Table 5: Family involvement Site Malvern site Yappera site Sunbury site Carlton site Port Phillip site Geelong site Site One pre-school One support One pre-school Central Carlton One pre-school One regional structure setting and one service and one setting and one Children’s Centre setting and one network and one primary school primary school primary school and Carlton specialist pre-school Primary primary school setting and one primary school Pre-existing Limited visits by Pre-existing Open door policy. School readiness Specialist School Parent practices to families to each family information social worker information Acknowledgement support setting. involvement session. talking to Early nights (combined of parents as the family strategies in Education schools and Advertising first and most Hand-outs for involvement place but not Parents in a kindergartens). school open days important kindergarten specified in the group, followed at kindergarten. teachers of parents with a Kindergartens data. by individual children. list of encouraged interviews to Discussions with suggestions parents to visit discuss schooling parents and Parent about what to schools in the options. children at involvement in ask the school to area. kindergarten. the classroom and help them A weekly dance in committees. choose a school. session at the Parent school for information Kindergarten Family interviews preschool sessions to share newsletters with to discuss each children. transition transition child’s readiness information. information. for school. Morning tea for newly enrolled ‘Meet my families during teacher’
Table 5: Family involvement Site Malvern site Yappera site Sunbury site Carlton site Port Phillip site Geelong site Site structure One pre-school setting and one primary school One support service and one primary school One pre-school setting and one primary school Central Carlton Children’s Centre and Carlton Primary One pre-school setting and one specialist primary school One regional network and one pre-school setting and one primary school Pre-existing practices to support family involvement Limited visits by families to each setting. Advertising school open days at kindergarten. Discussions with parents and children at kindergarten. Parent information sessions to share transition information. ‘Meet my teacher’ Pre-existing family involvement strategies in place but not specified in the data. Open door policy. Acknowledgement of parents as the first and most important teachers of children. Parent involvement in the classroom and in committees. Kindergarten newsletters with transition information. School readiness information session. Hand-outs for kindergarten parents with a list of suggestions about what to ask the school to help them choose a school. Family interviews to discuss each child’s readiness for school. Specialist School social worker talking to Early Education Parents in a group, followed by individual interviews to discuss schooling options. A weekly dance session at the school for preschool children. Morning tea for newly enrolled families during Parent information nights (combined schools and kindergartens). Kindergartens encouraged parents to visit schools in the area.
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