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Arizona State University News features the work of Maria S. Paredes, a doctoral candidate at the Teachers College, in developing an alternative to the conventional parent–teacher conference. The Academic Parent Teacher Team (APTT) has shown such good results in the Creighton Elementary School District that 79 classrooms are using the program this year. Paredes’ model was featured in Harvard Family Research Project’s October FINE Newsletter as one means of using student data to engage families.

In the APTT model, teachers and parents meet as a group three times per year. Each parent receives a folder with his or her child’s data and learns how to interpret individual benchmark assessment data and quarterly assessments, understand the child’s standing in relation to the entire class, and set academic goals to be attained by their child. Parents also participate in one individual parent–teacher meeting to review performance data.

Paredes’ model was featured at the National Policy Forum for Family, School, and Community Engagement on November 9. Hosted by the U.S. Department of Education and co-organized by Harvard Family Research Project, the day-long forum consisted of panel discussions by education thought leaders.

Excerpt from the article:

“The Harvard Family Research Project is committed to true parent engagement, rather than participation. Maria’s model addresses the project’s concept of shared responsibility, strength-based collaboration, systemic breadth of work connected to learning, ownership and continuous and sustained improvement.”

 

Read “Student develops successful alternative to parent-teacher conference” on the Arizona State University News website.

 

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