| Parents have the ability to direct their student's | | | | education, explains, ""I always have known that the |
| education through online tutoring, the virtual classroom, | | | | family was a critical link. Parental involvement must be |
| and n ensuring that their children have a valuable and | | | | a focus in the classroom if we are to be able to |
| enjoyable education. The idea behind online tutoring is | | | | achieve high academic standards and create |
| to strengthen parents' power and ability to draw upon | | | | productive citizens." Parents have to take control of |
| available resources for their own and their children's | | | | their child's education and the additional resources |
| well-being. Online education and support sessions | | | | presented online in the home. With the help of online |
| provide parents the opportunity to acquire a greater | | | | tutoring, parents know have the critical groundwork to |
| understanding of their child's development and needs | | | | increase their child's learning capability. |
| based on the involvement of their rights and | | | | Evidence shows a strong connection between parent |
| responsibilities. Parents have the power to control their | | | | and family involvement in schools and children's |
| students education and have the ability to raise | | | | academic achievement, attendance, attitude, and |
| successfully educated adults. | | | | continued education (Henderson & Berla, 1994; |
| "A child's education is based on the strength of | | | | Hickman, 1996). Online tutoring makes families feel |
| parental support in the home. Parents need to utilize | | | | welcomed, respected, trusted, heard, and needed. This |
| important resources in order to provide the best | | | | climate is achieved by reaching out to families and |
| education for their child", explains Debbie Cluff, CEO of | | | | providing structures for them to become involved, the |
| Links for Learning. She goes on to explain, "Parental | | | | result is effective learning environment for every |
| involvement is crucial because it holds the ultimate | | | | student. |
| responsibility of the child". Through online tutoring | | | | Parents can have this connection with their children |
| sessions, the parent is in control of each tutoring | | | | when involving education in the home. |
| session, what goes on in the session and personalized | | | | Students need to have parental support in order to |
| contact with each tutor. Online tutoring presents a | | | | succeed in their adult life. Parents now can help |
| learning opportunity for both the parent and the child | | | | enhance their learning environment in the home with |
| because of the relationship between the online tutor, | | | | online tutoring. With the additional support of the online |
| the parent, and the student. The ultimate goal for online | | | | tutor, parents and their children can work together to |
| tutors is to gain insight to their client's education and to | | | | form the perfect learning environment and union in their |
| help the parent support their child's learning style and | | | | home. The value of a quality education can never be |
| needs. | | | | underestimated or taken lightly. Online tutoring gives the |
| Many of the problems in education can be resolved by | | | | power of educating their children back to the parents. |
| parental involvement. Richard Riley, secretary of | | | | |