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Unlock your Parent Potential and you will unlock your child’s
As a school leader, I know that one of the most powerful influences on a child’s education is you—the parent. While the world around us is changing fast, the essential role you play in your child's learning has never been more important.
But here’s the good news: You don’t need to be an expert to make a difference. You have to give it a try.
We created Parent Potential to support your child’s academic growth by giving you, the parent, a few tips we use in training staff members at the school. You will see the bond between you and your child deepen as you become a partner in their educational journey. Just 20 minutes a few times a week is all it takes!
Here’s How It Works:
Every student learns differently, and as a parent, you understand this best. Discover how to use the Learning Target deck and two notebooks to practice Common Core standards in a way that works for you. Trust yourself!
The Learning Target Deck
The Language Arts Notebook
The Math Notebook
Proven in the classroom. Simple enough to integrate into your day. Our 6 learning routines:
Discussion
Modeling
Listen and Write
Bedtime Story
Make More
Research
Hungry for more! We have dozens of teachers from around the country who have contributed to our Next Level subscription. They each have specific tips for each of our routines for their particular grade level of expertise.
We have also included other websites and resources teachers use for quick reviews of a learning target. Click your Child’s grade level below to learn more!
As part of your subscription we send you a Masters Degree celebration kit. This kit provides a family with everything you need to track and celebrate the progress your student is making towards mastering the learning targets. The perfect gift that will keep on giving!
It Takes a Village
Teachers, We Need Your Voice!
Submit a topic for a blog post and help show our parents how they can amplify their impact. Share your expertise and make a difference!
Are you a parent with a question?
Reach out through this form and join our Village! Your voice matters in shaping our community.
Our Story
Hi, its Mr.M. I am a career teacher mentor and school leader. I got my start as an elementary school teacher in Downtown Los Angeles, in 2004. Here, I learned that the key to academic success was breaking things down to the skill level and empowering students and families to take on this journey together with the school. Over the years in the classroom, I developed these methods using the principals of UDL (Universal Design for Learning) I eventually began to mentor other teachers as a principal both in a Charter network and in a school district.
Then COVID-19 rocked our world, and we sent all the kids home. Many of our students we served didn’t have access to computers or the internet those first few months, until the state funded hotspots and chromebooks. During this time, the Parent Potential was born. I doubled down on developing our parents to be instructional aides at home, and we gave them access to the learning targets and a few tips and tricks.
By 2022, our school had differentiated itself from the pack. It was recognized through its growth on the SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium) has created the Common Core Standardized test American students take each spring. This test is much harder than the bubble tests you remember, and has become the benchmark for schools to chart their growth against the national averages.
The methods we used at Everest showed clear advantages. Just before COVID, in 2019, Everest Value had 45% of its students proficient on the SBAC (as an average of both Math and ELA tests). By 2022, this proficiency had risen to 52.5%. At the same time, the state of California proficiency average fell by 4% to with LAUSD falling below 35%.
Below is the first testimonial of our concept, written by a friend, Albert, after he called for help as a parent dealing with Remote Learning.
Like so many parents we found ourselves trying to teach our kids at home with mild success and the focus spent on just keeping the kids quiet so we could work from home. It didn't take long to realize that without any experience, training or patience for teaching the only ones really suffering from distance learning were the kids.
My wife convinced me to ask for help.
In the meantime Chris was spearheading a vocational training for parents unfamiliar with education for the public charter school in Los Angeles where he serves as its principal and substitute math or language arts teacher for any class Kindergarten to Eighth Grade.
I've known Chris for almost twenty years and I always remembered he said, "in third grade, kids go from learning to read to reading to learn." Chris is a raconteur with deep practical knowledge of education and learning. He was kind enough to take my call and explain just a few basic concepts to me. I couldn't believe how much confidence that tiny little bit of knowledge gave me and helped the kids become more intrinsically motivated to learn. Like shining a light.” - Albert
