Parents Websites

Resources on Parents for Teachers

5 Characteristics of Good Boundaries
http://www.janebluestein.com/mid/mid_frameset.html
To access article, go to homepage and click the middle school link and go to articles. Click on “Rules and Boundaries” and scroll to the bottom where you will find “5 Characteristics of good boundaries” Article shows how boundaries are different from punishment and it gives 5 clues to know you are setting good boundaries.

14 Steps to Teacher Assertiveness How to Cope With Difficult Parents
http://www.teachers.net/gazette/MAY03/moore.html

Booklists of Children’s Literature
http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/children_booklists.html
Booklist covering multiple topics including Parent/Teacher resources

Center for Parent Leadership
http://www.fcps.net/fcs/
Toolkit for Working with Parents. Resources are located via multiple links, such as, “Planning for Parent Involvement”, “Communicating with Parents”, “Involving Parents in Academics” and “Involving Hard to Reach Parents.”

Discipline Help
http://www.disciplinehelp.com
Reference for handling more than 117 misbehaviors at school and at home. Describes behavior, effects, actions, common mistakes made when handling the misbehavior, and appropriate ways of handling the situation.

Education World: Parent Involvement in Schools
http://www.education-world.com/a_special/parent_involvement.shtml
A huge list of topic-related articles that provide ideas, tips, and additional resources.

Helping Your Child Succeed In School
http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/succeed/index.html
An online booklet that is helpful for both parents and teachers.

Home Visits "Really, Really Work"
http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin342.shtml
Article shares the views of educators who believe that home visits early in the school year are one of the easiest ways to establish relationships that support student learning.

Parent Relationship-Building
http://www.middleweb.com/mw/resources/MWRpublic.html
Provides links to articles that explain how to help parents and communities better work with their schools. Especially look at the link concerning student led conferences which gives a plan for allowing the student to have control of the conference and explains what the responsibilities of both the parent and teacher are.

Put an End to Homework Horrors
http://www.education-world.com/a_curr/curr053.shtml
An article on how to get parents involved in their child’s homework.

Sites To Help Parents Help Their Children with the Internet
http://www.internet4classrooms.com/parents.htm
A large list of links sorted by subject that would be useful to provide to your students’ parents.

Teaching Tips: “Conferences”
http://www.teachingtips.com/articles/WWconferences1.html
Advice on parent-teacher conferences.

Tips for Dealing with Difficult Parents and Teacher Aides
http://www.inspiringteachers.com/tips/parents/difficult.html
Provides a list of tips and pointers on how to deal with difficult people in a school environment. It focuses mainly on how to remain calm and collected.

T.I.P.S. Tips for Involving Parents in Schoolwork
http://www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000/tips/TIPSmain.htm
Search tips by subject, activities, templates, projects, and resources.


Resources for Parents


Discipline Help
http://www.disciplinehelp.com
Reference for handling more than 117 misbehaviors at school and at home. Describes behavior, effects, actions, common mistakes made when handling the misbehavior, and appropriate ways of handling the situation.

Education World: Parent Involvement in Schools
http://www.education-world.com/a_special/parent_involvement.shtml
A huge list of topic-related articles that provide ideas, tips, and additional resources.

Helping Your Child Succeed In School
http://www.ed.gov/parents/academic/help/succeed/index.html
An online booklet that is helpful for both parents and teachers.

Homework strategies for students with disabilities
http://www.ldonline.org/ld_indepth/teaching_techniques/five_homework_strategies.html

Homework strategies to help students succeed
http://www.responsiveclassroom.org/newsletter/12_4NL_1.asp

Parents Corner
http://www.weread.org/parents/sessions.htm
An outline for parents on how to set up reading sessions at home

Parent Involvement at the Middle School Level
http://www.middleweb.com/ParntInvl.html
Common questions about middle school involvement from parents, answered.

Public School Parent’s Network
http://www.psparents.net/ParentalInvolvement.htm
A site dedicated to parent resources, including links about involvement, health issues, homework help, and learning disabilities.


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