Using your text chapter 17 (Parent,family, and community involvement) and table 17.1 (Research support for Parent involvement) submit a two page paper on how you will encourage parent/family involvement. In your paper you must describe all six types listed below, give an example of each way to encourage involvement from a teacher or school's perspective, and recite how research support those ideas.

1. Parenting knowledge and skills

2. communication between the home and school.

3. volunteering at the school and in the community

4. supporting student learning at home

5. involvement in decision making and advocacy

6. collaboration with the community