How To Get Involved In Your Child's Elementary School Education

How can I get involved in my child's elementary school education?

I think there are a number of important ways that parents can and should get involved in their child's education. The most important way, and really almost the easiest way, is to be involved with your child. Know what your child is doing in school. Pay attention to his or her homework. Keep an eye on it. Help her with it. Know what she's reading. If you can, read the books with her so that you can talk about them with her. A second level is to know the school, to know the teacher. Atleast have the teacher know your face, know that you're around. Let the teacher know that if she wants to speak with you, she can grab you before school or after school. And then the third level is, a lot of parents get involved with parent stuff at school: the PTA or the fundraising or the booster club stuff. For a lot of parents, it's a good way for them to learn about what's going on at the school, and you can gain a little bit of influence within the school so a lot of parents do that as well.