The Importance of Parental Engagement
We all know how home life can support – or not – children’s learning. But unless we understand just how much effect parental engagement can have, and what parental engagement is really effective, we can’t support parents to support their children.
Put simply, parental engagement with children’s learning is the most effective lever we can use to raise children’s achievement and support their development. But this means parents’ engagement with their children’s learning, not just with school activities.
Research shows us that what makes a difference to children’s educational outcomes is the attitude toward learning in the home, the conversations they have with adults about learning, the moral support they get from parents and others for that learning. Schools can support this by ensuring parents have a clear understanding about how important their contribution is at all ages.
The aim of this conference is to extend understanding and the principles and practice of parental engagement for the greater benefit of children and young people.
Benefits of attending:
- Gain an understanding of current Government thinking around parental engagement, including the Edu cation Bill 2011.
- Learn about the outcomes of the most recent DfE national research into parental engagement.
- Get up-to-date on Ofsted’s key findings about good practice in parental engagement since 2009, and the implications for schools of the new 2012 Framework
- Find out more about the outcomes of the Achievement for All pilot project in terms of parental engagement and learn how schools can become involved in the national roll-out.
- Take part in two of four workshops that will focus on new insights and practical strategies for delivering and evaluating parental engagement
- Network with colleagues from other schools**, organisations and local authorities
- Discover more about the LPPA Toolkit and how this can support parental engagement in your school.
*‘parents’ includes all parents, carers and other significant adults
**‘school’ includes all schools, pupil referral units and early years settings
Who should attend?
Senior managers working in schools, pupil referral units and early years settings
Managers of organisations that work with parents in a schools or similar organisational settings
Local authority colleagues with responsibility for parental engagement in an educational context .
