%0 Journal Article
%T Welcoming Parents to Their ChildĄ¯s School: Practices Supporting Students With Diverse Needs and Backgrounds
%A Alana Siegel
%A Katherine Sullivan
%A Monica Esqueda
%A Rami Benbenishty
%A Ron Avi Astor
%A Ruth Berkowitz
%J Education and Urban Society
%@ 1552-3535
%D 2019
%R 10.1177/0013124517747682
%X While researchers acknowledge the importance of parents feeling welcomed and engaged in their childĄ¯s school, the schoolĄ¯s welcoming practices to engage parents have been rarely explored. ParentsĄ¯ qualitative responses provide insight into what impacts their initial and ongoing experience of being welcomed into their childĄ¯s new school. In total, 1,020 and 191 parents and/or legal guardians of students enrolled in Grades pre-K through 12 across five California school districts answered first and second open-ended qualitative questions, respectively. Findings are categorized into three separate themes. Schools play a vital role for the entire family when transitioning into a new community. Parents expressed the desire to serve as important partners for the school in creating positive outcomes for the students, classrooms, and the school as a whole
%K schools
%K students
%K school improvement
%K welcoming practices
%K parents
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0013124517747682