Working with partners
Nurture groups and parental engagement
0Nurture groups are a multi-dimensional group intervention with a whole-school focus, and running them successfully depends on a wide array of different factors. In thisarticle exploring nurture groups, Batul Al-Khatib considers parental involvement in the groups and the ways that staff and parents can establish positive relationships and work well together.
Free article: How to improve parental engagement
0Parental engagement remains an area for improvement for most schools. Matt Bromley explores how to do it well.
Parental engagement: A pragmatic approach
0Finding strategies to support your less-engaged parents means looking at how things seem from their perspective. Matthew Nuttall provides us with some examples of what has worked in his experience and how his schools have broken the cycle.
May, 2014
Q. One of the students I have been working with to improve their attendance has confessed to me that she is skipping meals on a regular basis. I am worried that she seems very thin. What should I do?
Q. The Teachers’ Review Body recommends that the 21 administrative and clerical tasks be removed from the School Teachers’ Pay and Conditions Document. Does this mean we can ask teachers to be more proactive chasing up attendance information?
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