Academic Parent-Teacher Teams (APTT)

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Evidence · 3 claims (3 for) · 1 study (1 design), q2 · 0 of 1 report an effect size · 3 claims rest on one study

Description

Academic Parent-Teacher Teams (APTT) is a structured family-engagement programme, developed for implementation by schools and districts, in which teachers convene parents, share assessment data, and support learning activities at home.

Components

• Academic Parent-Teacher Teams (APTT) dual-capacity building program: APTT is a family-engagement model in which teachers lead group parent meetings, share child assessment data against kindergarten-readiness benchmarks, and teach parents games to build targeted skills at home. The article describes that "teachers lead three group parent meetings throughout the year where parents learn about their child's curriculum, become better acquainted with each other and the teacher, and plan for supporting learning at home." Parents leave with their own game pieces and see progress data at the next meeting. (McCarthy et al. (2020))

Claims

• Parents who attended APTT meetings, and multilingual-home parents, agreed more strongly that APTT and the preschool helped them prepare their child for kindergarten [+M]
• Parents who attended APTT, took the spring survey, or spoke multiple languages at home tended to agree more strongly that they felt a strong connection to their child's preschool [+M]
• Family participation in Growing Strong Learners was high and similar for EL and non-EL families: 97% attended at least one APTT meeting and 92% participated in Ready4K [+M]

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Key Sources

• McCarthy, E., Morgan, C. & Sussman, J. (2020). Growing strong learners in Galt Joint Union Elementary School District. San Francisco, CA: WestEd. https://www.wested.org

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description	Academic Parent-Teacher Teams (APTT) is a structured family-engagement programme, developed for implementation by schools and districts, in which teachers convene parents, share assessment data, and support learning activities at home.
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