ACTIONN VOICES

Strong Advocate for Parent Teacher Home VisitsArch Ruth, Principal at Alice Smith Elementary School

   “Parent Teacher Home Visits have breathed new life into my school. I am intrigued about how this is changing me, changing our teachers and building relationships with the families of our children,” reports Principal Arch Ruth.

   “Parent Teacher Home Visits allow us to reach out and build human connections with our students and families and build trust with each other. When you’re able to build this kind of special relationship, amazing results happen. I am a believer that it takes a community to raise a child.”

   He shared a story of a young boy who was having behavior issues and was struggling academically. The teacher and he did a Parent Teacher Home Visit to the student’s home. They  got to know the dad and the student better. They asked about their hopes and dreams.  "From that meeting we were able to understand where both the the father and the student were coming from and it was that Human Understanding that helped our school work more effectively with the student and support not only his learning, but the student as a growing, young man." 

   “ I have become a big fan of Parent Teacher Home Visits.”