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In this descriptive qualitative study, parental involvement is the partaking of families on the learning and holistic development of children at home and in school on teachers lens and a part of a larger study. Teachers? perspective is imperative in developing a school-facilitated parental involvement framework in the Philippine context. The researcher used document analysis and interview to gather data. Data were analyzed using content and thematic analysis. Results revealed four themes; (i) meaningful home-school communication; (ii) collective in-school engagement; (iii) structural at-home learning support; and (iv) refining teachers? capacity.  These results can be used as an input in developing a school-facilitated parenting involvement framework that encompass the contribution of teachers in planning, developing, and evaluating parental involvement programs which future researchers can also use in their studies. It is important that teachers especially early childhood educators .....

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This  case  study  explored  parental  involvement  in  early  childhood  education  in  the Philippines  from  kindergarten  stakeholders'  perspectives.  Purposive  sampling  was used  to   select  13  school-cases  with  87  participants  comprising  of  kindergarten children,  parents,   teachers,  school  principals,  and  government  officials.  Document analysis was used to examine  existing documents related to this study. From this, four themes  emerged.  These  are  kinds  of   parental  involvement,  stakeholders’  capacity, characteristics   of   school-facilitated    parental   involvement,   and   basis   for   the development of a program. Interview protocol was  developed based on these themes. The   interview   instrument   was   validated   by   five    independent   early   childhood education experts. Then,  interviews among  stakeholders were   conducted.  Data from .....

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