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Creating Parent Email Lists
Due on: September 10th
Learning Goal: to be able to successful develop parent email lists
Objectives:
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To learn to find the parent email
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To learn how to develop a list
Purpose: Contacting parents and keeping them up to date on the course events and expectations can help aid in student achievement.
Assessment: submit a screenshot of your email list
Scoring: This assignment is worth 10 points
Tasks:
Reflect:
When was the last time you reached out to parents? Why did you do that? What was the outcome?
Craft a 300-500 word reflection in this document that describes what your purpose was for contacting parents and the outcome of that effort
Consider:
Linked below are two research studies that detail parental involvement outcomes in public education. Read them and consider the question: Why should educators invest time and effort in contacting parents?
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El Nokali, N. E., Bachman, H. J., & Votruba‐Drzal, E. (2010). Parent Involvement and Children’s Academic and Social Development in Elementary School. Child Development, 81(3), 988. Complementary Index.
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Hayes, D. (2012). Parental Involvement and Achievement Outcomes in African American Adolescents. Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 43(4), 567–582. Academic Search Complete.
Connect:
Add 300-500 words to your reflection with information from the provided sources that can extend your thinking or show a new way of thinking about parent involvement.
Do:
Create a parent email list. Use the video and steps process included here to help you with this process.
Assessments:
Submit your reflection and a screenshot of your parent email list in the form below.
Steps for Creating a Parent Email List:
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Open PowerSchool
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Click on PowerTeacher Pro
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Click on the "Class" Icon in the top left corner
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Click on "Email Class"
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Select the boxes for the parents you wish to email or the top check box to email all parents
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Scroll to the bottom and click "Build List"
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Copy the list
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Paste the list in the Bcc line of an email
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Craft and send your email
Moving on....
Now that you have learned how and why we create email parent lists, let's move on to one of the other lessons you will need to help you get through the semester!