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This is the Parents as partners presentation used at Scottish Learning Festival 2012, delivered by the National Parent Forum of Scotland's reps, Joanna Murphy and Margaret Leitch (file uploaded by Kiran Oza)TRANSCRIPT
Parents as partnersWorking together to deliver Curriculum for Excellence
Joanna Murphy - Glasgow repMargaret Leitch – Falkirk rep
Margaret Leitch – Fundraising Coordinator at Victoria Primary School Falkirk Parent Member of Falkirk Parent Focus Group Falkirk Council Representative for NPFS Early Years Working Group and Curriculum for Excellence Mum to MacKenzie – Primary 2, Murray – Age 2 and a Mystery!
Joanna Murphy - Parent Council Chair at St Bride’s Primary Glasgow Parent Member at Holyrood Secondary Vice Chair Glasgow Parent Council Forum Glasgow City Council Representative for NPFS Parent member -CfE - Management Board Mum to Emily in S6, Alice – S3 and Katherine in Primary 5
And both working parents
Your presenters today
1988 – School Boards introduced
2006 – Parental Involvement Act Scotland
2007 - Parent Forums and Parent Councils established
2009 – National Parent Forum of Scotland
established
The history
‘Parents, carers and families are by far the most important influences in a child’s life. Parents who take a supportive role in their child’s learning make a difference in improving achievement and behaviour ‘
‘When parents and schools work together children do better’
Guidance on the Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006
Parents as partners in learning
Learning at home - schools and others recognising the importance of the home environment and providing support for learning
Home/school partnership - Schools, parents, carers and the community working together to educate children
Parental representation - Listening and taking account of parent and carer views
What do we mean by parental involvement?
‘Parental involvement has a significant positive affect on children’s achievement…’
Desforges, C. , & Aboucher (2000)
‘… the most important ‘parenting factor’ is the parents’ relationship with the school….’
Research by Joseph Rowntree Foundation
Why should parents get involved?
The more engaged parents are in the education of their children the more likely their children are to succeed in the education system.
School improvement and school effectiveness research consistently shows that parental involvement is one of the key factors in securing higher student achievement
“Review of best practice in parental engagement: Practitioners summary” Goodall, J. , and Vorhaus, J. , with the help of Carpentieri, JD. , Brooks, G. , Akerman, R. , and Harris, A September 2011 https://www.education.gov.uk/publications/RSG/AllPublications/Page1/DFE-RR156
Why should parents get involved?
telling stories or reading books to children when they are very young is strongly related to how well they read and how much they enjoy reading, later on.
talking about social and political issues, or about books, films and television programmes with adolescent children is related to better reading performance at school.
children whose parents have more positive attitudes towards reading are better at reading, themselves, and enjoy reading more.
OECD (2012), Let's Read Them a Story! The Parent Factor in Education, PISA, OECD Publishing.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264176232-en
PISA – Let’s Read Them a Story!The Parent Factor in Education
More receptive to language More skilled at planning More skilled at setting goals Followed through in their studies and individual
projects
They have learned how to learn
OECD (2012),Let’s Read Them a Story! The Parent factor in Education, PISA< OECD Publishing
PISA – Let’s Read Them a story!The Parent factor in education
Take a little time to consider the key challenges to parental involvement in your own setting.
Challenges to parental involvement
What parents say
Parents ‘ Views on Improving Parental Involvement in Children’s Education Scottish Government publications /2005
Engaging with parents gives them the opportunity to understand the vital role that they play in their child’s learning and development at all stages of education.
So where do parents come in
National Parent Forum of Scotland
Providing Information for parents
www.parentforumscotland.org
Parents are vital partners in Curriculum for Excellence. We are all : preparing our children and young people for jobs that don’t existto using technologies that haven’t been inventedto solving problems of which we are not yet aware
Shift Happens: www.flemimg.myzen.co.uk/shifthappens-Uk.wmv
Parents as partners
Curriculum for Excellence
Shared reading Golden time Science week Supporting outdoor learning Sharing learning – QR codes
Parents supporting Curriculum for Excellence
Parents supporting Curriculum for Excellence
Parents supporting Curriculum for Excellence
Parents supporting Curriculum for Excellence
“Food for Thought” was dreamt up by Primary 6 & 7’s when they were learning about Global Citizenship.
It has developed a sense of community and is raising money for their sister school in Ghana and other local groups.
Pupils have gained and used many skills during this opportunity such as literacy during marketing and PR, numeracy during ordering stock, pricing and keeping their accounts and IT skills for Graphic Design, invite design, newsletters, Twitter and blogging.
Critical Success Factors - enthusiasm, commitment, going above and beyond, keep it manageable and have a good business plan – it’s essential.
‘A hundred years from now it will not matter what kind of car you drove, what kind of house you lived in, how much you had in your bank account, or what your clothes looked like. But the world may be a little better because you were important in the life of a child.’
Margaret Fishback Powers
Parents as partners
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