We know you work hard to get the message out to families about how important parent involvement is to your school community.

So here’s some great news: We’ve just created a fun and informative video about parent involvement that you can download free and use at back-to-school events, family nights, or PTO meetings.

Our Parent Involvement Matters video presents important data about how parent involvement has a positive impact on kids and schools. It is sure to help parents appreciate how much getting involved will make a difference.

We made sure the video is fun and runs just a few minutes so it will work well with an audience of busy parents. You’ll find it’s an upbeat way to start any event and is likely to promote good conversation.

Also, it’s a good companion to the many involvement-building tools we have on our site for you to use, like our 2 Hour Power volunteer recruitment pledge program, Top 10 Parent Involvement Tips, and the many volunteer recruitment flyers and documents on our File Exchange.

We wish you all the best at the start of the school year and year-round and hope you enjoy the video. Happy viewing!

Originally posted in 2012 and updated regularly.