The improvement of participation and involvement of families in school: A Program in action

Abstract

Taking into consideration the relevance of implementing actions that favor the family-school relationship, this study aims to examine the way in which the socio-educational program ECOFASE has complied with the planned effectiveness in relation to the improvement of the levels of family participation at school and parents´ educational involvement at home. Specifically, the program was implemented in seven (7) secondary schools of the Autonomous Community of Galicia, with the collaboration of 97 families. The results we have obtained confirm that, in general terms, the program has been effective and has managed to meet the families' expectations. On the one hand, the intervention carried out has helped families to reinforce their good practices of educational involvement at home, as the case of accompaniment in the study as well as helping and support provided to their children. On the other, it has had a significant impact on the relationship that parents maintain with the school and, especially, with the tutor.