Parents of Online Charter School Students: Notable Practices
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Parents of Online Charter School Students: Notable Practices and Support By: Lisa Hasler Waters, Ph.D. iNACOL, Blending and Online Learning Symposium, Orlando, FL: 2013
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This PPT will be presented at iNACOL's Virtual School Symposium 2013. It concerns a study of parents and guardians who were the learning coaches for their own children enrolled in a cyber charter school. The study revealed important behaviors and beliefs these coaches practiced and the challenges they faced. It concludes with opportunities to improve support for these educational facilitators.
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Parents of Online Charter School Students:
Notable Practices and Support
By: Lisa Hasler Waters, Ph.D.iNACOL, Blending and Online Learning Symposium,
Orlando, FL: 2013
BackgroundWhat do we knowWhat I learnedNotable PracticesChallengesWhat can we do?
traditional virtual home
What do we knowParent Role Description
Organizer Plan daily schedules, lessons, activities; collect materials
Instructor Provide 1-1 instruction, tutor, share educational experiences, construct knowledge with student
Motivator Motivate children to progress and persist through problems
Manager Keep track of student progress, manage time, discipline, monitor
Encourage - Reinforce - Model - Instruct
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instruction academic outcomes
“I try to mirror them as much as possible”
“We try to relate things they were learning with real life things”
“It [learning] doesn’t have to be s e p a r a t e d
from daily life”
“It took some adjustment
on my part”
“…first we’ll try online searches”
“Teachers are the go-to person”
Learning permeates the dayLearning is relevant
Learning is not separated from daily life!
“I often feel overwhelmed! ”
“It’s challenging wearing two hats”
“Training is remedial”
“It’s frustrating when they (teachers)
aren’t available ”
What can we do?
Reduce & simplify administrative duties
Provide student guidance and motivation strategies
Differentiate training and support
Embed teacher experts and go mobile
There is more we can doStudy roles of
teachers and learning coaches
Investigate more deeply the quality of support they provide to their students
Investigate student voices
