Educational Psychology—Limitations and Possibilities

Reaching Out to “Underserved” Families TEAM Ideas
Setup/teachers Setup/parents Setup/students Setup/community
– Recruit teachers
– Build a teacher team
– Determine shared “in common” students
among TEAM teachers
– Plot students residencies on a town map
(assists with planning meeting locations)
– Establish teacher/parent/student/ community
participation incentives or motivations
– Develop a student/parent master call list and
info sheet
– Design a brochure
– Develop a student/parent master call
list
– Help design a TEAM brochure
(for credit)
– Teachers find out what
community resources are
available in the town.
– Students stick pins on a town
map indicating locate strategic
community sites
Pre-event/teachers Pre-event/parents Pre-event/students Pre-event/community
– Discuss upcoming event in class with
students
– Receive letters and flyers in class
– Make-up an agendas Secure a site
– Write a letter to parents about the upcoming
event
– Each TEAM teacher call four or five parents
– Remind students of all incentives connected
to the event
– Create a flyer about the event for students
and parents
– Include parent incentives for attending the
event (ex. Have a raffle) on the flyer
– Arrange for food, child care, and
transportation at the event
– Xerox information for distribution
– Receive letters and flyers
– Parents call teachers about the event
– Activate the phone chain the night
before the event
– Have a suggestion box at each event
and ask for agenda ideas/meeting
topics
– Build in a feedback time at meetings
for parents
– Help plan event
– Help create flyers
– Help package info for distribution
– Address envelopes
– Complete assignments connected
to the event
– Discuss upcoming event with
students and review
strategies on how to empower a
parent/caregiver to attend the
event
– Build in a feedback time at
meetings for students
– Collect responses from parents
and students
– Teachers check date, time, and
room accommodations prior to
meeting
– Students research site event on
the Internet
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