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Friday, November 23, 2012

Going Back to the Basics in Education: Pt. 4 Educators and Administrators - Consider the Needs of the Parents of Your Students by Mrs. Dorothy Barron

Going Back to the Basics in Education: Pt. 4 Educators and Administrators – Consider the Needs of the Parents of Your Students by Mrs. Dorothy Barron

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Educators and Administrators, in relation to the needs of Parents of your students, four (4) questions have been posed for your consideration in today's Going Back to the Basics in Education: Educators and Administrators – Pt. 4 Consider the Needs of the Parents of Your Students by Mrs. Dorothy Barron and can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGEwe7PblCM&feature=plcp

When it comes to the education of students;

We want Parents to…

We want students to…

We want children to…

We want, we want, and we want…

but, and until you first show genuine interest in Parents of your students and their needs, what you want will continue to take a back seat as it relates to the education of your students. If a Parent and his/her child’s basic needs are lacking and not met, how do you expect to get the best of the child physically, mentally and academically?

A Suggestion to School Administrators & PTA/PTOs – sometime it is easy to overlook basic unmet needs of many students and their Parents. A good joint project between the school and PTA/PTO would be to compile and keep an updated list of available sources, resources and contact information to provide to Parents of students. The list can be comprised of agency sources; academic resources, places to purchase inexpensive clothing, computers and other type equipment. You would tailor the resource list to your school’s Parents and students’ needs. Sometimes Parents are reticent about asking for assistance or certain resource information. Lack of basic and needed resources may make a difference as to whether a student succeeds or fails.

Illustration: Niks

Dress designed (2012) by Mrs. Dorothy Barron

Mrs. Dorothy Barron, Founder

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Friday, August 17, 2012

Getting your School and Staff ready and off to a good School Year by Mrs. Dorothy Barron

More than likely School Administrators, you have had your preliminary meetings with school faculty and all is in order. Parents and other visitors may not know the amount of time and work that went into your pre-year planning, but there are certain things they will notice and take note without many ever making a public comment to you; simply things that for them are a reflection of you; your leadership; staff and school in general. To name a few:

· A clean school building

· Beautiful and decorative bulletin boards throughout the school

· Orderliness

· A professional looking staff with like demeanor

· A pleasant staff – especially office staff

In addition, School Principals or Chief School Administrators, there are three things that generally occur with those of you who operate top-notch schools – Clues: One; is done to insure that Parents feel Important and two, are provided to Parents. Principals and Chief School Administrators, can you list those three things? If so, e-mail me at barron.dorothy@yahoo.com .

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Mrs. Dorothy Barron, Founder

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Friday, July 15, 2011

Turning Failing Schools Around by Mrs. Dorothy Barron

As many of you are aware, the primary objective of Parents Taking Charge in Education is to assist Parents with becoming informed and knowledgeable about the Education process and involved in their children’s education and/or schools.

Another of Parents Taking Charge in Education objectives is to assist various sectors that serve Parents of children in Grades K-7^th, one of which are Educators. As all of us work to educate our young people, it is going to be important that we realize that Educators must have those needed and recommended resources in order to do an effective job; if they do not, then we are all wasting our time.

I will briefly offer three recommendations that I would implement which I feel are instrumental in turning failing schools around; failing schools would also include those school which may not at this point be considered failing, but are not conducive to the needs of 21 Century students and the future.

I. Each elementary school would have both a principal and Vice-Principal; each with distinct job descriptions.

II. Elementary Schools would revert back to K-7^th Grades, with buildings designed to separate the two levels (elementary and those grades which encompass middle school).

III. Each elementary school would be structurally designed for the needs of youth, appealing and attractive within and without. Such could afford students a more positive environment for learning and the opportunity to become more creative in their approach to learning. The technology within should not only be equipped for the new millennium - 21 Century and above, but safety and non-overexposure to youth and environment should be major factors.

Some reasons for the above recommendations; the above

1. Can save resources

2. Provide stability and security; much of what are missing in the lives of many young people

3. Can allow a longer period of relationship building between Parents and Educators

4. Can prevent many Parents from over-extending (some Parents have children in different schools and at all three levels- elementary, middle and high school) and not as available as some would wish to be

Should any Parent or Educator wish to engage further on this subject with Mrs. Barron, please contact her via her e-mail address at barron.dorothy@yahoo.com . She will respond to your e-mail.

Mrs. Barron has been instrumental in implementing and bringing about positive changes inside schools at both elementary and middle school levels, as well as having written and implemented a plan which curtailed student behavior problems by 95-97% at middle school level.

Mrs. Dorothy Barron, Author & Founder

Parents Taking Charge in Education http://mrsdbarron.blogspot.com

E-mail: barron.dorothy@yahoo.com