The Vision

Parents

National Body

Who We Are

SPCA Wants to
hear from YOU !

• Understand schools
• Contribute to the intellectual,
  physical, emotional, social and
  spiritual well being of our children.
• Work as partners in our local community
• Foster respect for the tolerance of others
• Increase parents' involvement in the
  Improving Schools Agenda
  (Scottish Executive Education Department)
• Increase parents' contribution to policies and
  development at school, local authority
  and national levels

A National Body will aim to offer...

• Independent advice to parents by face-to-face contact, telephone,email or letter
• Regular communication
• Shared good practice across Scotland
• Development opportunities when requested
• A range of home study packs for parents to develop knowledge and understanding of schools and the curriculum
• Localised professional support
• Email facilities to enable communication among all involved
• Source and facilitate provision of insurance for Parent Councils as appropriate

• They have a voice at national level
• Are supported and encouraged
• Meet together to share ideas, issues and good practice.

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Who We Are

• SPCA (The Scottish Parent Councils Association) is a new national body to support Parent Councils and Forums

• At present, SSBA (the Scottish School Board Association) is working towards the development of a new national support body.

• Membership is open to Parent Councils, Parent Teacher Associations or Parent Assocoiations of any local authority operating in Scotland.

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During this transition to Parent Councils, we would like your opinion about how best we can work on your behalf, and what issues are important to you over the coming year.

We have had several meetings with representatives from the Scottish Executive (now Scottish Government) Education Department, Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Education, the Scottish Qualifications Authority and we also have representation on the Assessment is for Learning Project.

Please also let us know if you have any ideas about other activities you feel we should be involved in.

We are also very happy for you to contact us for information and advice about the Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006 and we would also like to hear from those of you with examples of good practice of parental involvement.  We would hope to share these across Scotland.

Feedback on the Parents as partners in their children’s learning Toolkit (SEED, 2006) given to you as a national resource would be interesting.

Our Annual Conference is being planned for April or May 2008 and we are keen to hear any suggestions for content.

The office is currently receiving an extremely high volume of calls and emails with queries relating to Parent Councils, so please be patient while we answer your call.  Jennifer will be happy to help you and if she can’t answer your query she’ll find someone who can. 

The office telephone number is - 01387 260428