Teach First Module One

Parental Engagement
1. The myth about parents from a working class background are not interested in their child's education - primarily based upon parent's evening and their attendance. Working class parents are more likely to work evenings.
2. Parent's may become disengaged because they have likely had a bad experience of school themselves.
3. Poorer parents may have other things to contend with such as the results of poverty,
Impacts on Leadership
1. Difference in class sizes - Poorer schools tend to have larger class sizes and students with more behaviour problems.
2. Teacher experience - lower income schools tend to have less experienced staff
3. Difference in learning styles.
4. Facilitators of learners rather than instructors
  1. Mixed ability classes - planning lessons so that students do not become disengaged because the work is not too hard or too easy.
5. Pupil Leadership - Dominant members of the classroom, others may be forgotten. Teachers facilitate classroom so that every child gets an opportunity to speak
  1. Pairing students who are independent learners with those who require more help.
6. Resonant relationships to build upon
7. Making lessons interesting to all and not assume that everyone is automatically engaged.
Impact on Pupils
1. Difference in health. Poorer students may not have the correct health to be in the mind set to learn.
2. Labels associated with poorer students
  1. Self-fulfilling prophecy and Achievement
  2. Encouragement to replace some of the motivation and self esteem they may have,
3. Student centered learning
  1. Working in groups, pairs or individually.
4. Emotional Stability and wellbeing
  1. Supporting families as part of schooling and teaching
5. Home and School Environement
  1. Parents and teachers working together to create an all round environment that children feel safe.
Achievement
1. Curriculum
  1. What student's learn, relevance of the information to different students
2. Own responsibilities and feelings towards family life. e.g. Children contributing to raising children.
3. Encouraging discussion and encourage creativity and initiatve
  1. Facilitate aspirations
  2. Encouraging problem solving as an aid for discussion
4. Using mistakes as a point for learning and achievement. Reminding students it is a natural part of learning.
5. Following up lessons with follow up questions. Students are able to visually see what they have learnt.
  1. Allows for feedback and allows teachers to find gaps in the learning.
Aspirations
1. Children's own lives and responsibilities
  1. Having children at an early age may curve the way child's education. For example not being able to go to university.
2. What student love and enjoy tend to shape what they want to do in the future. For example, Luke loves his cats so wishes to be a vet.
3. knowing what they need to do and what they do not need to do to get to university.
4. Motivations and self belief
Access to Opportunities
1. Poorer students are more likely to attend schools with less funding - this means less access to resources and opportunities
2. Poverty - less likely to travel to good schools
3. Access to different pupils in lessons - overcrowding of classrooms. Moving students around so they have more opportunities to work with different people
4. Extra curricular activities run by the school that can encourage emotional well being.

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