Role of parents in school advice crucial.

Role of parents in school advice crucial.

Parents and schools are partners in the development of the child. It is therefore important that parents are involved in the school advice for group 8 pupils. This is stated in the new school advising guide, which is meant to help teachers, internal support coordinators and school leaders create the school advice.

Insights

The guide should match current insights from science and practice. The focus is on the involvement of parents throughout the entire school career and of course also during the school advice procedure and the transition of pupils to secondary education.

Involvement

That involvement ensures, according to the guide, a smooth transition for pupils. This gives the parents insight and hopefully understanding of how the school advice is made. Moreover, parents have useful information for the school about their child’s behavior at home. If the teacher knows exactly what the expectations, ambition levels and ideas of the parents are, then the teacher can respond to that.

Goal

The goal is a school advice that does justice to the talents, development and abilities of the pupil. That can only turn out well, because a well-thought-out school advice should also strengthen equality of opportunity in education. Besides parent involvement, the guide also covers the law and rules. It also covers the ways pupils can be involved and the role of the teacher’s expectations. Need more? Read the guide here.

Questions and more information

If you want more information about the school advice, you can consult the Knowledge Base on our website. For questions you can also call our advice point at 088-6050101. Our staff are available on weekdays from 9:30 to 12:30 and from 13:00 to 16:00 or via vraag@oudersenonderwijs.nl

 

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