{"id":613,"date":"2022-03-14T16:25:53","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T16:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/parentalempowerment\/?page_id=613"},"modified":"2024-02-13T13:26:30","modified_gmt":"2024-02-13T13:26:30","slug":"information-for-group-leaders","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ea\/parentalempowerment\/welcome\/information-for-group-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Information for group leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Setting up the Group<\/h4>\n
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  1. Selecting staff<\/strong> – prior to approaching parents we recommend that you have at least 3 staff who are willing and able to commit to delivering the programme. Not all staff need to be at all the sessions. The timing, venue and number of sessions will be agreed between the staff and the parents in the group.<\/li>\n
  2. Select parents<\/strong> \u2013\u00a0 we recommend a good mix of 10 \u2013 15 parents. It\u2019s a good idea to pick some that are potential leaders for this programme and future programmes. Parents may:\n
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    1. Be at risk of disengaging with the school<\/li>\n
    2. Have a child with poor engagement \/ attendance \/ attainment<\/li>\n
    3. Low self-esteem \/ confidence<\/li>\n
    4. Thinking of reengaging with the workforce<\/li>\n
    5. New to the community<\/li>\n
    6. Looking to develop leadership skills<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      3. Approach the parent\u2019s <\/strong>individual and invite them to be part of the programme, were possible face to face, via the phone or Vscene. Use the resources below to tell them about the programme and ask them which social media platform they would like to use to communicate with e.g. school app, WhatsApp, Text, group Facebook or twitter account.<\/p>\n

      Ideally we would recommend that you run an informal information session for interested parents either face to face or virtual. (provision may need to be consider for child care issues):<\/p>\n

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          1. PE invite – Parent-Empowerment-Invitation<\/a><\/li>\n
          2. PE leaflet – Parental Empowerment Leaflet<\/a><\/li>\n
          3. PE blog – EAC Parental Empowerment Programme | Just another blogs.glowscotland.org.uk \u2013 East Ayrshire site<\/a><\/li>\n
          4. \u00a0Introduction clips\n
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            1. What is East Ayrshire\u2019s Parental Empowerment Programme\u00a0 –