Page 641 - Week 02 - Thursday, 20 March 2014
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Further, she said:
This project will broaden the dialogue and involvement of parents beyond fetes, helping in classrooms and tuck shops, and come to the core of what is required of the partnership between home and school for the learning and wellbeing of our children …
Also this morning, the Catholic Education Office endorsed the project, with the director of the Catholic Education Office saying that the project would:
… provide research and practical engagement strategies that will ultimately benefit all children—no matter where they go to school in the ACT.
In moving forward on this project, it will be a cross-sectoral collaboration between the Education and Training Directorate, the Catholic Education Office and the independent school association.
Also, if I can just refer again to this morning’s media, there was an opinion piece by Tim Smith, who is one of the senior executives in the Catholic education system. He has made the comment:
This project is a great opportunity for all sectors in the ACT to work to ensure parent engagement in schools is given high priority.
He recognises also that:
Authentic parental engagement offers opportunities for transformational, beneficial change—for the school, for the community, for the family and for the student.
This is an exciting project. I welcome the support behind the project and in this government’s commitment to lift the bar in education for all students in the ACT.
MADAM SPEAKER: Supplementary question, Ms Berry.
MS BERRY: Minister, how will parents and other stakeholders be involved in the project?
MS BURCH: I thank Ms Berry for her interest in this. This has been described by ARACY itself an Australia-leading project; so it is important that we make sure that the stakeholders are around the table as we move through this. As you would expect from such a project, there is a high level of engagement from the sector. This is indeed a cross-sectoral collaboration. There is a steering group that will include senior representatives from the Catholic Education Office, the Association of Independent Schools and the Education and Training Directorate to support the delivery through consultation, engagement and endorsement of the project.
We will also have a stakeholder group which will include representatives from the Education and Training Directorate, the Catholic Education Office and the
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