How To Get Your Dads, Grandpas, and Other Good Men More Involved in Your Students' Lives -- for the Sake of Their Educational, Social, and Emotional Development -- at School and Home
“I think our dads participation has risen at least 25%, since our program adopted your newsletter!!!"
-- Mary Green, Director, Sault
Tribe Head Start and Early Head Start
Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan
How would it be to get “good" Father-Involvement information into your DADS’ hands -- so they’ll see how much Dads Matter -- and to motivate them to get more involved at your school?
That'd be great, wouldn't it?
After all, you know children do better, academically, when dads get involved. Research by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) shows this conclusively.
FACT: Elementary students get a full letter-grade higher -- across the boards -- when their DAD has a "high level of involvement" at their school.
...Things like going to parent-teacher conferences, volunteering to grade papers, showing up at school events, serving food at the Ice Cream Social, and communicating with the teachers -- a minimum of two times a semester -- all qualify as "high level involvement!"
Isn't that amazing?
I suppose I should point out... every dad you can get more involved at school means one more child who's apt to do better at your school. (Oh, and by the way, I should mention that all this father involvement is contagious. You see, that one dad you get more involved will help to recruit other dads -- by virtue of his "visibility" at your school.)
But this is the part that makes me mad... dads out there -- sitting in their cars waiting to pick up their kids. Or they drop them off and dash away. And we permit them to keep on "NOT" participating... and not feeling 100% welcome. (Yes, occasionally some "involved dads" come into the building, but it's sort of like seeing deer in the meadow in the evening: "There's one...and look... there's another one!")
This is the bottom line: You're not doing nearly enough -- or as much as you WANT to -- to make your dads more "visibly involved" at your school. Isn't that true?
Let me say this right now... it really isn't your fault. How are you supposed to know what to tell the dads to get them involved? Plus, it's not exactly like you have *extra time* to devote to talking to "every single dad, grandpa, and other man" linked to ALL the students at your school.
This is what I can tell you...your dads are hungry for good information about father-involvement. (And, frankly, your MOMS need this information, too -- to help get the dads involved!)
I'm going to give you a PLAN to Get Your Fathers Involved. And it's a whole lot easier than you might imagine...
"How To
Double (or even Triple) Your Current
Level of Father-Involvement AND Boost Your Students’ Academic Achievement in
the Process”
...But first, let me ask you a question... have you ever had a father-involvement expert with a track record of nine years of publishing father involvement information for schools offer to help you meet your father-involvement goals? If not, you're at a huge disadvantage, because you're basically starting from "scratch."
But here is the kicker -- you really don't have to reinvent the wheel. I've DONE the legwork. I KNOW how to get your dads involved. And I'm going to tell you about it.
How would it be to know JUST-WHAT-TO-SAY to your DADS, moms, step-fathers, grandparents, and your parent-group -- about Father Involvement? That would be awesome, wouldn't it?
Subscribe to The Down To Earth Dad monthly newsletter, and you will GET MORE DADS INVOLVED! (Yes, that's the PLAN) -- And it really works!
Finally! A Father-Involvement Newsletter for Schools and Programs That's as Good a "Read" for Dads as it is for Moms and Educators
Now in its 9th Year of National and International circulation, the The Down To Earth Dad monthly newsletter -- a four-page research-based publication -- has earned the admiration and trust of parents and educators.
Things Dads Say About The Newsletter...
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...A 'Quick Read' That Parents Enjoy...
Parents don't read much these days -- unless it's short, and meaningful. The Down To Earth Dad monthly newsletter meets those criteria. It "cuts to the chase" -- and delivers useful information in four easy-to-read pages. It celebrates involved parenting and dads (and moms) really tune in.
"I
just wanted to let you know that I read the September issue of
The Down to Earth Dad. This is a
very good newsletter, critical for fathers. It’s a very easy read
and I think helpful. Thanks for sharing!!"
--Tanya R. Howell, Program Specialist
Office of Family Assistance
Administration For Children and Families
United States Department of Health and Human Services, Washington, DC
ALL the articles are "Mom-Friendly," meaning there's no "content" moms are likely to object to. On the contrary, moms are generally quite pleased to read about the positive benefits associated with father, grandfather, and "significant male" involvement in their children's lives!
(This means all your parents will enjoy reading The Down To Earth Dad.)
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" I am overjoyed with what I am receiving. My families here, with that first article, they were just blown away. They were just totally floored. I am happy. Ecstatic! It has done wonders. Since the newsletter came out, I did have an increase in my male involvement.
I'm getting more and more hits at our Head Start website too. You have made my year because it has been such a struggle to get this (male involvement) program off the ground. "
-- Ranzer Turner, Family and Community Partnerships Manager, Lake Community Action Agency Head Start, FL
The Down To Earth Dad is published nine times a year (September-May), but you can start your subscription in any month and receive a full nine issues beginning with that month. You can carry over your unused months to the following school year).
In Every Issue...
Each monthly issue (this is a four-page research-based newsletter), provides a “cutting edge” father involvement Main Feature Article based on original, often “exclusive” interview with a leading expert -- a "heavy hitter" in the field of child development, education, brain development, literacy enhancement, child psychology/psychiatry, parent involvement, or child behavior.
Each Issue ALSO Contains...
► A Father-And-Family Activities section for dads (and your staff), showing specific ways parents can get more involved with their children -- at home or school.
► A Father-Involvement Column written by Patrick Mitchell, a columnist for Children's Voice magazine published by the Child Welfare League of America in Washington, DC. Patrick is a nationally recognized father involvement expert who has appeared on national television and provides keynote addresses, trainings, and workshops for educators and parents nationally and internationally.
Here's a Testimonial About That Column Patrick Writes:
"Through your contributions to the Children's Voice Magazine, you have remained a true champion for all America's children and families. The Child Welfare League of America appreciates your effort and support in addressing the needs of children, youth and families."
-- Cassaundra Rainey, Director, Mid-Atlantic Region, the Child Welfare League of America, Washington, DC
► A delicious (and in most cases, "quick") Recipe that parents can try.
More About The Newsletter...
The Down To Earth Dad newsletter is not aligned with, nor does it attempt to represent, any political or religious groups, instructional strategies, pedagogical philosophies, government or private agencies, or commercial vendors.
This four-page research-based monthly newsletter provides cutting-edge parent involvement information gleaned from primary-source (often "exclusive") interviews with leading educators, child development experts, literacy specialists, MDs, child and family psychiatrists / psychologists, child-and-family-serving program directors, deans of a colleges, university professors, brain development experts, and authors -- all on the topic of father involvement/male involvement for the sake of children's cognitive, social, and emotional development at school and home.
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...The Uncomfortable "Secret Truth" About
LACK of Father Involvement In Children's Lives...
A mountain of research over the past 30 years shows that kids without involved dads are at an “Increased Risk” for:
· Growing up Poor
· Getting into Trouble with the Law
· Abusing Drugs and Alcohol
· Becoming Teen Parents
· Dropping out of School
· Committing Suicide…
Isn’t that SAD?
Those "Stats" stay with a person -- especially that "suicide" one. (Kids without involved dads are 10 times more likely to commit suicide than children with involved fathers.)
True, many kids who are "at an increased risk" for these negative outcomes are going to be "okay" -- because they have you, and others, looking out for them)... But many are NOT going to be okay -- because they lack "significant male" involvement -- at school and home.
But you can do something about that -- by subscribing to The Down To Earth Dad for your parents.
...Five BIG Benefits of Subscribing...
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Research from the
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
shows children get a FULL LETTER
GRADE higher -- across the boards -- when their DADS get
involved at school. That's impressive, wouldn't you agree?
The Down To Earth Dad newsletter, by informing dads about the value of "being involved," can increase father involvement at your school. By extension, that means you can increase student performance at your school.
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New research (from the University of Rochester) shows that “low-level knowledge” of child development is a “predictor” of parents being less likely to enjoy healthy interactions with their children – and "less likely to engage their children in enrichment activities.”
The Down To Earth Dad newsletter promotes increased positive interactions between parents and their children. By subscribing, you're 'beefing up' parents' knowledge base of child development issues, and you're thereby providing tools to your parents to enjoy healthier interactions with their children. (And in the process, you're making it more likely that parents will "engage their children in enrichment activities.")
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The
articles are short and to
the point, and they're packed with practical, easy-to-apply
information
that your parents can immediately use to enhance their child's cognitive,
social, and emotional development -- at school and home. So, by subscribing, you're delivering useful information in a format parents will appreciate.
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The
Down To Earth Dad
newsletter, now in its 9th year of national and international circulation to
thousands of parents and educators, is a tried, tested, and
effective way to get parents involved. And, since it's only available
to your parents if YOU subscribe...
you get all the credit for finding, and
bringing this resource to them!
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You can link
from your website to a
special Web-page at our website, (that's automatically updated and
maintained for you monthly, during the subscription period) showing
"current" and "past" issues of The Down To Earth
Dad newsletter. This means your parents and staff can count on easy access to the newsletter at the click of a mouse button. This, in turn, means you're offering some "interactive technology" which is good "bang for your buck" at a time when integrating technology is seen as productive and necessary.
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