Parent Resources
How can Parents Promote Student Success?Parents play a key role in ensuring that their child or adolescent achieves school success. When parents, students, and staff work together, the student will obtain his/her academic goals. Some of the actions that parents can take to promote school success are:
How can Parents Promote Student Success?Parents play a key role in ensuring that their child or adolescent achieves school success. When parents, students, and staff work together, the student will obtain his/her academic goals. Some of the actions that parents can take to promote school success are:
- communicate with school staff to be aware of homework assignments
- review your child’s homework
- encourage your child to seek friends who will be helpful to them
- try to do something enjoyable with your child at least once a week
- set clear expectations for child about homework; have a set place and time for homework
- get acquainted with your child’s teacher(s)
- monitor where your child goes/this will encourage them to stay out of trouble
- communicate with school staff first when there is a concern with the school
- attend school functions such as conferences, programs, open houses, and parent meetings
- consistently enforce household rules
- set aside a time when the whole family reads
- encourage students to talk about school, social activities, and their interests
- teach standards of right and wrong and demonstrate these standards
- provide a quiet place where your child can study (preferably a quiet room)
- monitor your child’s choices of TV programs, video games and music