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Ruia School-whānau partnerships for Māori learners' success
A resource that supports principals and other school leaders to improve outcomes for Māori students by working in educationally powerful partnerships with whānau.
Resources designed to guide government agencies and other organisations to follow good community engagement practices, featuring community engagement case-studies, useful links, and further reading.
From community engagement in education to public engagement with education
This paper explores the purpose of different school-community initiatives and discusses the case for a wider public engagement in education.
PISA in focus: What can parents do to help their children succeed at school?
Analyses of PisA data shows better student reading performance can be achieved through genuine parent interest and active engagement.
Better relationships for better learning
Guidelines for boards of trustees and schools on engaging with Māori parents, whānau, and communities.
A series of three professional development packages and workshops facilitated through School Support Services.
City of Charles Sturt - Community engagement model
This model was adopted to actively engaging the community in the decision making activities of the Council,.
NZC Update 1 - Family and community engagement
This update focuses on engagement with whānau and Māori communities.
NZC update 10 - Engaging with families from diverse cultural and communities
This update focuses on partnerships between schools and diverse families and communities.
NZCER - Families and communities engagement in education (FACE) project
This programme of work grew out of the Successful Home-School Partnerships contract.
The Best Sources Of Parent Engagement Advice For Teachers
Larry Ferlazzo explores the differences between involvement and engagement when working with parents in your school
Six types of involvement - keys to successful partnerships
Based on Joyce Epstein's work, to assist school leaders evaluate how well their schools are connecting with parents.
Tātaiako: Cultural Competencies for Teachers of Māori Learners
This new resource explains the progression of teacher competencies that help Māori learners achieve educationally as Māori.
Harvard Family Research Project
Researchers publish reports and tools for practice and evaluation, which are designed to strengthen family, school, and community partnerships.
Research links
Alton-Lee, A. (2003). Quality teaching for diverse students in schooling: Best evidence synthesis. Wellington: Ministry of Education.
Amituanai-Toloa, M., McNaughton, S., Lai, M.K., and Airini (2010) Ua Aoina le Managi o le Lolo: Pasifika schooling improvement research - summary report. Wellington: Ministry of Education.
Biddulph, F., Biddulph, I., and Biddulph, C. (2003). The complexity of community and family influences on children's achievement in Aotearoa New Zealand: Best evidence synthesis. Wellington: Ministry of Education.
Brooking, K., and Roberts, J. (2007). Evaluation of the home-school partnership literacy programme. Report for the Ministry of Education. Wellington: Ministry of Education.
Bull, A., Brooking, K., and Campbell, R. (2008). Successful home-school partnerships. Wellington: Ministry of Education.
Gorinski, R., and Fraser, C. (2006) Literature review on the effective engagement of Pasifika parents and communities in education (PISCPL). Wellington: Ministry of Education.