Outside the Box

The Scottish Executive Education Department commissioned Outside the Box to develop a tool kit on parental involvement. This was to support more parents to become involved in their children's learning, and to support changes around the ways parents are formally involved in schools through the new Parent Forums and Parent Councils.

The tool kit builds on practical experience and good practice and what parents and teachers said they would find helpful. We received a lot of help from parents, teachers, staff in education departments, staff in other parts of local authorities and from voluntary organisations.

We also drew on recent experience of effective ways to encourage more people tobe involved in other public services - especially those people who previously have not felt able to contribute.

The Toolkit was launched in September 2006.

Celia Burn
The Parental Involvement Co-ordinator

Email: c.burn@LTScotland.org.uk

The Parental Involvement Toolkit is part of the wider support by the Scottish Executive for parents' involvement in their children's education.  There is more information on the plans to promote and support parental involvement generally on the Parentzone website.
Parentzone

Email: parentzone@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
For more information, please visit www.parentzonescotland.gov.uk