
Intended End User: School Leader
Age Group: Lower Primary; Upper Primary; Lower Secondary; Upper Secondary
Themes and Topics: School Leadership
Duration: 15 minute read
Type of Resource: Guidelines & Notes
Keywords:Â School heads, Parents, parent engagement, collaboration, whole school approach
Languages: English
Description
This Headstart provides suggestions for these practical questions: How can we support parents to stimulate their children’s learning? How do we use the expertise of parents to stimulate the learning of our students? How do we have the right conversation with parents?
How to use this resource
These HEADstart guidelines are for school leaders who wish to develop a collaborative relationship with parents. The guidelines are meant as a starting point for school leaders with step provided.
The resources
HEADstart 6: Collaborating with Parents:
Learning Outcomes
- Apply a range of suitable tools and frameworks to promote Sustainability Citizenship within their schools and communities.
- Through workshop activities and communities of practice, build capacity as Sustainability Citizenship educators and leaders.
Creative Commons

The HEADstart series of guidelines for school leaders was developed by the European School Heads’ Association (ESHA) and is shared on the Synapses portal with their kind permission.
SDGs
