Instructions

• Read the information and look at the examples provided.
• As you do this, take notes on the points made.
• At the end, answer the key questions below.
• You will need to take your answers with you to your mentor session for discussion with your mentor.

Key questions

Consider the following questions:

• have you engaged with the parents, carers or families of all the pupils you teach, including those with special educational needs?
• over the last year, in what ways have you engaged with these parents, carers or families?
• what proactive contact have you made? How successful was this approach?
• what are some of the barriers to parental engagement and how can schools overcome these?
• for those you have engaged with, what has been the nature of the communication?
• over the last year, which specialist colleagues (e.g. SENCO, careers advisors) have you spoken to?
• what have you learned from these conversations?
• which specialist colleagues have you not built a relationship with yet?