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Home-School Pathways: Exploring Opportunities for Teacher and Parent Connections

Home-School Pathways: Exploring Opportunities for Teacher and Parent Connections

Kathy Renita Fox
Copyright: © 2020 |Pages: 20
ISBN13: 9781799827870|ISBN10: 1799827879|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781799827887|EISBN13: 9781799827894
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-2787-0.ch018
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Fox, Kathy Renita. "Home-School Pathways: Exploring Opportunities for Teacher and Parent Connections." Handbook of Research on Leadership and Advocacy for Children and Families in Rural Poverty, edited by H. Carol Greene, et al., IGI Global, 2020, pp. 382-401. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2787-0.ch018

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Fox, K. R. (2020). Home-School Pathways: Exploring Opportunities for Teacher and Parent Connections. In H. Greene, B. Zugelder, & J. Manner (Eds.), Handbook of Research on Leadership and Advocacy for Children and Families in Rural Poverty (pp. 382-401). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2787-0.ch018

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Fox, Kathy Renita. "Home-School Pathways: Exploring Opportunities for Teacher and Parent Connections." In Handbook of Research on Leadership and Advocacy for Children and Families in Rural Poverty, edited by H. Carol Greene, Bryan S. Zugelder, and Jane C. Manner, 382-401. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2020. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-2787-0.ch018

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Abstract

Teachers who are informed about the children, families, and communities where they teach are better prepared to share resources and advocate for gaps in literacy and other services in rural communities. Despite the importance of home-school partnerships for children's academic success, aspects of parent involvement and community engagement are often omitted from teacher preparation programs. As a result, many new teachers do not feel adequately prepared to work with families. A variety of strategies are needed for teachers to successfully engage families from diverse cultures and in communities where they teach but not live. Included in this chapter are practices that university teacher preparation programs can initiate to better train teachers to look for engagement opportunities in their school communities.

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