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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