3.3.3 Open Day - Involve Parents
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1. amp involve parents improve school Involve Parents Improve School 3 3 3 Open Day The following report shows an Open Day at the IGS Roderbruch The activities presented in this report may offer suggestions and stimulations for teachers students and headmasters on how to create and structure meetings where parents are involved a IGS Roderbruch Integrated Comprehensive School No of teachers 154 No of pupils 1750 Address IGS Roderbruch Rotekreuzstr 23 D 30627 Hannover Contact igs roderbruch hannover stadt de School leadership team Mr Bernd Steinkamp Ms Martina Schlagowski Ms Janine L venich School profile e From the day you start school to leaving day e Facultative special profile as Comprehensive School e Children and young people from different cultures meet as a matter of course pointing the way to a future European society e Pupils learn with and from one another in an atmosphere of solidarity tolerance and democracy e Individual support while learning or doing exercises e Acomprehensive selection of modern foreign languages subjects and course options for differing talents e Vocational and academic orientations e Environmental Profile in Europe since 1997 and a partner school in European educational projects 220 Concepts and Materials Involve Parents Improve School What preparations were made for the Open Day What sort of time frame was decided upon e On the basis2. of the school work or trips that their children have participated in the previous year might also well motivate the parents to come Involve Parents Improve School 4 Evaluation Questionnaire Extrait Fiche d valuation Premier niveau Les attentes 1 Qu est ce qu un Open Day pour vous Une journ e de rencontre pour comprendre les structures et les attentes des uns et des autres 2 Quelles sont les attentes d un Open Day selon vous Pour les parents tre inform sur les r glement de l tablissement rencontrer les enseignants Pour les l ves d couvrir les locaux et les activit s scolaires rencontrer les enseignants Pour les enseignants expliquer les attentes en mati re scolaire disciplinaire rencontrer les familles involve parents improve school Il Deuxieme niveau Remarques pendant la presentation sur les differents aspects de l Open Day allemande J aime e l organisation super de cette journ e e les activit s organis es par les l ves les diff rents informations d activit s offerts aux parents la date dans l ann e Je n aime pas e comment font les familles monoparentales assister toutes les activit s e 1300 personnes accueillies e trop de participants passant les at liers Concepts and Materials 227 involve parents improve school Involve Parents Improve School lll Troisieme niveau IV Quatri me niveau Evaluation de l Ope
3. arents Improve School An example of programme modules for the Open Day March 214 2009 Excerpts from the program flyer Activities on the ground floor of the main building Secretary s Office Foyer Head s Office Lower and Upper School from 10 00 13 00 10 00 a m Welcome and Information by the school leadership team Bernd Steinkamp and Janine Loevenich Information Assistance Guided Tours some examples 10 00 12 00 Road Safety in the foyer 10 00 13 00 Info point Upper School in the foyer 10 00 13 00 Info point amp Photos Friends of the School Mrs Laubisch a parent 10 00 13 00 Exhibition Cooperation in Religious Education in the foyer 10 00 13 00 Info point optional courses in the foyer 10 00 12 00 Info point Languages School Road 10 00 13 00 Waffles To Go the Canada Exchange foyer 10 00 13 00 Bookstall Fundraiser for Canada Exchange in the foyer 10 00 13 00 Info point El Puente pupils enterprise coffee and cake A programme example from the Primary sector Examples in a large room with classes 1 3 10 15 10 45 11 00 11 30 From 11 30 222 Concepts and Materials Lesson unit Class 1 1 German Lesson unit Class 2 1 Maths Lesson unit Class 3 1 German week plan Large music room Music by different classes Games and handicraft in the entrance hall involve parents Involve Parents Improve School improve school Exemplary structure of a German les
4. it clap your hands If you re happy and you know it clap your hands If you re happy and you know it and you really want to show it If you re happy and you know it clap your hands 2 If you re happy and you know it slap your sides If you re happy and you know it slap your sides If you re happy and you know it and you really want to show it If you re happy and you know it slap your sides 3 If you re happy and you know it stomp your feet 224 Concepts and Materials Involve Parents Improve School involve parents improve school Evaluation results of the Open Day at IGS Roderbruch Which groups of visitors are focused upon interested parents and families o who want to send their child to this school o who want to transfer to the school at age 11 o who want to transfer to the Upper School and family members like brothers and sisters or grandparents who want to see the exhibitions and performances plus colleagues from other schools How many visitors 1 300 Visitors What interested the visitors Lesson examples in the 1st and 5th classes Notebook classes Solar energy unit environmental education Information on registering in the school formalities and dates Personal contacts The opportunity to do the preliminary registration for the children Dates of parent information evenings What effects does Open Day have The school is p
5. l teachers on How to improve dialogue between parents and teachers that French teachers had a presentation of the German Open Day followed by an evaluation questionnaire to be completed individually by each teacher This presentation lasted three hours All the teachers present agreed that the idea was a good one and they would like to try to implement it in their own school next year 2 Testing conditions Les professeurs pensent que cette exp rience est facilement adaptable l cole fran aise Une pr sentation de cette exp rience allemande ainsi qu une fiche descriptive mode d emploi va tre mise en ligne sur le site web de l acad mie de Rouen www ac rouen fr relations internationales pour permettre aux enseignants int ress s de mettre en place facilement cette exp rience The teachers think that what they saw can be easily adapted to a French school A presentation of the German approach as well as a file that gives detailed guidance on how to do it will be put on line on the web site of the Acad mie de Rouen www rouen fr relations internationales in order for interested teachers to easily implement this approach 226 Concepts and Materials Involve Parents Improve School 3 Necessary adaptations Les professeurs francais souhaitent mettre en place cette journ e particuli re en la s parant du jour des inscriptions l cole comme on le fait en Allemagne Il est en effet important leurs
6. n Day allemande 1 Avantages stinconvenient d l Open Day valuation du stage COMENIUS IP IS 22 5 2009 allemande 1 Cette information sur l Open Day allemande Dans la relation famille cole vous a t elle int resse Oui Non e Prise de contact entre la famille et l cole 2 Classez par ordre d int r t e Coop ration l organisation E La pr sentation de l xp rience allemande e Dans la relation enfant parents e Importance pour les enfants de l int r t de EI La r flexion sur l Open Day dans son leurs parents pour l cole apport dans le dialogue famille cole e Fiert de presenter queque chose leurs parents 4 L valuation demand e D GU pa UNEP DAY 2 L int gration d une experience e Journ e utile pour les nouveaux parents et international dans le cadre de votre stage l ves pour faire connaissance avec les enseignants 5 L accueil au rectorat Autre e Journ e utile pour les anciens qui contribuent au d roulement de cette journ e 3 Cet Open Day est il r alisable dans votre cole Si non pourquoi e sur cette forme cela parait difficile e il faudrait d abord cr er une relation participative 4 Qu est ce que vous pourriez transposer dans votre cole e La cooperation des parents qui n est pas assez pr sente dans nos reunions 228 Concepts and Materials
7. of previous experience the first plans were made 8 weeks before with the departmental heads e Program items were called in 6 weeks before e Plans for the respective stands room organization and technical equipment were noted 4 weeks before e When doing this for the first time more preparation time must be made available Who was responsible for what Spreading the load e School leadership team coordination program planning publicity invitations e School head involving the official parents and pupils committees e Departmental heads work together with respective colleagues to develop program items e Allteachers are involved in finding ideas planning the program and carrying it out Presentations and exhibitions are prepared previously in the long term during lesson time e Equally other school employees like therapists social workers media experts the janitor and the kitchen staff are included in the planning and responsible for their areas on the day itself involve parents improve school How much money was available The school has no extra budget for this work It has to pay the expenses from the normal running costs Parents donated generously to support the kitchen service What sort of publicity did you do e School flyer e Program flyer e Posters e Invitation to all parents e Press communiqu s Concepts and Materials 221 involve parents improve school Involve P
8. resent in the public image and is open to interested visitors Pupils and parents are proud of the work presented Their identification with the school is reinforced Open Day offers all concerned information and orientation Visitors experience the special atmosphere of the school through the program for the day Which contributions were planned by the parents The stand for the parents council with information material Atombola a fundraiser for an animal room in the school Support on individual stands The bookstall for the Canada Exchange Cake and food buffet drinks The Friends of the School put on a photo session Concepts and Materials 225 involve parents improve school 3 3 3 1 Evaluation Open Day 1 Participation and perspectives for further planning Dans le cadre d un cours de formation continue adress 18 enseignants de l cole primaire sur Comment am liorer le dialogue entre les parents et les professeurs une pr sentation de l Open Day allemand a t faite aux enseignants fran ais suivi d un questionnaire d valuation remplir individuellement par chaque professeur Cette pr sentation a dur 3 heures Tous les professeurs pr sents sont d accord sur l int r t de cette exp rience et souhaitent tenter de la mettre en place dans leur propre cole l an prochain It was within a professional development course for 18 primary schoo
9. son Primary sector e Welcome by the teacher e Children report as experts on a lesson topic and present the results of their work in poster form e The teacher manages the lesson e The pupils use the board and hang up their posters with the help of magnets They give small prepared reports on the results of their work e The general topic was A day in the woods Class 1 1 e Individual group topics were The way from the school to the woods O Building a sofa with branches Squirrels make a store Hedgehogs in winter hedgehog nests Tree bark The posters show drawings collages and first attempts at writing The little stories told by the children complement the presentations The parents of the children and other guests brothers and sisters grandparents can observe the lesson Experience has shown that there is a huge interest in the lessons of the primary sector on Open Day Concepts and Materials 223 6 as involve parents improve school Involve Parents Improve School Example of a song performed in the music room www zzzebrade Kreisspiel hap py and you know it clap your hands If you re g F I g LED DE TE NE MALGA es hap py and you know it and you real ly want to show it If you re hap py and you know it clap your hands Movements described in the text are done at the points marked x 1 If you re happy and you know
10. yeux que le c t administratif de l inscription soit dissoci du c t plus convivial que doit rev tir cette pr sentation de l cole aux nouveaux parents Ils pensent galement qu il faut que les anciens parents qui connaissent d j l cole soient pr sents cette pr sentation de l cole pour aider les nouveaux parents Pour rendre int ressant cette pr sentation aux anciens parents il sera n cessaire de leur offrir l opportunit d assister des cours pour se faire une id e des m thodes et des contenus des ann es scolaires qui suivent la premi re ann e De m me voir des expositions de travaux ou d excursions auxquelles ont particip leurs enfants l an pass pourra galement motiver les parents venir The French teachers wish to organise a special day separating it from the day of enrolment at school like what is done in Germany It is in fact important as far as they are concerned that the administrative side of enrolment is disassociated from the more informal and convivial atmosphere that should characterise this presentation of school to new parents They also think that existing parents should be there to see the school presentation in order to help the new parents In order to make this presentation attractive to existing parents it will be necessary to offer them the opportunity of going to lessons to have an idea of the methods and content of the school years that follow the first Even to see displays
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