Creating a parent-child partnership and promoting future success with parent and student college workshops

Includes bibliographical references (pages 36-38)The goal for this project is to increase parental involvement and high school students??? college readiness. Parental involvement increases a student???s academic achievement, yet it declines as students get to high school. When a student is college ready, they have a higher probability of completing their postsecondary education. High school student???s perception concedes with that of legislation in that they want parents to be more involved. There are however, many obstacles to increasing parental involvement, some of which include a lack of appropriate communication between the school and parents, teacher and parent misperceptions about parental involvement, language barriers, and complex high school curriculum. After considering these obstacles, it is important to understand the significance of college readiness in high school students. Providing students with the resources to plan for their postsecondary education will give them the opportunity to enroll in a college with all of the necessary requirements, and a higher probability of completing their college career. With this in mind a series of eight workshops will be provided for tenth grade students and their parents providing them with the knowledge on how to be college ready