Turning Points Chapter 9

This chapter of Turning Points 2000 focused primarily on community and parent involvement in the school, and the benefits of creating those connections. Obviously, it’s important for parents to be involved in their student’s learning, and be made aware of what is happening in the classroom. Creating a communication between parents and teachers from day one is extremely beneficial and will only create stronger connections between parents and teachers throughout the year. These strong connections might also be beneficial to the student, with these strong connections being made, this will help students be encouraged to be more active and participate more in the classroom.

One of the most important things about this chapter, I think, was the stress on the connection between the school and the community. I remember being in middle school and high school and because my school and community were so small, the connection was extremely strong. Members from the community were always coming into the school, and we were always going outside of the school to interact with the community. You can learn a lot about the world around you just by looking at the community that you live in. Every community as the opportunity to be a classroom, and you can learn a lot of life skills by interacting with the community.

Overall, it’s extremely important to build strong bridges between your classroom and the parents and community outside of the classroom. By building these bridges and connections, students will feel like what they’re learning is more valuable, and be more likely to be excited about being in the classroom. By showing them the importance of their learning, and what they’re doing in the classroom means in a real world context, they’ll take their work more seriously and be more likely to succeed.