STATE OF EDUCATION IN TENNESSEE: 2012-2013 – Section II: Education Priorities
STATE OF EDUCATION IN TENNESSEE: 2012-2013 – Section II: Education Priorities
Rose Park Math and Science Magnet (MNPS)
Empowering Parents
Rose Park Math and Science Magnet’s teachers know that empowering students goes hand in hand with empowering parents. Cicely Woodard, eighth grade math teacher, sums up the school’s parent outreach strategy as a means
to understanding the unique needs of every child. “Knowing where our kids are and being aware of them, not only
academically, but socially—with their peers, with their home life—when you have all of that information, it gives you
more power to relate to that child,” she said.
As an open-lottery magnet, Rose Park takes students from all academic achievement levels from across
Metro Nashville. What this translates to in the classroom is high expectations that students will grow
regardless of their starting points. Family outreach and community engagement are indispensable
Staff provides book suggestions and help parents hone computer skills so they can access
resources on their own. “Our focus from the beginning was to increase the literacy level
of our students by increasing the literacy level of our parents,” Assistant Principal
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events every other month that focus on strategies for how parents can help their children.
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