TEACHERs' STANDARDS

Engaging Parents Effectively: Communication and Support for Class Teachers

Parental engagement is critical in terms of a child’s attainment and wellbeing and this course gives early career teachers (ECTs) and class teachers all the support to be able to do so. As well as understanding the importance of engaging parents, this course explains exactly what is meant by the term and the strategies you can deploy to engage parents of children in your class. The course addresses the difficulties that some parents may have with engaging with school, and teaches you, as a teacher, how to begin to overcome these barriers. You will learn important day-to-day strategies for engaging parents, how to manage difficult conversations with parents and how to repair relationships that have broken down.
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Anna Edwards & Carly Watkins 

2 hours

Online Course

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By completing this course, you will:

understand how important engaging parents is regarding a pupil’s outcome;
know the difference between parental involvement and parental engagement;
recognise the key components for a healthy teacher-parent/carer relationship;
identify what the barriers are to parents engaging with school, and how to overcome these;
become familiar with how to handle difficult conversations and repair relationships that break down.

Course Lessons

Written and presented by:
Anna Edwards

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Anna has been working in education for the last 12 years in a variety of roles. She has worked across London in a range of different positions and settings including Assistant Head Teacher in one of the largest federations in the capital. Anna now splits her time between writing for Twinkl, class teaching and consulting for a charity which specialises in parental engagement with school. Parental engagement, alongside curriculum and behaviour, are of particular interest to Anna. In her spare time, Anna is the mother of two young boys and enjoys long walks with her dog. 

In collaboration with: Carly Watkins

Carly is the Quality of Education Lead at Twinkl PD, overseeing the development of Teachers' Standards courses. She is an experienced primary school teacher and senior leader with a MA in Education Practice and NPQ in Leading Teacher Development. Carly also facilitates the ECF, delivering training for current mentors and ECTs; she is passionate about accessible and actionable professional development for all educators at all levels.