What Is “I Care”?
The "I Care" Parent Engagement Character Curriculum facilitates families, schools, and communities working together to teach good character simultaneously to improve student achievement. It is grade-level specific (Pre-K through 12th) and comprehensive for parent involvement, character education, and community involvement. “I Care” . . .
- Involves busy & hard-to-reach parents in the education of their children at home.
- Enables the teaching of character through the classroom to the home, across grade levels, & in the community at the same time.
- Provides teachers with information for building stronger relationships with parents & understanding their lifestyles.
- Provides educators with a measuring system that tracks & evaluates the outcomes of parent involvement and character education efforts . . . for each student, classroom, school, and school district.
What Does the “I Care” Curriculum Provide?
“I Care” Parent Engagement Character Curriculum Site Licenses Provide Online Access To: |
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- Parenting Activity Sheets
- Teacher Lesson Plans
- Training Presentations for Students, Parents, & Teachers (fully automated with narration)
- Available in English & Spanish (Pre-K through 8th Grade)
- Bulletin Board Messages
- Student Mastery of Character Activities
- Independent Student Study Activities (Middle & High School)
- Feedback Form
- “I Care” School Implementation Manual
- “I Care” Parent Training Brochure
- Community Partnership Tools
- Additional Recommended Books & Resources
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Data & Measures for:
- Parent Participation
- Parents Trained
- Parent Involvement
- Positive Teacher-Parent Contacts
- Mastery of Character Traits
- Community Involvement
- Gender-Based Breakdown
- Each student
- Each classroom
- Each school
- Whole district
- Mentoring
- Feedback Form information can be sent by parents through the “I Care” Parent Portal (no need to input them)
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Parents Can:
- Access “I Care” Curriculum Files for each of their children
- View Training Presentations
- View & Print Community Partnership Materials
- View & Print Positive Messages
- Access Information Available in English & Spanish (Pre-K through 8th Grade)
- Print Feedback Forms
- Send Messages to Teachers
- Input Feedback Information Online
- Submit Feedback Form Information Online (Information is immediately updated in student’s record)
- View Student’s Measures Graph
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Why Choose the “I Care” Parent Engagement Character Curriculum?
The “I Care” Parent Engagement Character Curriculum improves student behaviors and student achievement in English & Math (See research study).
- Gets & keeps the 80% of parents not involved at school involved with their children at home—changes the perception that parents must be at the school to be involved in the education of their children.
- It has a parent engagement measuring system that documents, tracks & evaluates positive parent-child interactions at home—data will show where to focus resources, saving loads of time.
- Simple to implement + affordable + online curriculum
- Parent-friendly with a monthly school-to-home & home-to-school parent feedback process
