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Involving Latino Families in Schools
Raising Student Achievement Through Home-School Partnerships
- Concha Delgado Gaitan - Educational Research and Writing Consultant
May 2004 | 160 pages | Corwin
This book covers five major areas: 1) Latino families and their educational aspirations for their children, 2) the communication systems needed between schools and Latino families, 3) techniques to foster Latino parent involvement, 4) how Latino families assist their children at home, and 5) how to organize parent involvement programmes. This will be a practical book full of techniques, strategies, examples of programmes that have worked, and teachers' and parents' voices and experiences.
Preface
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. Life in Latino Families
2. Connecting Latino Parents to the Classroom
3. Communicating Across the Home-School Border
4. Instructing Parents to Teach at Home
5. Involving Families in the Life of the School
6. Preparing Latino Students for Higher Education
7. Designing Schoolwide Parent-Involvement Programs
8. Forming School-Family-Community Partnerships
Educational and Cultural Informational and Support Resources
Cited and Suggested References
Index
Anyone involved in preservice training for future and present classroom teachers should read this book. Both the content and context of the book are practical, timely, and necessary as our country and classrooms become more diverse.
Montalvo Elementary School, Ventura, CA
"Provides a great basic understanding of Latino cultures and their impact on schooling, with suggestions that are easy to implement, and personal vignettes provided by principals, parents, teachers, community leaders, and Latino students."
