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Homework Could Be: A Way to Connect Parents and StudentsĮncouraging parents and caregivers to actively engage with their children in the learning process–rather than simply overseeing completion–puts parents in the driver’s seat of their child’s educational development. This cycle strengthens the foundation for meaningful school-home relationships.

This invitation results in the development of positive, trusting relationships between schools and families.Īs families complete their family engaged homework, students bring stories and examples from home into the classroom allowing this type of homework to begin a cycle of positive and purposeful communication. Welcoming this expertise into the learning process on a regular basis provides additional information and observations on what issues might be creating challenges, and what supports might help the student succeed. Parents and caregivers oftentimes bring a different expertise in motivating and engaging their own children. Schools that send home activities inviting families into the learning process convey that they see value in collaborating with each student’s entire team of support, both at school and at home. In contrast, asking students to work with a family partner to write a television commercial about a machine that solves that same type of math problem, with a requirement that the problem is solved and explained within the commercial, reveals a focus on the learning process and family engagement.įamily engaged homework is also a way for the school to share its vision and expectations with families. Sending home worksheets (or assigning digital versions) night after night that ask students to solve problems using rote skills without an opportunity to extend and apply that learning reveals a focus on product over process. It reveals what teachers feel is most important for students to understand.

Homework is a window into the student’s day in the classroom. Homework Could Be: A Way for Schools to Communicate with Families