Parent Power

Parent Power aims to elevate parents as powerful actors in their children’s education journey.

[Parent Power @ParentPowerSA]

[Izwi Lakho]

Parent Power hosted its Izwi Lakho Connect workshops in Danielskuil and Postmasburg in the Northern Cape.

Here's what the Community Project Coordinator of the Lesedi Solar Trust had to say about the workshop's importance.
#parentpower #izwilakho #education

[Nal'ibali @nalibaliSA]

Nal'ibalians, thank you for helping us exceed our target of reaching 3 million children on World Read Aloud Day 2024. With your help, we read our World Read Aloud Day 2024 story "The Lost Kitten" by Stacey Fru to 3.8 million children!! 🎉🎉🎉🥳🥳🥳 #NalibaliWRAD2024 #myWRAD2024 #WRAD2024

[Parent Power @ParentPowerSA]

Teachers CAN and Parent Power pledged to read aloud to children one of the Nal’ibali story that is dedicated to World Read Aloud Day (WRAD) 2024.

#wrad #qualityeducation

[Parent Power @ParentPowerSA]

Invite Izwi Lakho Connect to your community.

Izwi Lakho is a platform that brings parents, schools, other stakeholders to share their experiences, challenges, and perspectives about their children’s education.

Click here to request an invite: https://t.co/beMN2Dz7YX

[Parent Power @ParentPowerSA]

[Knowledge Building]

The activation card was designed with the intent of understanding parent's perceptions and expectations regarding their child's education.

The card has five domains that help unpack parents' perceptions about their child's school.
Read more #linkinbio

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Parent Power Champions workshop day two.

One of the themes explored in the workshop is Parental Engagement. This themes aims to assist teachers to unpack the intricacies of parental engagement, enabling teachers to hold space for parents.
#parentpower #education #parents

[Parent Power @ParentPowerSA]

[Mobilisation]

Parent Power is hosting a champions workshop in the Madibeng Local Municipality, North West.

The Parent Power Champions workshop is designed to train teachers on the school-parent partnership journey.

#parentpower #education #parents #champions

[Parent Power @ParentPowerSA]

Introducing the Parent Power Activation Card.

The Activation Card is a tool to understand the overall parental experience at your child’s school.
#parentpower #education #activationcard

[Parent Power @ParentPowerSA]

📢Introducing the Parent Power Activation Card.

The Activation Card is a tool to understand the overall parental experience at your child’s school.
It focuses on five domains that we believe contribute sustainably to a quality experience of education in a school.

[Parent Power @ParentPowerSA]

Parent Power's school-parent partnership journey is a way of enabling communication between parents and educators.

During school visits, we heard firsthand from parents what their wishes and hopes for their children's future were.
🔗Visit our website to see more of our work.

[Parent Power @ParentPowerSA]

Parent Power's school-parent partnership journey is a way of enabling communication between parents and educators.

During school visits, we heard firsthand from parents what their wishes and hopes for their children's future were.

🔗Visit our website to see more of our work.

[Parent Power @ParentPowerSA]

Happy International Literacy Day!🌍����

This day is celebrated to raise awareness for literacy problems that exist within our own local communities.

Today, let's take charge and use literacy to encourage and assist those who are facing difficulties on how to read and write.📚

[Parent Power @ParentPowerSA]

[WORKSHOPS] Parent Power's school-parent partnership is a proactive approach to fostering collaborative relationships between parents and educators where they work together to create a positive learning environment for children.

💬Visit our website to read more about our work.

[Parent Power @ParentPowerSA]

📚Happy National Book Week South Africa!

The book week runs from 5-11 September as an initiative to encourage the nation to value reading as a fun and pleasurable activity.

Let us know how you’re celebrating National Book Week! 📚🖊

[Parent Power @ParentPowerSA]

The Parent Power Domain.

The idea of parent power is positively linked to all other indicators.

Parents were asked whether teachers listened to them and their pupils, and most parents agreed they did.
Click the link for more information: https://t.co/JIpbcWcCMk

[Parent Power @ParentPowerSA]

The Knowledge of School Domain.

Participants in the survey were required to indicate the extent to which they agreed or disagreed with the statement: 'I do not know what is going on at my child's school.
Click the link to hear what their responses were: https://t.co/JIpbcWcCMk

[Parent Power @ParentPowerSA]

Confidence in principals' domain:

We asked parents about the principals at their child's school. We examined what parents thought of school principals across a range of different quality of service dimensions.
Click the link to download the full report: https://t.co/JIpbcWcCMk

[Parent Power @ParentPowerSA]

The Safety of Child in School Domain:

For an educational experience to be successful, learners need to feel safe at school. Learners may be unable to properly learn and participate in scholastic activities.

🔗Click the link to download the full report: https://t.co/JIpbcWcCMk

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🔎The five key parental perceptions domains are explained.

1. The happiness domain:

Participants were required to agree with five statements about how they felt about their child's experience at school.

🔗Click the link to read more about the domains: https://t.co/JIpbcWcCMk

[Parent Power @ParentPowerSA]

The findings of the Parent Power survey provided the dataset that would be used to refine a Parent Power index. The index guides parents on how to determine whether their children are getting a quality education.

Click on the link to download the report:https://t.co/UQHeo7qZP6