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EMPOWERING BLACK PARENTS Dr Lorna Cork

EMPOWERING BLACK PARENTS Dr Lorna Cork. 3 Es for Empowerment. EXPERT EARLY EFFECTIVE. Why empowerment for especially Black Parents:. GENERAL Lower attainment: especially boys 5A* to C 5A* to C including English and Maths. Higher exclusion rates: especially boys.

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EMPOWERING BLACK PARENTS Dr Lorna Cork

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  1. EMPOWERING BLACKPARENTS Dr Lorna Cork lornacork@yahoo.co.uk Supporting Black pupils and parents

  2. 3 Es for Empowerment EXPERT EARLY EFFECTIVE lornacork@yahoo.co.uk Supporting Black pupils and parents

  3. Why empowerment for especially Black Parents: GENERAL Lower attainment: especially boys 5A* to C 5A* to C including English and Maths Higher exclusion rates: especially boys lornacork@yahoo.co.uk Supporting Black pupils and parents

  4. Where a white person can go and get a job, you’ve got to have three times the amount of qualifications for you to even get to that position. That’s why you’ve got to push your child that much harder. Why empowerment for especially Black Parents lornacork@yahoo.co.uk Supporting Black pupils and parents

  5. People Performance Policies/ procedures BECOMING AN EXPERT:Your Child’s School lornacork@yahoo.co.uk Supporting Black pupils and parents

  6. Prospectus Newsletter School website PTA Performance tables (DCSF website) Ofsted Local Authority (LA) LEGAL reqirements, esp: Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 BECOMING AN EXPERT:FINDING INFO lornacork@yahoo.co.uk Supporting Black pupils and parents

  7. BECOMING AN EXPERT: SOME USEFUL CONTACTS • Department for Children Schools & Families(DCSF) www.dcsf.gov.uk • Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills (OFSTED) www.ofsted.gov.uk • Connexions Direct (For advice on learning and qualifications from 13 to 19) 0808 001 3219 • EMA (Education Maintenance Allowance) helpline 0800 121 8989 or local connexions • UCAS Parents Guide: www.UCAS.com.parents (helping students into higher education) lornacork@yahoo.co.uk Supporting Black pupils and parents

  8. Early preparation Early Warning Environment for Learning EARLY lornacork@yahoo.co.uk Supporting Black pupils and parents

  9. EFFECTIVE LINKS FOR LEARNING SCHOOL PARENTS COMMUNITY lornacork@yahoo.co.uk Supporting Black pupils and parents

  10. PARTNERSHIPS:TOGETHER WE ACHIEVE “Parents, carers, the community, teachers, school and the pupils themselves share a common responsibility that may be supported by partnership and improved communications” NUT Born to Be Great: A charter on Promoting the Achievement of Black Caribbean Boys lornacork@yahoo.co.uk Supporting Black pupils and parents

  11. PREVENTATIVE: EXCLUSIONS Preventative: Be in a position to make an early response to any concerns before they become major and the problem has escalated, perhaps to the point of exclusions” lornacork@yahoo.co.uk Supporting Black pupils and parents

  12. EXCLUSIONS: EMPOWERMENT THROUGH INFORMATION KEY DCSF DOCUMENT • Improving Behaviour and Attendance: Guidance on Exclusions from Schools and Pupil Referral Units (DCSF) - V. imp. document, explaining the law lornacork@yahoo.co.uk Supporting Black pupils and parents

  13. Together we Achieve Schools may be ignoring their most powerful resource by not harnessing the fierce dedication to education shown by Black Parents and community orgs. • Supporting Black Pupils and Parents Lorna Cork (Routledge: 2005) lornacork@yahoo.co.uk Supporting Black pupils and parents

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