School Parent Involvement Policy:
The Ritchie County Board of Education believes that parent involvement at the early childhood, middle, and adolescent level is absolutely fundamental to a healthy system of public education. Strong partnership between homes and schools are needed if quality education is to be provided to all children. Parents and teachers, by promoting a sense of cooperative responsibility, can reinforce each other’s efforts. As their children’s first and most enduring teachers, parents can complement their children’s school learning and behavior by serving as collaborators in the educational process. The resulting home-school partnership can have positive effects on parent, teacher, and student attitude, classroom instruction, and on student achievement.
The goal of this policy is to enhance cooperative efforts between homes and schools in the country that will encourage parents, through a variety of means, to become involved in the education of their children.
For further details regarding the Parent Involvement Policy, please refer to page 22 of the Ritchie County Schools student and family calendar.
“Parent involvement in education has proven to be a key factor in the success children achieve in school. But not every parent knows how to be involved and not every teacher or school knows how to encourage participation from families. Connecting the dots of communication between home and school has become an important focus for the West Virginia Department of Education Office.” (Taken from the PERC-Parent Educator Resource Center Website)
- The Parent Involvement Policy for Ritchie County Schools outlines the General Expectaions between Parents & Educators. The goal of this policy is to enhance cooperative efforts between homes and schools in the county that will encourage parents, through a variety of means, to become involved in the education of their children.
- An Article, written by Tina Lou Edwards (former Director at Ritchie County BOE) about Parent Partners can be viewed by visiting Parent Involvement Matters.org.
