Purpose

The Parent Tool will allow you to take a critical look at how your efforts at home contribute to your child’s academic performance. 

OBJECTIVES:  

• Give parents the opportunity to assess themselves on their role in their child’s academic performance.
• Show parents how their habits and practices impact their child’s academic performance.
• Provide suggestions to assist parents in creating a home environment that is conducive to learning.
• Provide practical ways to help parents support and implement what is being taught at school in order to help prepare students for life, college, and careers.
• Give helpful hints on how to support the learning that occurs at school which can ultimately lead to better grades, higher test scores, and better schools.

If you were asked to assess yourself . . .

1. How would you assess yourself as it relates to your efforts towards your child’s academic progress?
2. How would you monitor your progress towards improving your child’s grades?
3. How would you determine whether or not your efforts are impactful?

The Parent Tool outlines 11 at home practices that affect your child’s academic success.  

While using The Parent Tool you will be able to: 

• Goal 1 - Assess your current efforts in helping your child become a successful student.
• Goal 2 - Acquire helpful techniques, strategies and methods that will help you help your child.
• Goal 3 - Most importantly, you will develop a plan to implement and monitor how your actions impact your child’s academic success.