The 3 – 2 – More Project

What the schools and centers can do to be more engaged;

1. Offer childcare help to parents so they can attend School events, explore using feeder school students to provide this service.
2. Reduce the amount of time parents need to be in the school for activities.
3. Conduct a survey like; how can we help you as a parent.
4. Brand other under-represented parents as school ambassadors.
5. Create a school community based learning center hour.
6. Make back to school night information available before school events.
7. Have an under-represented parent breakfast event where parents can share what they know with each other.
8. Help parents understand their own media use habits and routine.

What MORE can parents, schools and the community do;

1. Build better relationships and communications channel with our families.
2. Explore having parent committees like those in a head-start program within the school that take on the role of solving grievances and confusion that stem mostly from miscommunication and assumptions.
3. Look for ways to engage via volunteering that don’t necessarily fit the model of a traditional volunteer experience.
4. Try conversations starters like;  have you done X, Y, Z  with your child or as a family?…

• At the grocery store
• At the doctor’s office
• In your neighborhood
• When you are hanging out with friends
• At a party
• At the park
• In the library

I’m forever grateful to everyone in Howard County that has helped me bring this to pass, click 3 – 2 – MORE to print the commitment sheet.