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A) Call for Collaboration from Anne Page FRSA:
Anne Page is interested in the development of school-parent partnerships. She has worked on several projects with the DCSF in England and she is planning for a further independent study of the potential for improving partnerships between schools and parents of teenagers in 2008-2009. The Family and Parenting Institute where she works at will be publishing several new publications in the autumn about parents in education.
They are also organising a "Parents' Week" (from Monday 20 October to Sunday 26) and the biennial "Parent Child 2008" conference (Thursday 13 and Friday 14 November 2008 ).
More information on:
www.familyandparenting.org
You can contact her at:
Anne Page
Policy Manager
Family and Parenting Institute
430 Highgate Studios
53-79 Highgate Road
London NW5 1TL
Tel: 020 7424 3472
Fax: 020 7485 3590
< mailto:page@familyandparenting.org >
B) Call for Collaboration from Esther Sarphatie:
Esther Sarphatie is the project leader of a network (Expertisenetwerk) in Amsterdam on Parent Involvement at schools, primary and secundary. Their website (in Dutch) is www.ouderbetrokkenheid.nl .
They advise and support 40 schools each year in involving parents of their alumnees/students in order to improve the relation between school (teacher/board) and parents. Moreover, they organise numerous meetings in Amsterdam for schools, parents and the community of Amsterdam (civil servants/professionals) to exchange experiences, knowledge and best practices on parant participation. They develop and apply several instruments and tools (handouts, manuals, consultancies and training) that can help schools and parents to improve their mutual relation and to stimulate children in their schoolcareer. They also develop researchi nstruments for schools to monitor the needs of parents, to evaluate their own activities and to monitor their progress.
Because they intend to enlarge their network to an European scale she would like to get in contact with other professionals (researchers, project leaders etc) and organisations in the field of parent participation to exchange experiences and knowledge. Especially in the aerea of Southern Europe.
You can contact her at:
Esther Sarphatie
Projectleader Ouderbetrokkenheid.nl
Amsterdam
T 00-31-20–686 5985