Getting to Know Your International Contacts –Part 3

When ever come across the word international contacts, what comes into my mind is a support system and also quality resources that will help me better my career as an early childhood professional, to me resources is like food to our professional life.

So this week I got an e-letter that talks about parental engagement. This took my mind back to one of the courses I did that talked about parental involvement and how it helps children to do better academically.

Parents play a critical role in their children’s learning. When families and schools work together, the outcomes for children are usually better. This e-letter talk about simple things parents can do at home, and with their child’s school, to help their child to do their best. Showing children that education is important, building their confidence and connecting with their school helps to shape children’s learning and wellbeing.

Research shows the benefits of parental engagement in education include:

·         Improved academic outcomes;

·         Greater engagement in learning;

·         Children being motivated to do well;

·         Developing better relationships with others; and

·          Improved behavior and greater confidence.

With the above mentioned benefits of parental engagement in a child’s education all I can think of is that, to bring up a total child early childhood educators/ professionals have to take a holistic approach towards achieving greater outcomes.

Reference:

Early childhood  Australia WebWatch # 205