Transcript Communicating with parents and the wider community

Communicating with parents
and the wider community
Facilitated by:
Caroline Karayiannis RTU
Caroline Bloomfield HAZ
Video of Extended School, England
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What forms of communication have been
used?
Which of these are unusual or different to
those that you would use?
How has it affected their Extended School
provision?
Presentation
What does the community consider to be ‘good’
communication?
Caroline Bloomfield
Health Action Zone
A culture of dialogue – a vehicle through which school can
interact with the community to build bridges
8 signposts:
 Practising power ‘with’ not
power ‘over’
 Caring as much about
questions as answers
 Growing comfortable with
ambiguity and uncertainty
 Striving to be as much as
do
 Caring as much about the
learning of others as our
own learning
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Devoting as much energy to
listening as speaking
Valuing the processes of
witnessing the thoughts and
feelings of others as much
as we appreciate individual
reflections
Leaving ourselves open to
being changed by the
conversation
John West-Burnham: Leading
together to build social capital
p6
3 types of conversation
Type
Attribute
Venue
Instructional
Acquiring skills,
knowledge, guidance
classroom
Learning
Equal partners
Looking for mutual
growth
Staffroom
Training room
community
Express and share
diverse views
Negotiate
Reaffirm direction and
vision
anywhere
Activity
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Consider the statements you have been given and
decide which type of ‘conversation’ they belong to.
Examine the language used and decide on the
changes that would need to be made to make it
‘community conversation’
(pronouns/language/innuendo/acronyms
Make the necessary changes to one of the
statements and construct at least 5 more
interactions, ensuring that you adhere to the
‘signposts’.
Other forms of communication
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List the different ways a school can
communicate
Categorise these into visual/auditory/sensory
Activity
What are the advantages and disadvantages
of each type?
Visual
Type of communication:
Criteria
Auditory
Type of communication:
Criteria
Sensory
Type of communication:
Criteria
Conclusion and evaluation