Course Objectives
- Identify characteristics of healthy and diverse families.
- Evaluate the effects the community has on a child and his or her family.
- Utilize skills in organizing new information and resources, and in advocating for children and families.
- Examine effective parent school partnerships.
- Demonstrate the ability to locate and use relevant resources addressing school and community partnerships available in online archives.
- Synthesize research findings on a key component of parent involvement.
- Analyze the varying impacts of the contextual factors on parent involvement
- List and categorize the types of school-home partnership resources that enhance parent involvement.
- Discuss current events in the news and legislation that effect children and their families.
- Design initiatives to forge useful social actions for sake of the community including children.