The School Toolshop

The School Toolshop®

Survey after survey shows that administrators, teachers, and even parents agree…lack of parental involvement at home and school is the biggest challenge facing schools. Parents and educators also list poor student behavior among their top four major concerns, because it results in:

• Disrupted classrooms
• Lost curriculum time
• Lost homework time
• Poor learning environment
• Loss of good teachers

We have over 50 years of long-term research that shows when parents are involved with their children at home and school, using proven-effective parenting methods, their children are far more likely to arrive at school fed, rested, ready to learn, emotionally stable, able to focus, and capable of achieving higher standards. When parents and educators work together to model and use these effective behavior management strategies, children develop life skills such as independent problem solving skills, responsible decision making, and self-discipline.

“When schools collaborate with parents to help their children learn, and when parents participate in school activities and decision-making about their children’s education, children achieve at higher levels . . . when parents are involved in education, children do better in school and schools improve.”
— U.S. Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education

The School Toolshop® outcome-focused programs equip parents and educators with the tools they need to improve:

• Parent involvement at home and school
• Parent effectiveness at home
• Parent-Teacher communication
• Classroom behavior management
• Student behavior in the classroom and at home
• Student social-emotional skills
• Student ability to concentrate and learn the content

When parents are involved, students do better!

The Parent’s and Teacher’s Toolshop® overview

Our fun, flexible, engaging programs feature interactive activities, practical techniques, down-to-earth real-world examples, and resources.

Parents and teachers are empowered to think for themselves and walk away feeling confident and motivated to put what they learn into action.

The Parent’s Toolshop® is unique and is different from every other parenting resource because it teaches a reliable decision-making formula that involves asking three questions to determine which of six problem types a situation fits. That answer leads to the steps that parents and teachers will take.

Use it to find an effective response to any problem or situation any time with any child anywhere.

Plus, the content itself is:

• Comprehensive, offering 100+ language and action tools.
• Accurate, instead of fostering myths or misinformation.
• Universally useful by both parents and teachers.
• Practical, not just philosophical.
• Positive, telling you what to do.
• Effective, producing positive long-term results

“I can’t thank you enough for the quality programming that you provided our parents.  It was very evident, during the evening workshop that our parents were engaged in the discussions and activities.  Their smiles and laughter showed their comfort level and enjoyment.  From the results of the evaluations that the parents completed following the event, parents scored The Parents Toolshop® presentation very highly in overall impression, activities, discussions, preparation and topic expertise.  That’s quite an accomplishment, especially coming from parents who have put in a full day’s work then attended an evening program.”  — Paul Schneider, State & Federal Programs for Springfield City Schools

Please see the programs page for more details.