Our vision for parent involvement:

All Adams 14 families and staff are encouraged, supported, and enabled to actively collaborate in the educational efforts and experiences of their children and youth. This collaboration will contribute to students’ interest in learning and school as well as their achievement and accomplishments. 

We define parent involvement as “families and community supporting their children in a variety of ways to ensure their child is successful in school and in the 21st Century.” Therefore, parents may choose various avenues to support their child at home and at school.

• Parents participate in school events and functions, parent/teacher conferences, and decision making teams.
• Parents become equal partners in their child’s education by providing encouragement, arranging for appropriate study time and space, modeling desired behavior, reading with their child, monitoring homework, and actively tutoring their children at home.
• Parents are advocates for the school. Parents can volunteer to help out with school activities or work in the classroom. Parents can take an active role in their school’s Building Accountability Advisory Committee and District Accountability Advisory Committee to contribute to the governance and decision making necessary for planning, developing, and providing an education for the community's children.

Why Be An Involved Parent?

Thirty years of research confirms that when families are involved in their children's education:

• Children earn higher grades
• Receive higher scores on tests
• Attend school more regularly
• Complete more homework
• Demonstrate more positive attitudes and behaviors
• Graduate from high school at higher rates
• Are more likely to enroll in higher education than students with less involved families

Adams 14 Parent Involvement Framework