Discuss ākonga Māori learning and wellbeing, and plan effective support
Suggestion for implementing the strategy ‘Establishing reciprocal relationships with parents and whānau to support learning’
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Develop home-school contact
Develop home-school contact
Establish regular, two-way contact between home and school, focused on sharing students’ successes.
- Improve the timeliness and regularity of feedback and information, especially in relation to children’s presence, participation, learning, and achievement.
- Provide regular opportunities for participation and involvement.
- Provide information about how to become involved in the school.
- Ensure that whānau feel they are heard, fully involved, and not rushed in meetings, interviews, and conferences.
- Report on students’ progress in language and formats that are meaningful to, and can be easily understood by, the student and family/whānau.
- Be open and listen to parents’ views.
- Find ways for parents and whānau to lead activities and events, especially for other parents and their children.
Consider digital portfolios
Consider digital portfolios
Digital portfolios created and maintained by students are a vehicle for communicating learning to whānau.
Use technologies
Use technologies
Suggestions for using technology to support communication and information sharing.
- Leave computers on at the end of the day and invite parents and whānau to view students’ digital work.
- Find out the types of technology that parents and whānau use and offer to share in those mediums.
- Consider using multiple channels, such as mobile devices, email, instant messaging services, social media, and the school website, to connect with parents and whānau.
- Provide deliberate support or training to show parents and whānau how they can engage with students’ work, both face-to-face and through technology.
- Create and promote online spaces such as blogs that invite parent and whānau participation and feedback.
- Establish a site or portal for parents and whānau to access and contribute to student learning.
- Design e-portfolios to inform future steps in learning.
Engage with outside agencies
Engage with outside agencies
Before engaging support for students from outside services and agencies:
- Find out from family/whānau whether they are already connected with outside agencies or programmes or have been in the past, and what their experience of these agencies/programmes was.
- Check with colleagues, especially the learning support team, to find out which services and agencies the school already has a relationship with and get some feedback on the effectiveness of the partnerships.
- Research possible options for support, so that you can make an informed contribution to discussions.
- Outline other possible options for support when you are discussing the specific needs of a student with their whānau.
Useful resources
Useful resources
Community engagement
This article explains the effectiveness of links between home and school, including links to tools and resources.
Next steps
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