Parental Support and Family Learning PS

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Parental Support and Family Learning (PSFL)
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Who are we?

• ContinYou is an innovative voluntary
  organisation, formed by the merger in 2003 of
  CEDC and Education Extra.
• We provide a range of exciting programmes that
  encourage people of all ages and backgrounds to
  take an interest in learning

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ContinYous structure
Parental Support and Family Learning
Healthy, Active Learning Communities
Extended and Integrated Services
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Our activities and services

• Project development work
• Professional development
• Consultancy
• Project management and research
• Conferences and events
• Publications

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Key areas of work

• Parental Support Family Learning
• Schools, education and lifelong learning
• Economic and community regeneration
• Out-of-school-hours learning
• Tackling health inequalities
• Working with families
• Building partnerships

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Whos in the team

• Paula Woodall Team Co-ordinator, PSFL
• Gailyn Groves Development Manager, SW/WM/EM
• Gill Morris Development Manager, North
• Gaye Warwick Development Manager, E/SE/L
• Jen Scott Development manager,
  Pyramid
• Bronach Hughes Development Manager, Pyramid
• Advanced Approved Trainers
• Julie Higson Present Director- 23/01/09

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The teams philosophy

• The newly remodelled PSFL Pyramid team are
  proud to introduce you to the rich portfolio that
  encompasses all that we believe, promote and
  deliver on behalf of ContinYou.
• We are far more than Share but we value the
  contribution it has made to date, and will be
  re-launching a 21st century Share over the
  coming months. This fundamental core is
  complemented by a myriad of PSFL programmes.
• We will also be working closely with the Pyramid
  team over the coming months.
• We operate as a team supporting each other as
  a given. We have strong relationships with
  external like-minded organisations. We welcome
  stronger collaboration with our ContinYou
  colleagues.

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The purpose of engaging parents

• Parents and carers appreciate the information
  that schools give them about their childrens
  subject choices, and exam and coursework
  requirements, but rarely have sufficient guidance
  on how to help their children learn more
  effectively
• Ofsted
• Date18 Jul. 2007

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Where is the evidence?

• Engaging Parents in raising Achievement Do
  Parents Know they Matter? Specialist Schools and
  Academies Trust (SSAT)
• The Impact of Parental engagement, Parental
  Support and Family Education on Pupil Achievement
  and Adjustment A Review of Literature, (Charles
  DesForges) (DCSF)
• Parental engagement in Children's Education
  (PICE) Survey (2007), OFSTED
• The Children's Plan building brighter futures
  (December 2007), DCSF

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What does it look like when parents get engaged?

• Joyce Epstein identified
• parenting providing housing, health, nutrition,
  safety
• parenting skills in parent-child interactions
• home conditions to support study
• information to help schools know more about their
  child
• communicating school-home/home-school
  communication
• volunteering in school help in classrooms/events
• teaching at home help with homework
• help with educational choices/options
• decision making membership of PTA/governors
• collaborating with contributions to school and to
  the community

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Government promotionof the role of parents

• The Government has promoted parent engagement
• through a wide range of activities including
• the enhancement of parent governor roles
• engagement in inspection processes
• provision of annual reports and prospectuses
• the requirement for home/school agreements
• provision of increasing amounts of information
  about the curriculum, school performance and
  other matters
• BECTA are providing live on line data about your
  child in the future
• (Also Every parent matters, investment in a
  National Academy for Parents Practitioners, the
  core offer of Extended School services)

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Activities traditionallyseen as parents
engagement in promoting their childrens
educationalprogress include

• at home pre-school, parental engagement
  providing for security, intellectual stimulation
  and a good self concept
• at home constructive social and educational
  aspirations and values relating to personal
  fulfillment and good citizenship
• contacting the childs teacher to learn about the
  schools rules and procedures, the curriculum,
  homework, assessment and the like
• visits to school to discuss issues and concerns
  as these arise
• participation in school events such as fêtes
• working in the school in support of teachers (for
  example in preparing lesson materials,
  supervising sports activities) and otherwise
  promoting the school in the community
• taking part in school management and governance
• ? Is a clean PE kit and attendance at parents
  evening parental engagement?

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Charles DesForges

• Nothing is better than at home conversations
  between adult and child for increasing attainment

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Does every child matter?

• 4.1 million children in UK live in poverty
• 2 million children go without at least two things
  they need such as 3 meals a day, toys or adequate
  clothes
• Two thirds of heads of households in social
  housing are unemployed
• 16 of all children live in households where no
  one works
• 40,000 girls under 18 become pregnant each year
• Infants born to fathers in unskilled or semi
  skilled occupations have infant mortality rates
  over 70 higher than those in professional and
  managerial positions
• Around 10 of children between the age 5 and 15
  experience some form of mental disorder / illness

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Children and young people have a right to
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The core offer of extended activities for
children, parents, carers and families - to be
accessible by all by 2010
Quality childcare (primary schools only)
A varied menu of activities (study support)
Multi-agency behaviour support teams
on site or through local providers
engaging children and young people and providing
a safe place to be
Parental consultation and involvement
Parenting support
Swift and easy access (referral) to services
Community access
Community-based health and social care services
including adult learning
specialist services enabling early identification
support
including family learning
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The PSFL portfolio
Share plus
1 Day seminar/training days, inc Smooth Moves
Share
P4PP
Pyramid for parents
Bespoke
Baby Matterzs
Busy Bees
Mens programmes
IMAF
DMFO
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New developments

• Healthy eating, cooking and physical activity
  Share
• Share our Languages
• Smooth Moves training seminars
• Involving men as Fathers seminars
• Share for children with special educational
  needs (SEN)
• Three-day Share/Share Plus package
• Five-day Share/Share Plus/P4PP package/Pyramid
• One-day revalidation of Share facilitators/approv
  ed trainers
• Revamp of all PS FL programmes/materials

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What is Share?
Aim
Successful?
How did it go?
Demonstration
Typical model
Doing
In setting
at home

QUALITY
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Parental support and family learning (PSFL)
training packages

• Preparing for Partnership with Parents (P4PP)
• 3 days generic facilitation training for new
  parent group facilitators, with optional OCN
  accreditation
• 1 trainer with 20 delegates (175pp)
• 2 trainers with 20 delegates (300pp)
• (Minimum 20 people per course. Prices exclude
  accreditation fees, venue and refreshments.)
• If purchasing P4PP, or if you can evidence that
  the delegate(s) have good facilitation skills,
  then the familiarisation of Share, Share Plus and
  Pyramid for Parents materials can each be
  completed in one day
• Share and Share Plus for 20 delegates (135pp)
  
• Pyramid for Parents for 20 delegates (100pp)

• Pyramid for Parents
• For intermediate facilitators
• For parents of 3 to 11year olds with low
  self-esteem
• 6-week course for Tier 1 intervention
• 1 days training for proven parent facilitators
• for 20 delegates (100pp) includes CD of
  materials

• Share Plus
• For intermediate facilitators
• Parental support programme for facilitators to
  work with parents of children of all ages
  tackling a range of issues
• Accreditation for parents and facilitators
• 2.5 days training
• for 20 delegates (175pp) includes materials

• Share
• For intermediate facilitators
• Foundation Stage, Key Stage 1 to 3, Computers
  dont byte Healthy Share a family learning
  programme to enable parents to support their
  children
• 2.5 days training
• Accreditation for parents and facilitators
• for 20 delegates (175pp) includes 20
  facilitator training packs

• Busy Bees Clubs
• After-school club for Key Stage 1 children with
  challenging behaviour, and their parents
• Training requires 5 to 6 settings participating
  with 2 club workers from each setting and link
  teacher on day 2
• 2 days training
• 5 settings 600 per setting includes materials

Approved trainer training is offered for Share,
Share Plus and Busy Bees Clubs so that local
trainers can roll out the schemes
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PSFL

• Mens involvement
• Packages
• Involving Men as Fathers
• (Seminar day)
• An interactive taster day to raise the issues
  of involving men, with practical suggestions to
  positively change practice
• 30 participants _at_ 90.00 pp
• Developing Men Friendly
• Organisations
• Aims to enable organisations to work more
  effectively with men
• Involves an in-depth audit, 4 taught days,
  workplace learning and accreditation, over a
  3-month period
• 30 participants _at_ 250.00 pp
• Further prices for the above on application

• Additional resources
• Coping with kids
• A booklet of illustrations showing different
  family situations
• 10 (plus pp)
• Top dads
• Practical suggestions for working with young
  fathers
• 10 (plus pp)

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Successful engagement with parents through use of
Continyou programmes such as Share Share Plus
to support the Core offer.

• London authorities presently using Share Share
  Plus programmes/resources as part of a flexible
  approach to engaging parents.
• Lewisham
  
• Croydon
• Ealing
• Kensington Chelsea
• Barnet
• Enfield
• Wandsworth

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• For more information, please contact
• Paula Woodall or Gaye Warwick at ContinYou
• Tel [phone] 7658 8460
• Email paula.woodall_at_continyou.org.uk or
  gaye.warwick_at_continyou.org.uk
• ContinYouUnit C1Grovelands CourtGrovelands
  Estate Longford RoadExhallCoventryCV7 9NE