WORKING POSITIVELY WITH PARENTS - A GUIDE
This guide is designed to help schools at their current practice in working with parents and provides practical suggestions on ways in which a positive working partnership can be developed. It follows on from the booklet 'Working Positively with Parents - At Home and at School' (available below) which drew on good practice within the South East Region to provide guidance on schools on training and induction of staff in working with parents.
It also links in with the Government's intention to reduce the scope of OFSTED insopections and encourage schools to seek improvement through self-assessment.
Comments are welcomed by the South East Region Special Educational Needs Partnership 0208 541 9048
Partnership with Parents
Working positively with Parents (Download).
This is a downloadable booklet, in MS WORD format, designed to be read by:
- Schools
- Local authorities and other statutory agencies
- Voluntary agencies working with children, parents and carers
- Parents and carers
-- in fact anyone who is interested in ensuring a positive working partnership with parents to achieve effective outcomes for children. Although written with schools in mind, the good practice guide described in this publication can be adapted for early years settings.
It is not written in tablets of stone. The booklet is intended to be a working document for readers to use for their own guidance and for the induction and training of staff. It is made to be used as an effective tool in working positively with parents so do make it your document- make notes and photocopy where required. .
You need not read it from cover to cover, but you may find a use for certain sections when considering how to develop your work with parents.
We hope you find it easy to use. If you have any comments or suggestions for improvement please contact the South East Region Special Educational Needs Partnership (SERSEN)