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HOME WORKS!
Establishing a relationship between
a student’s home and school is critical for academic success, and...
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…part of CSIP under categories of increasing student achievement and parent
involvement,
…an initiatives that has been successful closing the achievement gap
Four SLPS SCHOOLS PARTICIPATING
Stix Early Childhood Center Buder Elementary Dunbar Elementary Patrick Henry Downtown Academy
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GOALS and OUTCOMES...
improve academic achievement and test scoresincrease student attendanceincrease parental involvementincrease homework completionimprove behavior - decrease discipline referrals - and improve attitudes about school
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COMPONENTS First visit training-June Home visits - summer
Family Event-Aug/Sept.
Second visit training-Aug/Sept. Home visits-first semester
Family Event-Nov.
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Purpose of the first home visit is RELATIONSHIP BUILDING
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Purpose of the second home visit is to talk about
ACADEMICS
EVALUATION IS CRITICAL
Conducted by team of professional evaluators at UMSL
Both implementation and outcomes based
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FINDINGSAt SLPS, THVP student grades in math
improved significantly more than the grades of non-THVP students.
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SLPS parents/guardians who had home visits reported more contact
with the schools and more frequent attendance at school
events after their visits
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They also felt there had been positive changes at home including
establishment of rules about homework and limits on television viewing.
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Around three-fourths (74%) of parents at SLPS felt “very connected” to their
child’s school after their home visit compared to 48% before the home
visit.
“I learned that one visit with a parent at her home is worth more than one million phone calls to that same parent.”
“It gives a chance to establish trust with the parents, and communication the rest of the year is very easy.”
“Parents really saw how much we cared about their child.”
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“I felt really good that my teachers came to my house. I showed them everything that I have in my room. And I showed them my dog.”
“I was surprised because I couldn’t believe they traveled that far to my house.”
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HOME WORKS!
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