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Effective parental partnerships

Effective parental partnerships. Trevor Folley tfolley@onelearningjourney.com. Professor Charles Desforges. Leading Learning for Sustained Reform 2009 presentation. How does the relationship between parents and their child’s setting/school change over the years?.

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Effective parental partnerships

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  1. Effective parental partnerships Trevor Folley tfolley@onelearningjourney.com

  2. Professor Charles Desforges Leading Learning for Sustained Reform 2009 presentation

  3. How does the relationship between parents and their child’s setting/school change over the years?

  4. The impact of parental involvement on pupil achievement and adjustmentProfessor Charles Desforges and Alberto Abouchaar (2003) Some key findings: • Parental involvement has a significant effect on children’s achievement • Parental involvement takes many forms • In essence parenting influences through shaping the child’s self-concept as a learner and through establishing high aspirations • The level of involvement is associated with social class, poverty, health, and parental perception of their role and confidence in fulfilling it • It is strongly influenced by the child taking an active mediating role

  5. Recent developments • ‘Go Compare’ • ‘Parent View’ • New performance table info (next year) The government claims these changes represent ‘the most ambitious open data agenda of any government in the world.’

  6. What do parents want?DCSF research 2007 • 96% agreed that it was extremely important to make sure their child attended regularly • 86% said the school provided clear information about their child’s progress • 92% said the school was welcoming • Around ¾ felt that it was extremely important to help with their child’s homework (58% did so most of the time) • Informal discussions were seen as the most useful way of finding out children’s progress • ⅔ said they would like to be more involved in their child’s school life (73% where felt uninvolved)

  7. What does Ofsted want?‘Schools and parents’ 2011 • Audit and use parents’ skills and expertise as a resource • Tailor communications with parents to suit individual circumstances • Use parental complaints as a stimulus for improvement • Evaluate impact of parental involvement on outcomes for pupils • In secondary – enable parents to engage more directly with children’s learning

  8. The challenge Developing a partnership with parents that empowers them to be co-educators

  9. Categories of contingent elements for sustaining improvement.

  10. In a nutshell parents need to… • recognise their responsibility • believe they can make a difference • have the necessary knowledge, understanding, skills and opportunities • do something • see it making a difference

  11. Successful partnerships with parents Where to start?

  12. Further info and resources www.onelearningjourney.com Password for today’s slides and resources: George or just write to me tfolley@onelearningjourney.com

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