Videos

Parent Teacher conferences

This video is shared from the Flamboyan Foundation collection in the States. It highlights some of the work they are currently undertaking in engaging with families to better student learning and outcomes.

Illustrations of effective practice

This short video demonstrates how one High School is Connecting Learning at home and school and engaging parents in the educative process. They are using Edmodo within school to improve communication with students and their families.

Academic Parent-Teacher Teams

This video explores the family engagement strategy of APTT meetings, these are aimed to provide families the information they need to be effective partners in supporting their children's education.

What counts and who counts it?

In this video Dr Joseph Flessa from the University of Ontario presents to to attendees at the Family-School & Community Partnerships Symposium in 2014. Joe discusses how school's efforts to engage families and communities typically evaluated, by whom, and with what impact?

The recipe for school improvement: Karen Mapp

In this short video Dr Karen Mapp, Senior lecturer on education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education discusses the recipe for school improvement.

Illustrations of effective practice

This short video demonstrates how one High School is building relationships with families to improve student learning outcomes, it also highlights how collaborating beyond the school can also impact.

Going beyond the bake sale:

In this short video Anne Henderson discusses how family involvement needs to go beyond the usual bake sales and into engagement to to build partnerships and improve student learning outcomes.

Family Engagement Teacher:

Hear from Rachel English, with her views on the importance of family engagement. Getting to know parents and families and formulating strategies that will assist and benefit the education of students.