parental engagement in practice
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Engaging Parents with Microsoft SharePoint
Learning Gateway
Twynham School Mike Herrity
What is SharePoint?
• SharePoint is a collaborative platform for sharing
resources and working in teams.
• Used extensively in industry and now a $1billion dollar
technology for Microsoft.
• SharePoint is increasingly used by schools and districts
as a collaborative Learning Platform.
• Particularly in high use in education in the UK and
Australia and increasingly in North America.
• In the UK the phrase Microsoft Learning Gateway is a
very common way of describing the use of SharePoint in
Education.
Learning
Gateways
Revision
Gateways
Student
HomepageMy Progress
Interaction
and
Independence
How Students use the Twynham Learning Gateway
To find out more about the use of SharePoint in Education
www.sharepointineducation.com
To find out more about Twynham Learning Gateway in general.
Free E-book illustrating our work with
SharePoint as a Learning Gateway at
Twynham School
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Effective
Learning
School ParentStudent
The role of the parent in the learning process
The importance of Parental Engagement
Recent research has shown that parental engagement
is a decisive factor in determining learner
achievement.”
“What really matters is that learners feel their parents
are paying attention, engaged in the children’s learning
and care about their performance.”
Online Reporting BECTA 2008
How do we engage parents?
• Ask the parents what they want and how they plan
to use it!
• Use technology to make a difference and
genuinely add value.
• Focus on what will genuinely help parents to
better support their children’s learning.
• Constantly reflect with parents on how to improve
and focus on evolution not revolution.
• Be aware of those who are ‘hard to reach’.
Engagement strategies.
• Parent Gateway
• Online Reporting to Parents
• Online Options
• 6th Form Website
• Online Mentoring
Parent Gateway
Options Online Homepage
Explaining Pathways
Allowing parents to respond and question
Options Online Homepage
Student Comments
Sample Lesson
Ask subject related questions
Easy editing for teachers
Engaging parents beyond our school
Rich media interface
Slick visual subject pages
Detailed course information
Student experience
Crossing through different schools
Mentoring students academically
Focused programme
Detailed information for mentors
SMART Targets
Target Setting