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Parental Involvement During The High School Years: Just What Is It And Why Is It So Important?

It seems that when our children are in success.
the elementary grades, parental But the one common characteristic that I
involvement in their day to day school observed among most successful high
activities is easy. Attending PTA school students was that of continued
meetings and school plays, serving as parental involvement during the high
homeroom mom, and even helping with school years. In doing some extensive
homework assignments keep us connected to research on the subject, I discovered
school life and help us keep a close study after study that overwhelmingly
watch on our children's progress. indicates that parental involvement in
But for most parents, as their students teen education is directly related to
progress through school the monitoring of increased achievement.
their schoolwork and activities gets a So, what exactly do we mean by parental
bit more complicated. When the kids reach involvement? What form does it take
junior high and high school, they have during the high school years? Actually,
several different teachers and the it can take many forms. Attending school
academic demands become more advanced. functions, frequent communication with
There are also fewer activities that draw teachers, monitoring of schoolwork,
parents into school life at this level. responding to requests from the school
Teens become seemingly more independent, for interaction, and taking an active
translated they don't need (or want) us part in your teen's preparation for the
as much, they become mobile, and all of a transition to life after high school are
sudden it becomes more and more difficult integral components of what parental
to keep up with what is going on in their involvement should include at the high
lives, both academically and socially. school level.
In my 29 years of teaching high school The structure of most education systems
mathematics I, like most educators do, seems to be constantly changing,
witnessed varying degrees of successful sometimes with good results and sometimes
parenting of high school students. Of not so good. This instability deems it
course, there are many variables involved almost necessary that parents take charge
in each individual case. Teens are very of their children's education. Even the
unique creatures; what works for one may best of schools may have overloaded
not work for another. One teen may be a teachers and too few resources.
very successful student despite having Parents must take a pro-active role if
little, if any, parental guidance. they want their child to be a successful
Another might have parents doing "all the student. Not surprisingly, this is just
right things" and still venture into as important during the high school years
areas that are detrimental to their as it is at the elementary level.




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