Scenarios+&+Solutions

PEP Scenarios & Solutions
//1. Your PEP attendance started strong, with 12 parents registered. Lately, attendance has steadily declined, and you now have about 5 students who regularly come to meetings. What can you do to improve attendance?//
 * Have the children make invitations for their parents in school.
 * Create an autodialer (Blackboard) message to remind parents of meetings.
 * Make personal phone calls to invite parents.
 * Home visits
 * When inviting parents, focus on a theme such as "Computer Night", "Literacy Night" with reading strategies K-2 hosted by the 1st grade teachers, "Library Field Trip Night", "Math Investigations Game Night", etc.
 * Reward parents that come to class on time (or early) with time to use the Internet for free.
 * Give "I Have PEP Tonight" stickers for little ones to wear home on PEP days.
 * raffle with donations from local businesses, such as gift cards to Giant, Shoppers, WalMart, or McDonald's

2. There are 7 students in your PEP class. 6 of them are Hispanic mothers who all live in the same neighborhood. The 7th student is a Vietnamese father. What could you do to make the Vietnamese father feel like part of the group?
 * Have the students share the culture of their country, which will interest the other parents as well.
 * Create opportunities to meet parents with the same cultural background.
 * Parents prepare a "ME Bag" holding items that show things about each PEP participant which they will share in class.
 * Other ideas?? (Click on the "Edit this Page" button at the top to add your idea here.)