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Highlights
of previous SSBA conferences :-
2007 Developing a
Parent Council and Encouraging Parental Involvement
2006 The Way Forward
for Parental Involvement
2005 Parents in
Partnership
2003 Partnerships and
responsibilities
2002 SSBA is fit for
the future
2001 Roadshow
2000 International
and published book
available here online
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Conference 2000
 by
Sam Galbraith, MP MSP
Minister for Education and Children
Scottish Parliament
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Parents have a crucial role to play
in the education of their children. They are
their children's first educators, and continue to
have an important part to play in supporting
their children's learning once children begin at
school. I am delighted that the Scottish School
Board Association is taking the lead in
initiating debate and sharing good practice on
parental partnership in schools through this book
and the associated conference. "Encouraging
Partnership in Education Around the World Parents
as Partners with Professionals and
Politicians". The key themes of the
conference reflect continuing debate here and
across the world about how parents can be most
effectively involved in their children's
education and sharing this information can only
be a positive experience for us all.
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| In Scotland parents are involved in
schools, both formally and informally. Parents
have participated directly in school decision
making for over 1 0 years through School Boards -
and now more than 8 in every 10 Scottish schools
has a School Board. The work School Boards do in
representing parents is invaluable and the
Scottish Executive is committed to ensuring that
School Boards can carry out their role as
effectively as possible - by, for example taking
steps through legislation to simplify the
election process and by supporting the Scottish
School Board Association who provide training
courses for School Boards. The informal involvement
of parents is equally important. Parent Teacher
Associations and Parent Associations both in
Scotland and around the world play a key role in
supporting the work of the school in a more
informal way than School Boards complementing the
work of School Boards to focus on improving the
educational experience for all children.
In developing
policy it is always helpful to take a step back
and learn from experiences and thoughts of
others. I hope this book and the associated
conference provide you with food for thought and
I look forward to hearing the results of the
discussion and debate.
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