ERIC Number: ED379709
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 1995
Pages: 85
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ISBN: ISBN-1-883790-15-8
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Boost Family Involvement: How To Make Your Program Succeed under the New Title I Guidelines.
Macfarlane, Eleanor C.
This booklet guides educators in developing the family involvement part of a Title I program proposal. The booklet presents a checklist based on the new Title I Parental Involvement guidelines, many sample forms, sample school district parental involvement policies, sample program descriptions, and an overview of some research in parental involvement. After an introduction, sections of the booklet are New Title I Guidelines for Parental Involvement; Developing the Parental Involvement Components of Your Title I Proposal; Suggestions for Reaching "Hard-to-Reach" Families; and Strategies for Low-Literacy Families; Ideas You Can Use: Examples of Parental Involvement Programs That Work (and a Few That Don't). Contains 26 references. A 34-item annotated list of materials for parents, and a 40-item list of organizations are attached. (RS)
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Family Literacy, Federal Legislation, Guidelines, High Risk Students, Low Income, Parent Participation, Parent School Relationship, Program Descriptions, Program Proposals, Proposal Writing, Public Schools
ERIC/EDINFO Press, Indiana University, P.O. Box 5953, Bloomington, IN 47407-5953 (order no. F3-AG63: $16).
Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; ERIC Publications
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: Office of Educational Research and Improvement (ED), Washington, DC.
Authoring Institution: Agency for Instructional Technology, Bloomington, IN.; Indiana Univ., Bloomington. Family Literacy Center.; ERIC Clearinghouse on Reading, English, and Communication, Bloomington, IN.
Identifiers - Laws, Policies, & Programs: Improving Americas Schools Act 1994
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