Family Support in NYS PBIS
Family Involvement Type 4
Learning At Home
Involvement in Academic Activities
Information for Families On:
How to help at home with
homework
Required skills to pass
each subject
Curriculum-related
decisions
Other skills and talents
For Schools
Design and implement interactive homework for which students take responsibility to discuss important classwork and ideas with their families
Redefinitions
“Homework” not only means work that students do alone, but also interactive activities that students share and discuss with others at home.
“Help” at home means how families encourage and guide children, not how they “teach” school subjects.
Expected Outcomes
Students:
Gains in
skills, abilities, and test scores linked to homework and classwork
Homework
completion
Positive
attitude toward school work
View of
parent as more similar to teacher and home as more similar to school
Self-concept
of ability as a learner
Primary Care Giver/Parent/Guardian:
Know how to
support, encourage, and help student at home each year
Discussions
of school, classwork, and homework
Understanding
of instructional program each year and of what child is learning in each subject
Appreciation
of teaching skills
Awareness of
child as a learner
Teachers:
Better design
of homework assignments
Respect for
family time
Recognition
of equal helpfulness of single parent, dual income, and less formally educated
families in motivating and reinforcing student learning
Satisfaction
with family involvement and support
Sample Practices
Information
for families on skills required for students in all subjects at each grade
Information
on homework policies and how to monitor and discuss school work at home
Information
on how to assist students to improve skills on various class and school
assignments
Regular
Schedule of homework that requires students to discuss and interact with
families on what they are learning in class
Calendars
with activities for parents and students to do at home or in the community
Family math
and science and reading activities in school
Summer
learning packets or activities
Family
participation in setting student goals each year and planning for continuing
education including trade schools, college or work