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The Australian government is committed to developing family-school partnerships. Endorsed by Australia's education minsters in 2008 when creating the 'Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians'. the framework has 6 core principles, 7 key dimensions that frame relationships and 8 characteristics that indicate effective partnerships. Some of the characteristics are trust and respect, commitment to collaboration and clear goals

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Improvements in academic attainment, this includes:
-literacy
-school adjustment
-student attendance
-motivation
-self-regulatory behaviour
-social skills
-retention
-graduation rates

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- They are able to learn more information about their student through communicating to their families back at home
- Certain student behaviours may be identified and linked back to what is happening in their household (for example; a student may come to class upset if their experiencing hard times in their home)
- Educators will be able to alter their teaching and resources to assist individual students based on their individual learning needs
- Students are more likely to trust their educator if they see them really involved in their schools community and regularly making an effort to contact parents about the progress of the student and to just check in and see how their learning is going at home

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family involvement within school community

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family involvement within school community

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is "an effective way to support and empower positive parent engagement, and bring together family and community resources to enrich student learning and wellbeing" (Deewr, 2017) It's designed to develop mutual trust, respect and responsibility between parents and the school. allowing for parents to become advocates for the school.

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-Partnerships allows parents to better understand their child and their learning
-Creates a better understanding of the schools programs and identify any issues that may be occurring
-Parents can advocate for the school to the wider community
-Can result in a change of attitude, especially for parents who didn't feel involved in their child's education, or feel as though they can't be of any help
-Allows them to reflect on their own education experiences and change negative attitudes about education to a more positive mindset

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The framework for family-school partnerships has 6 core principles, which are:

- Parents and families are the first and continuing educators of their children
- Learning is lifelong and occurs in multiple settings
- Partnerships, schools and school communities flourish when the diversity and strengths of families are valued and leveraged
- Community engagement expands responsibility and resources
- Partnerships grow from mutual trust, respect and responsibility
- Partnerships need committed, collaborative and creative leadership.