EDUC 222 : Engaging Urban Parents, Families, Communities, nd School Personnel

Designed to support pre-service candidates in broadening their conception of parent involvement. Candidates will become aware of the strategies that minority and low-income parents often use to support children's education, explore strategies for increasing the participation of culturally and linguistically diverse parents in traditional parent involvement activities, and generate strategies for collaborating in culturally responsive ways with families, other educators, related service providers, and personnel from community agencies.