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Parental Engagement Action Plan Template Final

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Here I am. I am Laura Brazzabeni and I teach English in a vocational school in Mantova(Italy). My students are aged between 14 and 18.

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WWW.FORMAZIONEMANTOVA.IT

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Cfp For.ma is a vocational school for hairdressers, beauticians, waiters and cooks. it is in Mantova (Italy).

TEACHING CONTEXT

The school where I work is big and there are beauticians, hairdressers, waiters and cooks. This year I am teaching to beauticians. I have classes with students coming from 9-10 different countries (Brasil, Romania, Moldavia, Morocco, Algeria, Poland, Latvia, China, Nigeria, ecc.).

I need new strategies to afford these classes and create a good atmosphere.

In my school we have all the technology we need: laboratories, tablet pcs, computer science labs, interactive whiteboards in every classroom, e-diary.....

E. Course Introduction Test

Test done

Your result in the test was: 100%

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5,5 WEEKS 4 MODULES 25th Sept- 1st Nov 2017

458 participants.

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Module 1: Why Engage Parents in School? 

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Module 1: Why Engage Parents in School? 

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when parents are engaged students are better students.

1.1 WHY ENGAGE PARENTS IN SCHOOL?
answers in the general padlet
1.2 ADRESSING EARLY SCHOOL LEAVING
My response posted in the forum
1.3 THE ROLE OF PARENTS IN SCHOOLS AND CLASSROOMS
My vote in the forum
1.4 INTRODUCTION TO THE FINAL COURSE ACTIVITY
I decide to prepare an action plan.

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MODULE 2: Communicating and Sharing with Parents 

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MODULE 2: Communicating and Sharing with Parents 

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1. Develop an understanding about the prerequisites for a positive relationship with parents and the role of communication as part of such relationship

2. Reflect on and discuss different communication methods and channels with parents

3. Reflect on the challenges of communicating with parents of different socio-economic, cultural, and language backgrounds

4. Identify strategies to overcome challenges of communicating with a diverse group of parents

5. Identify and discuss ICT tools that can facilitate the communication and sharing with parents

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I use Whatsapp emails Telegram Messenger. Sometimes the mobile to call.

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technology is playing an increasing role in the communication with and engagement of parents in school

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WhatsApp
messanger
mobile phone
moodle
e-diary
meetings in presence.

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"Educating together, educating each other – rethinking involvement, engagement and roles in education"

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2.6 Optional Action Plan Peer Review Activity

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2.6 Optional Action Plan Peer Review Activity

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Parental Engagement Action Plan Template Final

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Module 3: Involving Parents in Educational Activities 

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Module 3: Involving Parents in Educational Activities 

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1. Reflect on how we can create spaces/opportunities for active parental involvement in our pedagogical work with students

2. Understanding the benefits of having parents work with us in classrooms

3. Understanding the challenges of having parents work with us in classrooms, and how to overcome these

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A good experience was with the mother of a dyslexic student who came to school to present the problems of dyslexsia.

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3.1 Creating opportunities for parent involvement in educational activities

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3.1 Creating opportunities for parent involvement in educational activities

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Parents can play a range of roles in educational activities, as an audience, as student support, as sources of knowledge, as organisers, even as evaluators.

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Teaching in a vocational school besides normal meetings with parents at the beginning of the school year and before Christmas and Easter there are other opportunities when they come to our laboratories to be their children s models for hairdressers and beauticians or tasting dishes with cooks or cocktails fora ex. With waiters

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3.2 Parents as a valuable resource for educational activities

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3.2 Parents as a valuable resource for educational activities

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vote

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3.3 Challenges of involving parents in the classroom

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3.3 Challenges of involving parents in the classroom

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we involve parents in the lab, they are models for hairdressers and beatucians and they come to taste thier children's food for cooks.

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3.4 Webinar: Family involvement through Successful Educational Actions

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3.4 Webinar: Family involvement through Successful Educational Actions

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This webinar focused on knowing the impact of family involvement regarding students' learning achievements as well as well-being and social inclusion of the community through Successful Educational Actions

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Supporting Family Learning

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Understand the importance of supporting learning in families
Identify activities, strategies to bring the joy of learning to parents who have had negative experiences of school
Understand some key principles to follow for organising home visits to families
Reflect on how you could organise more or more effective home visits
Identify similar types of schemes to the Irish Home School Community Liaison Scheme in  your country, which can support your work with parents and in particular with home visits.
Prepare an action plan or lesson plan incorporating key aspects covered on the course
Review the work of 3 fellow course participants
Learn about the INCLUDE-ED project and how an approach called dialogic gatherings can bring learning into families.
Learn about the work of your peers by joining our course Teachmeet

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a lot of negative experiences occur. once a parent came wanting to teach to the Teachers and school staff. the headmaster sent this parent away and organised a meeting with every parent of that class and the Teachers of that class.

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importance of bringing the joy of learning back to parents.
engage parents in project, for example in my school being vocational parents are invited to be models of their children.

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2.1 Building positive relationships with parents

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2.1 Building positive relationships with parents

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a good link https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/articles/teaching-content/five-keys-successful-parent-teacher-communication/
my response in the forum

2.2 Building communication channels with parents
My vote in Tricider

2.3 Communicating with parents of different socio-economic/cultural/language backgrounds

teaching in a vocational school there are students belonging to the very different families (from the doctor, to the worker, to the parents who cannot even use a personal computer or do not have internet connection at home. there are also a lot of students coming from abroad who are here as migrants or only to study. some parents cannot speak Italian. with these i try to use one of the six languages I know or we contact a "mediatore culturale" ready to translate and also to present the cultural aspects of these families.
As every student is different from the Others and would need a personalized learningg also parents are very different so we have to invent strategies good for each of them. there are also parents of handicaped children who have problems like their children sometimes. that's why it is very diffucult to have good contacts with parents. But we call them every time we need. only if there a good relation between school and families you can reach some objectives.

2.4 ICT tools to support communication & sharing with parents
techology is becoming very important in the relation with parents. for example from this year we have a e-diary at school and parents can interact with us also through this. also the site for families with moodle is very developed.
online communication and data sharing is Always possible, unfortunately a lot of parents are not able to enter the line and the site. only parents of good students regularly come to meetings or check the online e-diary.
here is a good article https://www.campussuite.com/6-key-school-communication-channels-and-how-to-use-them/

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very important is to bring the joy of Learning and to motivate either students or parents engaging them in activities.

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I have never done home visits, except in a gipsy field because parents did not come to meetings but the mediatore culturale invited me to visit this family. it was a good experience because I haad the oppurtunity to stay with them and understand their way of life and their problems.