Department Education, Training And The Arts (Tafe Queensland) - Head Office
Training in Brisbane

Learning partnership strategies for parents and the community. Participation strategies for parents and the community. The department has developed the Parent and Community Engagement Framework to assist schools, parents and the community to work together to maximize student learning. Promote materials have been designed to aid schools, parents and the community focus effectively on the key outcome of student learning. Many schools have already developed strategies to engage with parents and community. The overwhelming evidence that parent engagement has a sure effect on student achievement has led to all state schools and their communities being encouraged to strengthen their engagement with and between students, teachers, parents and carers, promote staff, community, industry and business groups. Effective communication is an exchange between parents and carers, communities and schools that involves information sharing and opportunities to learn about each other. Parent, carer and community participation in student learning and the school community is acknowledged and valued. Opportunities and issues Selecting the right tool Policy and procedures Staying sound online Help and encourage Parents and communities already engage in many of the activities of their schools, and often have to overcome some meaningful barriers including: Ambitious families often have significant demands on their time, which can make it hard to work with schools and teachers to support children's learning. Schools and their communities have access to a range of online spaces, resources and services. There are many online resources, spaces and services that can promote schools, parents and communities to work together effectively. Choosing the right tool is important to the win of a school's parent and community engagement activities. Schools have access to a riches of online resources to encourage learning partnerships between schools, families and the community. When schools are deciding which space to use they will consider a range of requirements of the activity and the needs of the people participating, and then compare these to the functions that the different spaces offer. Some activities require a space where people will only read, view or listen to materials that are published by the owners of the space for example, a showcase of student work. For example, Learning Store edStudios can be made close to staff and students at a school, who can then create and share their own content in a secure space. Schools that use online spaces to support engagement of parents and the community need to act in ways that urge the safety of all participants including staff, students, parents and carers and members of the community. As healthy as the policy and procedures provided by the Department of Education and Training, schools can access a range of diverse cybersafety programs to assist ensure participants act appropriately in online environments. The succeeding resources are provided for schools, parents, carers and communities who want to explore further the case for parent and community engagement or who seek further effective strategies: The impact of parental involvement, parental urge and family education on pupil achievements and adjustment: A literature review Department for Education and Skills, London. If you're thinking of making the move to teaching in Queensland, there are enough of lifestyles and career benefits. As a teacher with the department, a range of teaching environments are available: from one teacher schools through to those with more than 2,00 students. We give our teachers the following opportunities:.