DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING SUPPORTIVE HOME SCHOOL PARTNERSHIPS
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The following section provides you with some quality suggestions about how you can establish and maintain effective and responsive partnerships between the students families and yourself, ultimately supporting parents to feel confident and content with the significant role you will play in the lives of their children (Abadiano & Turner, 2003). Research has clearly established that the effects of positive and effective home school partnerships during childrens learning journeys has positive effects on student achievement. The complex and quality dynamic which exists between home and school contributes to both parent and student satisfaction with the school and teachers, as well as increased student achievement (Rosenthal & Sawyers, 1996).
The following section provides you with some quality suggestions about how you can establish and maintain effective and responsive partnerships between the students families and yourself, ultimately supporting parents to feel confident and content with the significant role you will play in the lives of their children (Abadiano & Turner, 2003). Research has clearly established that the effects of positive and effective home school partnerships during childrens learning journeys has positive effects on student achievement. The complex and quality dynamic which exists between home and school contributes to both parent and student satisfaction with the school and teachers, as well as increased student achievement (Rosenthal & Sawyers, 1996).
A framework for creating family school partnerships
The following framework outlines for teachers and schools what family and school partnerships are and what they should effectively look like. It suggests strategies and ways that these partnerships can be established and carried out for an extensive amount of time over the crucial period of a childs development and learning journey.
The following framework outlines for teachers and schools what family and school partnerships are and what they should effectively look like. It suggests strategies and ways that these partnerships can be established and carried out for an extensive amount of time over the crucial period of a childs development and learning journey.
| family_school_partnerships_framework.pdf |
Engaging our parents towards positive home school partnerships
The following journal article discusses the ways we can connect and create positive home school partnerships with those of a culturally diverse background. It suggests a range of challenges that may be faced when working towards creating this connection between parent, teacher and student but it offers ways to overcome such challenges through an extensive use of supporting research to suggest what could be an effective and responsive way to develop such partnerships.
The following journal article discusses the ways we can connect and create positive home school partnerships with those of a culturally diverse background. It suggests a range of challenges that may be faced when working towards creating this connection between parent, teacher and student but it offers ways to overcome such challenges through an extensive use of supporting research to suggest what could be an effective and responsive way to develop such partnerships.
| home-school_partnerships_with_culturally_diverse_families.pdf |
Quality home school partnerships can be established through a variety of different ways. The following article suggests particularly tuning into establishing home school partnerships through behavioural structures and approaches towards teaching and learning. It discusses how to create home school partnerships by engaging parents in school wide positive behaviour supports.
| positive_behaviour_intervention_and_support.pdf |
Communicating effectively and appropriately with parents
The following document analyses and discusses appropriate and effective ways to communicate and involve parents in their child's school life and learning experiences both at home and at school. This document could be used to support you to communicate effectively with parents and to assist you in finding ways to involve them in your everyday classroom tasks, where possible.
The following document analyses and discusses appropriate and effective ways to communicate and involve parents in their child's school life and learning experiences both at home and at school. This document could be used to support you to communicate effectively with parents and to assist you in finding ways to involve them in your everyday classroom tasks, where possible.
| positively_engaging_parents.pdf |
The next document is a simple example of how to appropriately write home to parents for any given reason. It demonstrates how to communicate in a clear and concise manner explaining effectively to parents its purpose.
| assessment_info_partnership_with_parents.doc |
