As a part of a Comprehensive State Literacy Development (CLSD) grant, Eagle Academy Public Charter School has developed this teacher and parent literacy portal. The parent literacy portal contains information for parents about working on language and literacy skills at home, and also include access to some online lesson plans for completing virtual stories at home.
“Family engagement in schools contributes to positive student outcomes, including improved child and student achievement, decreased disciplinary issues, improved parent-teacher and teacher-student relationships, and improved school environment” (Henderson & Mapp, 2002)
“Parent involvement leads to positive benefits for students, parents, and schools, including improved academic performance and improved parent-teacher relationships. Students whose parents were involved in school during their elementary years experienced lower rates of high school dropout, were more likely to complete high school on time, and had higher grades.” (Barnard, 2004)
“A comprehensive review of the literature on family engagement in early childhood found that all families from diverse socioeconomic, educational and racial/ethnic backgrounds were interested in their child’s educational success and could effectively support their child’s learning at home and school when provided with the information and guidance that they needed” (Van Voorhis, Maier, Epstein, & Lloyd; 2013)
Online lesson plans for completing virtual stories at home
A short description of the service and how the visitor will benefit from it.
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“…the quality of adult-child interactions is as important as the quantity or amount of conversation for children’s cognitive and literacy development (National Reading Panel, 2000; Owocki, 2001; Shickedanz, 1995) ”
