Standard 7.3 Engage with the parents/carers
Proficient
Establish and maintain respectful collaborative relationships with parents/ carers regarding their children’s learning and wellbeing.
Highly Accomplished
Demonstrate responsiveness in all communications with parents/carers about their children’s learning and wellbeing.
Lead
Identify, initiate and build on opportunities that engage parents/carers in both the progress of their children’s learning and in the educational priorities of the school.
Establish and maintain respectful collaborative relationships with parents/ carers regarding their children’s learning and wellbeing.
Highly Accomplished
Demonstrate responsiveness in all communications with parents/carers about their children’s learning and wellbeing.
Lead
Identify, initiate and build on opportunities that engage parents/carers in both the progress of their children’s learning and in the educational priorities of the school.
My response
Parents and community members play an important role in their children's education and a strong partnership between parents and schools enriches the learning experience. To ensure a consistent approach to this communication schools, informed by their state or sector educational bodies, provide policies and guidelines to standardise the way in which school staff undertake this communication.
As a Teacher Librarian and Head of iCentre at Iona Presentation College I ensure I am well informed about the communication policies and procedures articulated both by the school and the Catholic Education Office.
School Policy on communication to parents.
To ensure that I adhere to the school's guidelines for communication with parents I an fully cognisant of the policies that are identified and housed in the Iona Presentation College Complispace. The Communication Policy provides guidance in the following areas:
The iCentre provide regular communication to parents and caregivers in the following ways:
Formal and regular
Flyers
The iCentre uses flyers to promote key events in the iCentre including BookWeek, author presentations, Dress-up days and promotion of services.
Formal Reports
While the library program is not included in the formal reporting process, the teacher librarians provide valuable information to English teachers with regard to the library reading program. This information is combined with that of English to provide a final mark and comment.
Informal Communication
Informal communication is provided through emails about overdue books, request to read books in non-standard categories and queries re reading programs.
Presentations to Parent Groups
As the Head of iCentre I am often required to talk to parents at special events including orientation sessions, open-days and school tours.
Mentoring program
Parents often ring or email to request special support for their daughter in the area of study skills. Not only do they ask for help for their daughter but also what they can do to help. This program is provided beyond the normal schedules programs
Parents and community members play an important role in their children's education and a strong partnership between parents and schools enriches the learning experience. To ensure a consistent approach to this communication schools, informed by their state or sector educational bodies, provide policies and guidelines to standardise the way in which school staff undertake this communication.
As a Teacher Librarian and Head of iCentre at Iona Presentation College I ensure I am well informed about the communication policies and procedures articulated both by the school and the Catholic Education Office.
School Policy on communication to parents.
To ensure that I adhere to the school's guidelines for communication with parents I an fully cognisant of the policies that are identified and housed in the Iona Presentation College Complispace. The Communication Policy provides guidance in the following areas:
- Newsletters
- Reporting to parents
- Parent/teacher interviews
- parent / daughter information evenings
- Telephone to parents
- Email to parents
- pro-formas to parents
- Student Diary
The iCentre provide regular communication to parents and caregivers in the following ways:
Formal and regular
- Fortnightly articles in the school newsletter The Ionian
- A feature page in the school annual highlighting the role of the iCentre
- A featured section in the school diary to promote the services of the iCentre to the school community
- A featured section on the School website promoting the iCentre services
Flyers
The iCentre uses flyers to promote key events in the iCentre including BookWeek, author presentations, Dress-up days and promotion of services.
Formal Reports
While the library program is not included in the formal reporting process, the teacher librarians provide valuable information to English teachers with regard to the library reading program. This information is combined with that of English to provide a final mark and comment.
Informal Communication
Informal communication is provided through emails about overdue books, request to read books in non-standard categories and queries re reading programs.
Presentations to Parent Groups
As the Head of iCentre I am often required to talk to parents at special events including orientation sessions, open-days and school tours.
Mentoring program
Parents often ring or email to request special support for their daughter in the area of study skills. Not only do they ask for help for their daughter but also what they can do to help. This program is provided beyond the normal schedules programs
Evidence
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An example of how we are using the school portal to provide important information to parents.
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A thank you email from a parent after an extensive phone conversation to provide advice on how he could assist / support hid daughter in developing self efficacy in study skills.
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