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Linking Families and School

Linking Families and School has been developed to promote and support positive relationships between Indigenous communities, students and school staff. An initiative of the Partners for Success Unit, the project aims to provide information to help Indigenous families and schools form partnerships to improve attendance, retention and learning outcomes for Indigenous students. A key focus of the project is to build productive and worthwhile relationships between parents, students and teachers.

The project was trialled in schools across the state in 2008.

Booklets have been developed to help students, their parents and teachers access the information they need to produce successful educational outcomes for Indigenous students.

There are two Linking Families and School resource booklets, one booklet for both the parent and the teacher and the other booklet for the students.

The booklet Information for parents and teachers comes in three sections:

Section 1: Introduction (new window) 377k

Section 2: Targeted information (new window) 439k

Information for parents

Information for teachers

Section 3: General information (new window) 377k

School rules - policies and procedures

Moving on - jobs and further education

Cutting out dropping out - programs to help young people stay at school

Beyond the school gate - community services for families and young people

Fun stuff

Contacts

The booklet Information for students (new window) 569k covers:

Having choices

Planning to succeed - where to find help

Moving on - jobs and further education

Fun stuff

Cutting out dropping out - programs to help young people stay at school

Beyond the school gate - community services for families and young people

Contacts

For more information contact the Project Manager, Judith Standen via email or phone:07 3372 5066.

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