Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g3UJfcu25372; Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:41:38 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 15:41:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20020430124545.00a124c0@mail.aracnet.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Sylvan Rainwater <sylvan@cccchs.org> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1047] Teacher training X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Status: O Content-Length: 1701 Lines: 32 At 03:23 PM 04/30/2002 -0400, Virginia Tardaewether wrote: >Sylvan and others >ANy idea how we can get working with parents/adults in your classroom >included in teacher training? Oh, you mean like actually having classes in how to work with parents in the classroom? I think it would be a good idea, but I have no idea how one would go about it. I actually think parent involvement is a whole area that has been neglected and needs a lot of work. Since I work with parents (adult ed teacher), I am perhaps more sensitive to the needs of these students, and believe that unless you address the educational needs of the *parents*, you will have a harder time getting them to volunteer in the school. Too often it is presented simply as helping the teacher with the child's education, or, worse, as raising money for the school. Parents care about their children and their children's education, sure, but if they are already extremely busy trying to make a living, taking care of younger siblings, etc., why should they do the teacher's or the school administrator's job? No, they should do their own job, as a parent, as a student, as a cooperating educator. Once you determine the educational needs of parents (English, computers, driving lessons, Spanish, basic literacy, math, getting into college, parenting support, and others come to mind) and begin to incorporate those into their work with their children, then you have excitement and ownership. It's a whole different ballgame. ------------------------------ Sylvan Rainwater . sylvan@cccchs.org Adult Education Teacher and Family Literacy Program Manager Clackamas County Children's Commission . Oregon City, OR USA
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