Action
Research Project Title: Parent Involvement using Mobile Communication
Number
of AR Project Documented Hours: 20-25 Hours
AR
Project Summary (at least 250 words):
My action research project is designed around parent
communication through the use of mobile communication devices. We have a Low SES population and I believe
that if we can communicate with parents using cell phones, we might have a
chance. I have already implemented our
Facebook, Twitter and Remind101. We
currently have 48 active twitter followers and 275 Facebook friends. The Facebook account is what has me the most
excited. I have been posting many school
updates and information on our Facebook along with tweeting. The great thing is that our open house had
more parents than ever before. Along
with that, we have many parents asking for more information on this web
page. This communication has really
started to change the way we do things at school. We have even been able to
communicate with our non-English speaking parents about these tools and they
are excited to get involved. We are
going to also start putting translated information on the site as well so we
can continue to communicate will all our parents. We are also having huge success with the
Remind101 program. The parents are
really excited to get instant texts about their child’s class. I now have to work on the data collection
part of the project along with continuing to promote the sites. The final data collection will take place at
the end of the year when we receive STAAR results. We are hoping that the outcome
will yield positive results showing that increased parent communication will
indeed increase student scores.
