Title: Fostering parental involvement in school | Raising Children Network
Headings: Teachers: involving parents in school
Teachers: involving parents in school
Key points
Parental involvement in school: why it’s good
Schools: getting to know parents and families
Classroom teachers: establishing partnerships
Keeping in regular touch with parents
How to tell if a partnership is working
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Content: You can do this by updating parents on children’s learning and suggesting what they can do at home. For example, ‘We practised fractions in class today. Your children could show you the fractions they learned by adding up slices of apple’. How to tell if a partnership is working
If parents are really involved in their children’s lives at school, they’ll be more willing to share information, ask questions, make requests, voice concerns and give constructive feedback. Parents and teachers can keep their partnership strong by having ongoing informal conversations about children and sharing daily achievements and experiences. Did you find this helpful? Tell us what you think
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References
Centre for Community Child Health (2010). Working collaboratively with your child’s early childhood education and care service. Childcare and Children’s Health: An information sheet for parents, 13 (4).