Parental Involvement

The National Standards for Parent/Family Involvement were established in 1995. The Guidelines for successful, meaningful parent involvement were developed by the National PTA in cooperation with education and parent involvement professionals.  Research clearly shows that if parents are involved in their child's education, the child can do better academically, socially and emotionally. This is true regardless of racial, economic or cultural background.  Does your community really understand this critically important point?  Remember that parent involvement has three distinct phases.  Parents are their child's first teacher.  Then, they become a partner with the school.  As parents see the bigger picture, many become an advocate for all children.  Your membership goal should be to make this vision clear to your prospective members and help them to become advocates for all children.

It isn’t lack of interest that usually keeps parents from becoming involved in their children’s education. Often barriers block the way, and it takes special effort and attention to spot these barriers and work to reduce them. For more information, please refer to the National PTA Quick Referencel Guides for PTAs or the NPTA web site at www.pta.org.

For more information about the Virginia PTA/PTSA Parental Involvement Committee, contact parenting@vapta.org

New Research Leads to New Parent Involvement Standards
Article from National Newsletter 4/07
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