School and Community Engagement
Connecting schools and Community#Aboriginaleducation
To help principals, school leadership and teaching staff better
communicate with their communities
To assist schools to assess their relationship with the
community and seek to nurture and maintain that relationship.
Learning Intention
Lord, we are meeting today to conduct matters of business. Guide
our hearts and our minds in the spirit of fairness, right thought
and speech. Impart your supreme wisdom upon our activities so that
our affairs may reach a successful conclusion. Thank you for being
our source of guidance today. Amen
We respectfully acknowledge the past and present traditional
Noongar custodians of the land on which we are gathered.
We recognise the strength and resilience of the people and pay
our respects to the Elders of today, those who have gone before us
and the Elders yet to come.
Discussion Please share the context you come from and the school
you are working at.
Whats one thing that made sense to you in thefollowing
video?
Benefits of School and Community
( )Aspect What does it look like?CommunicationParticipation
Engagement
What does school want from the community?
Successful School CommunicationAspectLooks likePositive phone
school Principal rings parent to celebrate student success School
newsletter School newsletter written in families first languages
Assistance with school format of reporting Teachers work with and
explain personalised learning plans and reporting structures Using
technology Emails, sms, facebook used to communicate with
families
DEEWR, Strengthening family and community engagement in student
learning resource (2011)
What does community want from the school?Aspect What does it
look like?
How do we encourage the community to engage at School
a) Write your thoughts on post it notes and place on the green
circles?
b) Write your thoughts on padlet https://goo.gl/VB4qqn
Key Resources Engaging with indigenous communities
http://www.aihw.gov.au/uploadedFiles/ClosingTheGap/Content/Publications/2013/ctgc-rs23.pdf
Engaging indigenous parents in their childrens
educationhttp://www.aihw.gov.au/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=60129548210
Community partnerships enhancing results
https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=http://www.cese.nsw.gov.au/EffectivePractices/images/stories/ppt/130606-Bonnyrigg-Public-School.pptx
