PARENT WORKSHOP SERIES
Since 2001 TUTORWORKS has worked collaboratively with parents to enhance student success and we have been very effective with parent engagement. Our TUTORWORKS PARENT WORKSHOP SERIES is based on our most popular parent training sessions and provides an important solution to a common challenge schools face: How can schools harness parent involvement to help student success without putting more demands on school staff resources?
The PARENT WORKSHOP SERIES is designed to both educate and also inspire parents to more effectively support their children’s success in school. The workshops target specific outcomes such as increased school attendance, participation in supplemental programs, goal-setting and/or CAASPP test support. Each of the bi-lingual, interactive workshops include motivational activities for students and parents. The PARENT WORKSHOP SERIES can be targeted to a specific group of parents or offered to all parents and students at a given school site or district. Schools and districts may choose from our list of workshops for the PARENT WORKSHOP SERIES or suggest a different topic targeted to specific socio-emotional or academic needs.
The workshops target specific outcomes such as increased school attendance, participation in supplemental programs, goal-setting or CAASPP test support.
Decades of research have established that higher levels of parent involvement are related to academic success for students. When schools, families, and communities work together to support learning, students tend to earn higher grades, attend school more regularly, stay in school longer, and seek more challenging learning opportunities. Researchers also agree that rates of parental involvement tend to be lower in disadvantaged communities, often due to life demands, language barriers, parents’ educational level, or lack of information about how to support their child’s learning. Our workshops draw from best practices on the most effective strategies to foster parent engagement and participation, including: proactively and effectively communicating with families (e.g., translation assistance and related services); empowering parents with specific training, tools, and ideas to support and monitor their children’s learning at home; and most notably, engaging family members in interactive experiences.
We know that motivating parents to support their children’s learning in deep ways is complex. We believe that one of the most powerful ways to influence parents’ involvement in their children’s learning is to work together in partnership with schools. As an external advocate, TUTORWORKS highlights the resources the school already provides and the advantages of deep parental involvement in student success. We have been that external advocate for many schools and we can be an advocate for you too.
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If you want more information about our PARENT WORKSHOP SERIES please contact us to discuss your needs.
PARENT TESTIMONIALS
We have thousands of parent testimonials we have collected over the years. Here is what our parents say about our programs.
She was struggling on the beginning of the school year, then improved a great deal after tutoring. She is doing better in math overall. The tutors did a great job.
Pajaro Valley
Sylvia likes to work on computer math games now.
Pajaro Valley
Haley's confidence and understanding of math concepts have grown a great deal.