Involving Latino families in schools : raising student achievement through home-school partnerships / / Concha Delgado Gaitan ; proofreader, Teresa Herlinger ; cover designer, Michael Dubowe

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910480353603321
• Autore: Delgado-Gaitan Concha
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin Press, , 2004; ©2004
• ISBN: 1-4833-6030-X; 1-4833-6249-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (161 p.)
• Disciplina: 371.82968073
• Soggetti: Hispanic Americans - Education; Home and school - United States; Education - Parent participation - United States; Academic achievement - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""About the Author""; ""Chapter 1 - Life in Latino Families""; ""Connecting""; ""Sharing Information""; ""Across Generations of Latinos""; ""Staying Involved""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 2 - Connecting Latino Parents to the Classroom""; ""Understanding Parent Involvement""; ""Chapter 3 - Sharing Information with Latino Parents""; ""Connecting""; ""Informal Verbal Contacts with Parents""; ""Sharing Information""; ""Visiting Families""; ""Focus Groups""; ""Written Correspondence""; ""Language at Meetings""; ""Staying Involved""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 4 - Instructing Parents to Teach at Home""""Connecting""; ""Sharing Information""; ""Staying Involved""; ""Mentoring Project""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 5 - Involving Families in the Life of the School""; ""Connecting""; ""Sharing Information""; ""Parents as Advocates""; ""Home Experiences in the Classroom""; ""Parent Volunteers in the School""; ""Staying Involved""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 6 - Preparing Latino Students for Higher Education""; ""Connecting""; ""Sharing ; Information""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 7 - Designing Schoolwide Parent Involvement Programs""; ""Connecting""; ""Sharing Information""""Staying Involved""; ""Summary""; ""Chapter 8 - Forming School-Family-Community Partnerships""; ""National Networking for Assisting Local Schools""; ""Grassroots Organizing for Latino Parent Involvement""; ""College Track Community Program""; ""Summary""; ""Educational and Cultural Informational and Support Resources""; ""References""; ""Index""
• Sommario/riassunto: The author provides practical strategies for cultivating communication with Latino parents and including the Latino family in developing sustained academic improvement..