Teachers often depend on parents to help out in the classroom, they can help students with special assignments, get the teachers prepared for the day, or even mini-lessons.

Unfortunately, their is a major minority of parent in the classroom, a lot of this is due to lack of confidence on the part of the parents. Training sessions can help build that confidence level with parents and get them more involved in lives of their children as well as the other students in the classroom. These training sessions do not have to be long, they can be one to two hours, once or twice a month.

Topics that could be discussed are:

• How parents can gain insights in the school curriculum, and how they can be involved in the curriculum.
• How they can use their own knowledge and skills in the classroom to help out students in their studies.
• What types of teaching strategies and techniques they can do in the classroom.
• How they can extend their children's learning outside of the classroom. For example, helping with homework, or going for a nature walk and noticing all the different things that the environment has to offer you.