Exploiting ICT to improve parental engagement, moving towards online reporting 16th December 2008

1. Exploiting ICT to improve parental engagement, moving towards online reporting 16th December 2008 Simon Shaw Head of institutional Management Becta Title slide of presentation.Title slide of presentation.

2. What parents want�. The majority (57%) want termly access to �formal reports� that tell them how their child is doing. In addition to �formal reports� 80% of parents find secure online access to the most up to date information appealing.

5. The principles: Extending what is already good practice Making best use of what is already in place and available Efficient and effective practice (enter once, use many times) Not a duplication or replacement of the annual report Developing sustainable approaches and processes for reporting:Pupil progress, behaviour, attainment, SEN and attendance

6. Electronic Report Writing Based on up-to-date progress information Available comment banks Personalised to the departments own terminology Quick and professional way of producing reports Holds historical report for future reference Staff have the ability to enter data anywhere anytime 5

7. Meeting reminders Governors PTA Parents evenings SEN reviews To parents Late trip returns Detentions School day closure notification Late payment reminder First day absence notification Informing that report cards have gone home Cancellation of events Achievements Behaviour

8. To the learner Homework reminders Cover work emailed Detention reminder  Staff Late bus Cover Events

9. Information - universal access (Learner entitlement) Benefits to Learners- research shows that home access improves GCSE results by half grade in science and increases in maths and English. This means that there would be an increase of 9% in the number of children getting 5 A-Cs and the economic benefits over a lifetime would more than cover the economic cost of the programme. [Economic impact of 5 good GCSEs is �120,000 over lifetime and for those who go onto �A� levels 33% more likely to achieve these and that equals a further �82,000 over their lifetimes � and for those who then go to University a further �100,000 over their lifetime. And this alone provides a strong business case for investmentFamilies and Learners- all parents will have access to real time reporting form secondary schools by 2010 and primary schools by 2012 The evidence shows that parental involvement in a child�s schooling between the ages of seven and 16 is a more powerful force than family background, size of family or level of parental education. School practice is changing and parents beginning to be able to share access to learners� work and achievements, check on attendance, behaviour, homework etc Cost of persistent truant is �44,000 � and evidence of ICT providing increased motivation will reduce truancy and improve behaviour Families and Society [find stats on social networking, ebay etc] access to govt info and services � billions invested by government in online services but many low income families still have no access- 90% of new jobs require ICT skills, home access supports learning of new skills, plus gives online access to jobs eg through jobcentreplus Easy, low cost communications for families divided by geography � skype has grown by [xx to yy] in last few years- cost savings, basic white goods, services like insurance and holidays, but also energy costs where those with an online direct debit pay average of �130 less per year than those paying offline DD Health � home connectivity vital to deliver real time monitoring of health conditions and maximise benefits from electronic patient records Provides home access to NHS Direct UK online centres � 9% found job as participant Benefits to Learners

10. Information - universal access  (Parental reporting) Benefits to Learners- research shows that home access improves GCSE results by half grade in science and increases in maths and English. This means that there would be an increase of 9% in the number of children getting 5 A-Cs and the economic benefits over a lifetime would more than cover the economic cost of the programme. [Economic impact of 5 good GCSEs is �120,000 over lifetime and for those who go onto �A� levels 33% more likely to achieve these and that equals a further �82,000 over their lifetimes � and for those who then go to University a further �100,000 over their lifetime. And this alone provides a strong business case for investmentFamilies and Learners- all parents will have access to real time reporting form secondary schools by 2010 and primary schools by 2012 The evidence shows that parental involvement in a child�s schooling between the ages of seven and 16 is a more powerful force than family background, size of family or level of parental education. School practice is changing and parents beginning to be able to share access to learners� work and achievements, check on attendance, behaviour, homework etc Cost of persistent truant is �44,000 � and evidence of ICT providing increased motivation will reduce truancy and improve behaviour Families and Society [find stats on social networking, ebay etc] access to govt info and services � billions invested by government in online services but many low income families still have no access- 90% of new jobs require ICT skills, home access supports learning of new skills, plus gives online access to jobs eg through jobcentreplus Easy, low cost communications for families divided by geography � skype has grown by [xx to yy] in last few years- cost savings, basic white goods, services like insurance and holidays, but also energy costs where those with an online direct debit pay average of �130 less per year than those paying offline DD Health � home connectivity vital to deliver real time monitoring of health conditions and maximise benefits from electronic patient records Provides home access to NHS Direct UK online centres � 9% found job as participant Benefits to Learners

11. Function and purposeExample: online reporting What is the purpose of systems sharing information with parents? A window providing access to all the information that a parent has the right to see about their child? A communication tool allowing schools to manage how and when they share timely, meaningful information with parents? Enabling parents to personalise access to information that is relevant to their relationship and dialogue with their own children?

12. The Future Familybook

15. Simple as ABC?Attendance, Behaviour, Coursework Gathering meaningful data from more than one school. What do the MIS�s look like? They�re invisible��.

17. What�s important? The impact on the parent/learner relationship. How MIS are recording and communicating information. Moving towards appropriate and secure sharing of information between services.

18. BECTA Hothouse Pilot Online Reporting Plans & Progress

19. Parental Engagement High levels of parental engagement Family liaison officer who deals with attendance, child protection, family support and is welcoming face at the gate Between 94% and 98% attendance at parent meetings & workshops 270 (80%) responses to end of term parent questionnaire

20. 2008 Parent Questionnaire

21. Why Online Reporting? Build on these relationships Get parents more involved in their children�s work Allow children to share their work and achievements with extended family Keep parents informed with their child�s behaviour on a more regular basis (not just end of each term) Widen our range of communication tools � profile of the parents is changing so the style of our communication needs to change Develop parent�s ICT skills

22. Scope for Online Reporting Class work uploaded (VLE) Homework (VLE) Targets (& progress towards them) Behaviour Achievements Assessment data SEN interventions Termly reports Attendance & punctuality Dinner money balances View/check pupil details � contacts, meal selections, dietary, medical (eventually this needs to be 2-way)

23. What Have We Been Doing? Trying to get our VLE up and running Making sure we are using the full functionality of Wauton Samuel � SEN interventions, behaviour, assessment Looking at how/where we should record targets (attainment and PSHE) � WS or Fronter? Talking to Fronter about how we can create secure parent log-ins and integrate data from Wauton Samuel Finding out how many children have internet access and computers at home (and finding funding for us to provide computers where needed) Talking to Lewisham about our plans and using Sharepoint

24. Why Am I Taking Up Your Time Today? 1. What you planning for online reporting? 2. What are you already doing? 3. What do you need from WS & Fronter (or another VLE?) 4. Any other schools that would like to be involved as well?