Concepts for Adaptive Learning

For Parents

The most basic statement that can be made about parent and family involvement in their children’s education is that when it happens, everyone benefits. Research has conclusively shown parent involvement in education benefits students, parents, teachers and schools.

The Technology Cascade & Training program targets underserved parents of students at urban public schools. These parents must attend basic computer training before the computer will be installed in their home. Concepts For Adaptive Learning has commitment from local collaborative partners to work collectively in the implementation of this program.

Components of the program include:

Acquiring used donated working computers from Connecticut companies
Installing the same educational software on these computers as the children use at school
Installing computers in homes of underserved parents in initially 2 pilot elementary schools
Training parents how to use the computer to help their children with education at home
Providing on-going computer training for the parents
Providing a bi-lingual instructor for parents who do not speak English
On-going monitoring, assessment, feedback and measurement as to the impact the computer and training is having on helping the parents with their children’s education

The goal of the Technology Cascade & Training program is to improve the academic achievement and lack of accessible technology of underserved elementary school children, by providing parents with computers and training so parents can be involved and help their children with education at home.

Once the computers are installed in the homes, our aim is to increase the amount of parent involvement with helping their children with their education.

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