self-defeating
thought patterns, and they experience less stress and depression
than those with lower self-efficacy. The construct of self-efficacy is
intended to be domain specific; particular experiences with respect
to a given domain affect the individual’s sense of confidence about
acting effica.ciously in that domain
DETERMINANTS OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
Perceptions of the School – Parents’ degree of
involvement is likely to be affected by the school itself. If
teachers appear to care about the welfare
of the child, communicate respect for
parents, and develop effective means of
communicating with families, parents are
more willing and able to become involved in
their children’s schooling (Hoover-Dempsey &
Sandler, 1997).
Conclusion
Parental involvement is associated with a wide range
of positive child outcomes in primary and high
schools, such as good academic skills, positive
attitudes and social competence (Lau, Li & Rao,
2011:97).
 Parental involvement in learning acts as a gel that
helps to make learning for children pleasant and
encourages them to work even more as they seek to
make those closest to them proud.
Activity 1: Reflect on the following
questions. You have 10 minutes to answer.
Of the SIX important factors of
parent's involvement, which have
you done/accomplished? What
made it succeed or failed?
Of the three determinants of
parent's involvement, which do you
think could you make full use of so
as to influence parents to be more
involve with their child's education?
How will you do it?
Take a photo of your notes/answer. Send it to our ICT leader.
Presentation of Reflections
Thank you for
listening!
Let's think of a
simple actions that
we could take to
enhance our
relationship with
our dear parents.