Four Pillars of Parental Engagement: Empowering schools to connect better with parents and pupils

Justin Robbins and Karen Dempster's book considers parental engagement as an integral part of the whole-school approach, starting with the school vision and positioning parents and schools equally as fundamental to student learning. They offer a toolkit of tried-and-tested approaches and strategies to choose from, recognizing that when families engage with the school's vision and provision, it is the children that benefit.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 176 pages
Publication date: 24 August 2021
Publisher: Independent Thinking Press

In this groundbreaking book, Justin Robbins and Karen Dempster offer a unique approach to the holy grail of parental engagement for the 21st century. Rather than setting it as a separate activity, they consider parental engagement as a planned, sustained, and integral part of the whole-school approach, an approach that starts with the school vision and positions parents and schools equally as fundamental to student learning. The authors describe the challenges of successful parental engagement, encompassing both traditional approaches and the use of technology, and examine these challenges through their four pillars model of knowledge, environment, culture, and communication. They recognize that before any school can expect parental engagement as a given, there must be knowledge of the what, why, when, where, and how concerning effective interaction, and in this book, they cover all bases, providing a toolkit of tried-and-tested approaches and strategies to choose from. After all, the evidence shows that when families engage with the school's vision and provision, it is the children that ultimately benefit.

In this groundbreaking book, Justin Robbins and Karen Dempster offer a unique approach to the holy grail of parental engagement for the 21st century. Rather than setting it as a separate activity, they consider parental engagement as a planned, sustained, and integral part of the whole-school approach, an approach that starts with the school vision and positions parents and schools equally as fundamental to student learning. The authors describe the challenges of successful parental engagement, encompassing both traditional approaches and the use of technology, and examine these challenges through their four pillars model of knowledge, environment, culture, and communication. They recognize that before any school can expect parental engagement as a given, there must be knowledge of the what, why, when, where, and how concerning effective interaction, and in this book, they cover all bases, providing a toolkit of tried-and-tested approaches and strategies to choose from. After all, the evidence shows that when families engage with the school's vision and provision, it is the children that ultimately benefit.

Weight: 386g
Dimension: 182 x 222 x 18 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781781353950