Type 4 – Learning at Home

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LEARNING AT HOME

• How to help at home with homework
• Required skills to pass each subject
• Curriculum-related decisions
• Other skills and talents

• Information for families on required skills in all subjects at each grade
• Information on homework policies and how to monitor and discuss schoolwork at home
• Information on how to assist students with skills that they need to improve
• Regular schedule of interactive homework that requires students to demonstrate and discuss what they are learning in class
• Calendars with daily or weekly activities for parents and students to do at home or in the community
• Summer learning packets or activities
• Family participation in helping students set academic goals each year and plan for college or work

• Design and implement interactive homework for which students take responsibility to discuss important classwork and ideas with their families

• “Homework” not only means work that students do alone, but also interactive activities that students share and discuss with others at home.
• “Help” at home means how families encourage and guide children, not how they “teach” school subjects.

• Skills, abilities, and test scores linked to classwork, homework completion
• View of parent as more similar to teacher, and home in sync with school
• Self-confidence in ability as learner and positive attitude about school

• Discussions with child about school, classwork, homework, and future plans
• Understanding curriculum, what child is learning, and how to help each year

• Respect of family time
• Satisfaction with family involvement and support
• Recognition that single-parent, dual-income, and low-income families can encourage and assist student learning