What Is “I Care” Parental Involvement?
“I Care” Parental Involvement is a methodology that facilitates families, schools, and communities working together for the betterment of children. It is a systematic process that:
- Combines parental involvement, character development, and community involvement into a single curriculum.
- Engages busy parents in the education of their children at home.
- Enables simultaneous teaching of good character at home, at school, and in the community.
- Supports teachers with information they need to work successfully with parents.
- Increases positive parent-child interactions at home and positive teacher-parent interactions.
- Provides monthly numerical accountability measures for parents, teachers, schools, and districts.
The first “I Care” Positive Parenting Character Curriculum was developed 13 years ago, using the best available research on parental involvement, character development, and community involvement. Since that time, the curriculum has continuously evolved, adhering to the same guiding principle that all new developments be researched-based and measurable.
Over the years, “I Care” implementation strategies and practices have been developed to insure improvements in test scores, student behavior, and overall student performance when implemented with discipline.
Why Choose the “I Care” Parental Involvement Character Curriculum?
The “I Care” Parental Involvement Character Curriculum defines parental involvement in measurable terms as the number of positive parent-child interactions. “I Care” provides multiple ways to increase these interactions. It measures critical success factors such as parent participation, parents trained, positive teacher-parent contacts, mastery of character, the community involvement in character development, and parental involvement.
The “I Care” On-Line Parental Involvement Data Collection and Evaluation Service provides schools the capability to track and correlate parental involvement to student achievement. This parental involvement data is also used to:
- Identify improvement opportunities for parents, schools, and communities to boost character development.
- Help parenting resources focus on parents with the greatest needs.
- Provide documentation for state and federal audits.
