Resources from National Association of Elementary School Principals

National Association of Elementary School Principals

Resource Title: 176 Ways to Involve Parents
Price: $31.95
Author: by Betty Boult
Description: This hands-on guide is for educators who recognize both the need to and the benefit of involving parents in a school or the classroom. These practical and ready-to-use ideas were generated from the practice of exemplary educators who consistently involve parents in all aspects of school life. The book presents its ideas in five distinct sections: Making it Happen, Creating the Climate, Sustaining Involvement, Working in the Classroom, and Venturing Beyond the Bake Sale.

Resource Title: ABC’s of Effective Parent Communication
Price: $26.95
Author: by Dyan Hershman and Emma McDonald
Description: Principals understand the importance of working closely with parents to ensure student success. This book gives you concrete guidelines on every aspect of communicating with parents, including making initial contact with parents, staying in touch with phone calls, e-mails, and conferences, talking about student behavior and academic progress, and keeping parents involved as volunteers, tutors and chaperones at events. A great resource for all administrators!

Resource Title: Parents and Teachers Working Together
Price: $26.95
Author: by Carol Davis and Alice Yang
Description: It is essential to develop a strong relationship with students’ parents. Gain tips for instituting a strong relationship with every parent with Parents and Teachers Working Together. This book demonstrates multiple ways to communicate from letter writing to conferencing.

Resource Title: Principals in the Public Engaging Community Support
Price: NAESP Member: $19.95; Non-member (N/M): $25.95
Description: All the tools and techniques you’ll need to ensure positive engagement of families and the broader community in the life of your school are here. Use this comprehensive resource to:

• Deepen understanding of what "engagement" really means
• Pinpoint what your community wants and needs from its school
• Use local media to highlight the good news about your school
• Find creative ways to welcome and involve reluctant families
• Make home-school communications a powerful tool for success

Practical, research-based ideas and ready-to-use materials make this an indispensable resource for busy principals. This resource guide complements The Campaign Action Kit: Our Children-Our Schools-Our Future.

Resource Title: Raising a Reader: Advice to Parents of Young Readers
Price: NAESP member: $12.00; non-member: $16.00. Sold in packages of 25.
Description: National Association of Elementary School Principals and World Book Educational Products Answers to the questions parents ask educators. Reading is the tool a child needs most at school, and it is essential for success in nearly every job or career. This practical booklet offers good ideas and encouragement to parents who want to make reading a priority. Topics include:

• when to start reading to your child
• ways to boost a child's reading abilities
• identifying reading problems that parents can help solve at home
• helping children enjoy reading
• and more.

Resource Title: Raising Tweens: A parent`s guide to understanding your 9- to 12-year old
Price: $16.00
Author: by NAESP and Family Circle
Description: This brochure helps parents of pre-teens understand the physical, neurological, and emotional changes that occur during the tween (9-12) years. Practical tips on how parents can build their children’s self esteem by teaching valuable life skills are also included. Sold in packs of 25.

Resource Title: Report to Parents: A Complete Set - All in English AND Spanish
Price: $70.95
Description: Enlist the help of your school’s parents! Regular communication will enhance parents' awareness of the issues affecting their children. More than 80 appealing, easy-to-read bulletins make it easy to stay in touch. Topics include safety, homework, discipline, testing, report cards, stress, and much more. Ready to reproduce, these 80 parent bulletins offer a complete selection of sound information to pass along to the parents in your learning community.

Resource Title: Strengthening the Connection between School and Home
Price: $26.95
Author: NAESP in cooperation with Educational Research Service
Description: Principals play a key role in promoting a strong partnership between a school and its families and in the empowerment of parents to positively affect the education of their children. This book tells you how to give parents that power, as you strengthen the connection between home and school.

Resource Title: Success Starts at Home - Booklet
Price: NAESP Member: $10.00; Non-member (N/M): $14.50
Author: NAESP and World Book, Inc.
Description: All parents want the best for their youngsters. Most are doing their best. But all parents can use concrete suggestions on how to better support education at home. This bright new 15-page brochure outlines five effective steps to help children do their best. Parents are given many suggestions as they are reminded to:

• Ask their children about their school work, feelings, and activities often
• Praise children's accomplishments and build confidence with proper praise
• Participate in education at home and school, with an emphasis on reading
• Make learning a life-long process, showing schoolwork's value
• Expect success, responsibility, follow-through; have high expectations.

Boost your school's success by furnishing parents with the friendly, practical information in this brochure. Sold in packs of 25.