1. v FaCE Family and Community Engagement Danielle Cronin * My School to Our School Forum * Melbourne 17 August

2. Quality Teaching Leadership & Governance FaCE Safe & Supportive Environments Stimulating Learning Environments Danielle Cronin * My School to Our School Forum * Melbourne 17 August

3. Overlapping Spheres - Joyce Epstein Family SchoolCommunity Child Danielle Cronin * My School to Our School Forum * Melbourne 17 August

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9. ‘What parents do is more important than who parents are.’ - Sammons, P et al (2007) Summary Report: (EPPE 3-11), Research Report RR828, London: DfES; Epstein, J. (2011) Danielle Cronin * My School to Our School Forum * Melbourne 17 August

10. Things that do matter: parental expectations and aspirations for their child parental knowledge of the language of schooling - John Hattie (2009), Visible Learning: A Synthesis of over 800 Meta-Analyses Relating to Achievement. Routledge: New York Danielle Cronin * My School to Our School Forum * Melbourne 17 August

11. Moving beyond just involvement [involvement in or involvement at school] [engagement with learning] Research has shown that in order to raise achievement parents need to be both involved in schools and engaged in their children’s learning (Harris and Goodall: 2007) + [inside the school]] [outside the school]] Danielle Cronin * My School to Our School Forum * Melbourne 17 August

12. What is Engagement? [engagement with] [inside the school]] [outside the school]] A recognition and appreciation of...  a parent’s role in their children’s learning at home and school  a parent’s beliefs, attitudes and activities relating to learning  parents as ‘co-educators’ Danielle Cronin * My School to Our School Forum * Melbourne 17 August

13. What is Engagement? [engagement with] [inside the school]] [outside the school]] Engagement... For... Through... About... learning. Danielle Cronin * My School to Our School Forum * Melbourne 17 August

14. Applied Family School and Community Partnerships Engagement as a problem solving tool Danielle Cronin * My School to Our School Forum * Melbourne 17 August Comprehensive Family School & Community Partnerships

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16. ‘There is a need for strong links between schools and home and schools and their communities’. - (Masters (2004); OECD (2007) in ACER (2009) Effective Social Inclusion Initiative, ACER (2009) – A brief discussion paper for DEECD). Danielle Cronin * My School to Our School Forum * Melbourne 17 August

17. Overlapping Spheres - Joyce Epstein Family SchoolCommunity Child Home Learning Environment School Learning Environment‘Extended’ Learning Environment Danielle Cronin * My School to Our School Forum * Melbourne 17 August

18. Collaborating Beyond the School Danielle Cronin * My School to Our School Forum * Melbourne 17 August

19. Collaborating Beyond the School Danielle Cronin * My School to Our School Forum * Melbourne 17 August

20. Hinge point Danielle Cronin * My School to Our School Forum * Melbourne 17 August

23. - Harris A., and Goodall, J. (2009). Engaging Parents in Raising achievement:Do Parents Know They Matter? University of Warwick and DfES. “[E]ffective parental engagement will not happen without concerted effort, time and commitment from both parents and schools. It will not happen unless parents know the difference they make and unless schools actively reinforce their active engagement in learning.” So.... Let parents know how much they matter - to you and their children! Danielle Cronin * My School to Our School Forum * Melbourne 17 August

24. v Reality Danielle Cronin * My School to Our School Forum * Melbourne 17 August

25. Counter-cultural From ‘me’ to ‘us’ Danielle Cronin * My School to Our School Forum * Melbourne 17 August

26. Puzzles or Questions? Danielle Cronin * My School to Our School Forum * Melbourne 17 August