Preparing for Parents’ Evening Supporting students with barriers to learning

1. Preparing for Parents’ EveningSupporting students with barriers to learning NQT & PGCE Monday 3rd December

2. NQT and PGCE - Sharing best practice

3. Ways to meet the Part 2 standard • Facebook security/social networking • Remain objective when delivering contentious material • Ensure equality of opportunities E.g. supporting students with barriers to learning • Does not bring profession or the school into disrepute • Appropriate language • Professional communication with Parents at Parents’ Evening • Safe working practices • Knowledge of teaching standards • Knowledge and enforcement of safeguarding/child protection • Confidentiality – what happens in school stays in school • Political view is not promoted in school • Positive role model • Good attendance and punctuality • No prejudice – remains impartial • Respects the views of others • Respect data protection e.g. attendance of GDPR training • Read, follow and promote policies and procedures E.g. evidence of reading policies etc. • Meets deadlines and targets • Consistent professional behaviour both inside and outside of the school setting

4. Parents’ Evening Reflections on research?

5. ‘Tell me so that I can hear you’ • You might consider covering all bases and mentioning… • - Overall impression of the child beyond academics • - Data driven feedback • - Specific targets… can be understand by a non-subject specialist! • - Consider the child’s emotional wellbeing as well as academic • - Remember that the child is there too or will hear about what you have said. Feedback should be constructive rather than a character assassination! • - Parents’ Evening is not the time to reveal for the first time that the child has been an absolute nightmare.

6. Parents’ Evening Scenario 1:You are meeting with the parents of a child who regularly misbehaves in your lesson, does not complete homework and has been rude and disorderly. You have sent emails home before. Scenario 2:You are meeting with the parents of a child who is not meeting their target grade - despite working hard in lessons. The parents become defensive and suggest that the cause is the poor behaviour of others and lack of challenge in the lessons. Scenario 3:This child has perfect behaviour for learning, completes all homework and is exceeding their target grade.

7. Supporting students with barriers to learning

8. Parents- How to best cater to our vulnerable pupils

9. Parents Child School

11. In brief -Get in early- Own the narrative. • PPG/ SEN pupils do achieve less nationally. We have the honour of combatting this sad statistic. • Pupils and their families are looking for a positive, guiding relationship with the school. How can you make yourself part of that culture? • Challenge parents perceptions/ expectations of their children. What is the narrative at home?