Title: Parent Associate
Performer(s):
Neil Jacobstein
Teknowledge
Rick Hayes-Roth
Teknowledge
James Baumgart
Teknowledge
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Cluster: EAGIL
Contact Information:
Phone: 415-424-0500
Fax: 415-493-2645
email: njacobst@teknowledge.com
Phone: 415-424-0500
email: rhayes-roth@teknowledge.com
Phone: 415-424-0500
email: jbaumgar@teknowledge.com
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1. Instructional Focus:
Content areas/topics: Applicable to all areas of curriculum.
Process skills: Individualized learning, collaborative activities.
2. Target Population: Teachers, students, parents; tailorable to different grade levels.
3. Summary Description: Parent Associate will facilitate communication among parents, teachers, and students, using a common architecture (the same techological tools). It will also provide assistance to parents in their roles as coaches and advisors on educational tasks, such as scheduling and monitoring homework. It provides help with parenting skills such as effective listening and has information about basic child and adolescent psychology.
4. Training and Staff Development:
- Teacher prerequisite skills/knowledge needed: Basic computer skills.
- Student prerequisite skills needed: Basic computer skills.
- Training needed/provided: None specified.
- Technical support needed/provided: None specified.
5. Technological/Resources Needed: None specified.
6. Intended Outcomes:
Students: Students will be able to study individually at their own pace. They will cooperate with their parents in establishing home based learning routines.
Teachers: Teachers will be able to more easily communicate with parents regarding their children's education.
7. Instructional Time Required: Most of the use will be outside the instructional day.
8. Role of the Pilot Teacher(s): Teachers will provide developers with input regarding product development.
9. Example(s) of the Use of this Product (Scenario): None provided.
