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09:00 to 09:45
09:00 – 09:45
Registration
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09:50 to 10:05
09:50 – 10:05
Chair's Introduction & Welcome
Getting to the root cause: Understanding why some parents are disengaged and how to begin a positive dialogue
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10:05 to 10:35
10:05 – 10:35
Whole-school: Developing a whole-school approach to parental engagement: 5 key strategies to ensure parental involvement is a school priority
Take away a practical action plan to instigate change back at school
Michelle Doyle Wildman, Acting CEO, PTA UK
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10:35 to 11:15
10:35 – 11:15
Managing and improving parental engagement: key learning and case-study examples from schools who have improved engagement in their school
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11:25 to 11:35
11:25 – 11:35
Q&A
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11:35 to 12:05
11:35 – 12:05
Morning refreshments
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12:05 to 12:55
12:05 – 12:55
1A Shared Learning: top tips and practical ideas to provide engaging opportunities for parents to share in their child's learning
Tops tips and practical ideas to provide engaging opportunities for parents to share in their child’s learning as well as supporting their own understanding to help learning at home
Gain resources for Engaging parents in their child's learning
Maureen Nash, LPPA Adviser and Verifier, National LPPA Team
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12:05 – 12:55
1B Aspirations - Secondary: raise aspirations and develop engagement strategies to ensure your secondary school is accessible and welcoming to all parents and families
Raise aspirations and develop engagement strategies to ensure your secondary school is accessible and welcoming to all parents and families
Liz Hurst, PP Home School Liaison & Outreach Teacher, Woodchurch High School
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12:05 – 12:55
1C Difficult conversations: understanding what makes a conversation ‘difficult’ and equip all staff with the confidence to engage parents and families in a positive and constructive manner
Understanding what makes a conversation ‘difficult’ and equip all staff with the confidence to engage parents and families in a positive and constructive manner
Leave with 5 top tips for handling difficult conversations with parents
Racheal Baker, Family Link Coordinator, RSA Academy
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12:55 to 13:55
12:55 – 13:55
Lunch
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13:55 to 14:45
13:55 – 14:45
2A Community cohesion - Secondary: ensure your school is an integral part of the local community and run informal events to open relationships with ‘hard to reach’ parents
Ensure your school is an integral part of the local community and run informal events to open relationships with ‘hard to reach’ parents
Jimmy Cartledge, Curriculum Leader for Engineering, Creative Arts and Design, Pupil Premium Team, Woodchurch High School
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13:55 – 14:45
2B Communication: ensure your school is offering accessible and transparent communication with parents, supporting positive relationships and opportunities for all families to engage in their child’s learning
Ensure your school is offering accessible and transparent communication with parents, supporting positive relationships and opportunities for all families to engage in their child’s learning
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13:55 – 14:45
2C Special school case study: how we successfully improved engagement and overcame the unique challenges to parental involvement in special schools
How we successfully improved engagement and overcame the unique challenges to parental involvement in special schools
Eileen Stubbs, Chair of Governors, Broadfield Specialist School
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14:45 to 15:10
14:45 – 15:10
Afternoon refreshments
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15:10 to 16:00
15:10 – 16:00
3A Mental health & wellbeing: how to support parents with mental health difficulties, direct them to appropriate support and build strong relationships with both families and pupils to promote wellbeing
How to support parents with mental health difficulties, direct them to appropriate support and build strong relationships with both families and pupils to promote wellbeing
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15:10 – 16:00
3B Parent voice: prioritising parent voice: how to ensure parents and families are integrated in your school’s decision-making process and methods of feedback are clear
Prioritising parent voice: How to ensure parents and families are integrated in your school’s decision-making process and methods of feedback are clear
Download Optimus Education’s parent/carer questionnaire
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15:10 – 16:00
3C Overcoming barriers - Primary: identify and explore the barriers currently preventing effective engagement in primary schools and leave with practical solutions to overcome them
Identify and explore the barriers currently preventing effective engagement in primary schools and leave with practical solutions to overcome them
Elisabeth Broers, Headteacher & Emma Rix Assistant Headteacher, Robin Hood Junior School
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16:00
16:00
Conference close
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