Parental Encouragement and Involvement Strategies

25 Strategies for Involvement and Encouragement of Your Child.

1. Set aside a time and quiet place for your child to complete homework on a daily basis.
2. Make an appointment with the counselor to set up a time to meet your child’s teachers.
3. Establish an effective way for two-way communication with the teacher (e.g. email,
telephone, notes, etc.).
4. Encourage your child to participate in extracurricular activities.
5. Ensure that your child eats a nutritional breakfast each day.
6. Arrange to visit your child’s classroom during the school day.
7. Ask your child to explain some of the activities that he/she learns during the day.
8. Visit your counselor to talk about your child’s transcript and graduation plan frequently.
9. Attend school-related activities to acquaint yourself with your child’s friends.
10. Encourage your child to engage in group studies with other children.
11. Consider creating a family book club where the family reads an appropriate book and
discusses the book at family gatherings.
12. Conduct family research projects on various colleges, universities and specialized schools as
a family activity.
13. Create a family bulletin board where you display report cards, notes from teachers, and
special projects.
14. Research opportunities for your child to participate in summer internships.
15. Let your child plan the next family vacation (of course with your guidance)
16. Take up a non-traditional hobby or activity with your child.
17. Create a portfolio of your child’s report cards, good notes, recommendation, awards, etc. to
include with his/her college application.
18. Try a weekend without TV, radio, IPOD, DVDs, cell phone and use that time to talk with
your child or play board games.
19. Volunteer to work in a food shelter or homeless shelter as a family project.
20. Join the PTO and volunteer to chair a committee.
21. Look at your child’s past achievement tests to look for patterns of the types of questions
missed.
22. Encourage your child to read to smaller children or senior citizens.
23. Expose your child to classical radio stations.
24. Arrange for your child to visit colleges during the summer or times when NCCHS is not in
session.
25. Involve your child with a tutor when you notice a drop in grades.