Positive Partnerships with Parents - London

Programme

09:00 – 09:45		Registration and refreshments
09:45 – 10:00		Introduction and welcome from the Chair Mike Walton, Freelance Education Consultant and Writer
10:00 – 10:30 Keynote 1		What works in supporting parents in their children’s learning? Implementing practical and evidence based interventions Dr. Janet Goodall, Research Fellow, Institute of Education, University of Warwick
10:30 – 11:00 Keynote 2		Narrowing the gap between home and school: Supporting parents with their children’s at-home learning
11:00 – 11:10		Question and answer session
11:10 – 11:40		Morning refreshments
11:40 – 12:40		Streamed sessions 1
1A				1B	1C
Maintaining positive relationships with parents during moments of conflict Chris Keen, Headteacher, Firth Park Community Arts College				Crossing cultural and class barriers to engage hard to reach parents Kenny Frederick, Headteacher, George Green’s School	Practical strategies to develop enrichment activities with fathers to improve children’s outcomes Andy Giles, National Project Officer, Campaign for Learning
12:40 – 13:40			Lunch
13:40 – 14:10 Keynote 3			Outstanding Ofsted scores: A case study linking parent partnerships with Outstanding Kate Greig, Head of School, King Ethelbert School
14:10 – 15:10			Streamed sessions 2
2A				2B	2C
Implementing a Parent Support Advisor programme to improve behaviour and attendance Carole Kind, Head of Extended Services & Linda Guest, Extended Services Development Manager, Stoke-on-Trent Children and Young People’s Services				Practical guidance on managing relationships with parents as partners in boosting pupil attainment Garry Burnett, AST, Author, Executive Director of Learning, Oasis Academy Wingtringham	How to work productively with SEN pupils and other vulnerable groups to increase parental and pupil engagement Gareth D. Morewood, Director of Curriculum Support [SENCO], Priestnall School, Stockport
15:10 – 15:30			Afternoon refreshments
15:30 – 16:30			Streamed sessions 3
3A				3B	3C
Step by step guidelines to implement parent councils and forums for active parental engagement Fiona Carnie, Parent Councils UK				Strengthening the home-school relationship through technology to support learning Paul Haigh, Senior Assistant Headteacher, Notre Dame School (ICT Excellence Award regional winners 2009)	Emotional Literacy: Effective methods for communicating with parents as a means of raising student achievement Stephen Cook, Engage Education Consultancy
16:30	Conference close