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| Dr. Tiffany W. Franklin served as the guest speaker for Lee High School's Parent Meeting on Sept. 27. |
Baton Rouge, La. – Southern University Land-Grant Campus Project
Coordinator, Dr. Tiffany W. Franklin, served as
the guest speaker for Lee High School’s Parent Meeting on September 27.
Dr. Franklin was invited to the meeting by the school’s
counselor, Ms. Keana Mason.
The audience included the school’s freshmen and sophomore
students and their parents. Franklin’s presentation was titled, “Bridging the
Gap between Parents, Students, and Teachers: A New Age Learning Curve.” Her focus for the presentation was to
introduce parents, students and teachers to information that would create an
open dialogue for effective communication between all involved and encouraged
parents to not be afraid to address real-life or complicated issues or
situations when involving their children at school.
The New Age Learning Curve specifically encouraged parents
to be vigilant in their child’s lives by utilizing new technological advances
to stay connected with their children, which was different from their
childhoods. Franklin noted, “When we
were growing up, many of the new ways for parents to keep up with their child’s
progress, were not around at that time.
So, we have to effectively utilize our resources to keep our hands on
our kids.”
During the presentation, Dr. Franklin provided both the parents
and students with tips to assist them with a better educational
experience. These tips encouraged
parents to get informed and/or educated about what’s happening at their child’s
school; be responsive to teacher’s concerns about their child’s academics,
behavior, etc.; and ask questions and get clarification when needed.
SU Land-Grant Campus Parent Educator, Milissia John-Baptiste,
also attended the presentation and suggested that parents develop a list of
questions prior to attending any conferences or meetings at the school. This provides
parents with time to think about the situation and process the reason for the
gathering.
Franklin and Batiste also set-up a table display where they
shared information about the campus’ Recruitment Extravaganza, the Cooperative
Extension program and the SU College of Agricultural, Family and Consumer
Sciences with participants and school counselors.
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