Parents can offer a new added dimension to teaching and learning in the classroom. In Scotland a toolkit has been produced for schools to use to engage with parents. This engasgement with parents affords an impact on the pupil, school and parent.

1. Eric Burton National Enterprise in Education Development Officer Enterprise in Education Cooperation with Parents

2. Parental Involvement Learning and Teaching Scotland The Scottish Schools (Parental Involvement) Act 2006 recognises the vital role that parents play in supporting their children’s learning.. It places a new duty on Scottish Ministers and education authorities to promote the involvement of parents in children’s education and the wider life of the school. It aims to help parents to be: • Involved with their child’s education and learning • Welcomed as an active participant in the life of the school • Encouraged to express their views on school education generally http://www.ltscotland.org.uk/parentsaspartnersinlearning/index.asp

7. Learning and Teaching Scotland Engaging with Parents Through Enterprise http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/89478/0021426.pdf

9. Learning and Teaching Scotland Some Examples of Co-operation Trinity PS – Sharing careers Parents Sharing and Teaching Skills – music one CfE Day East Renfrewshire – event organised and presented by pupils Tapping in to Parent science skills Grand Parent Day

10. Learning and Teaching Scotland “ Existing schools should redesign themselves with a foundation in the learning sciences, and should work closely with non-school learning environments – libraries, museums, after-school clubs, on-line virtual schools, and the home – to develop a new model of learning for the future.” P12 OECD “ Learning in the 21st Century: Research, Innovation and Policy ” http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/39/52/40554221.pdf