ERIC Number: EJ1361828
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2022
Pages: 6
Abstractor: ERIC
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0009-4056
EISSN: EISSN-2162-0725
Treasure Your Family: Supporting Families by Linking Schools and Community
Morris, Ronald V.; Shockley, Denise
Childhood Education, v98 n4 p56-61 2022
The Gallia-Vinton Educational Service Center (ESC) in Ohio, USA, gained some valuable understanding about school and family collaboration through its Treasure Your Family (TYF) program. In partnership with Gallia County Job and Family Services, Gallia County Commissioners, Gallia County Local Schools, and Gallipolis City Schools, the ESC created a Treasure Your Family program in 2021 with the goal of offering experiences that would develop stronger relations between relatives. Through the program, families could engage in a series of events resulting in incentives. The area served was a community that lies along the Ohio River in Appalachia. The first offering of the program demonstrated considerable community support from students and their families, and so the program grew substantially for the second round in the fall of 2021. This article describes the context, procedures, structure, and pitfalls and lessons learned for the TYF program.
Descriptors: Family School Relationship, Family Programs, School Community Relationship, Elementary School Students, Secondary School Students, Low Achievement, Family Relationship, Incentives
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Elementary Education; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Ohio
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