subject: Parent Portal - Promoting Parental Engagement in Children's Education [print this page] Parent Portal - Promoting Parental Engagement in Children's Education
Today's busy work and home schedules often make it difficult for parents to keep up with what is going on in their child's education. Parental engagement is necessary, though, to ensure a child's success in school. Some parents do not have time to call or visit the school to continually monitor their child's progress. That is why Parent Portal which is designed to provide online attendance records and grades is becoming so popular.
Parent Portal offers online attendance, grades, and disciplinary records and is very well received by parents. By promoting parental engagement online schools are now seeing an increase in parental involvement in their child's education. This increased awareness of what is happening with their child's education can help prevent problems before they arise.
Many schools have found that by simply providing online attendance records significantly reduced the truancy rates in their school. Parents can now monitor when their child has missed school and take appropriate action if it was not valid. Parent Portal has taken this even farther, by providing a system designed to allow parents to see every aspect of their child's education.
Statistics have continually shown that parental engagement in their child's education can have a significant impact on their child's success. However, there are many parents who work very long hours and it is hard to know exactly what is required or happening in their child's school. Online attendance records are just the beginning of what is available for parents today regarding their child's education.
Parents may need to find out if their child is completing all of their assignments on time. They would like to know if their child has been late or missing classes. Online attendance records will provide this for them, but they can also check on which assignments are missing or were handed in late. If you can stop the lateness, missed classes and late work, they may be able to help their child succeed in a specific class. At the very least, they can address the problems with their child and reinforce action taken by the school
Parental engagement is vital to a child's success. Children need to know that parents can access these records, such as attendance and homework records. It makes it less likely that they will skip class or neglect to do their homework. For parents with children that have a tendency to get into trouble, they can track disciplinary actions too. Children, especially teenagers, are very resourceful. More than once, a letter from the school has not reached the parent! Parent Portal communicates with parents using email and or text messages.
In conclusion Parent Portal is an easy way for parents to know what is going on in their child's education, online attendance systems and other online records are a great resource. Parental engagement helps increase a child's success in school and while the child may not think it is important now, you can ensure it does not become a problem later.
