FamilyLiaisonOfficers


 * // Key Improvement Strategy: //**// Family Liaison Officers //

// Employed by Neighbourhood Network for 0.8 across each of the three schools // // 1. //// Appoint 3 Family Liaison Officers – Dari speaking, Arabic speaking and a person with links to the Koorie Community. // // 2. //// Appoint Family Liaison Coordinator. // // 3. //// Develop stronger links with parents and community within and beyond school to support student learning. // // 4. //// Meet with staff (teacher and aide), parent and school coordinator to acquire information and to provide enlightenment re best strategies to use. // // 5. //// Provide links for parents to Welfare staff within school. // ||
 * // Family Liaison Officers – //// Michelle Doyle, Nader Arbassi, Ibrahem Al Moosawi //

// 2. //// Family Liaison Officers appointed. // // 3. //// Discussions regarding the FLO coordinator. Position to be at Expert Teacher Level. Funding held in Gowrie Street’s budget. // || · // National Partnership Plans shared and strategies cooperatively funded. // || // 2. //// FLOs begin professional learning & professional reading including // // a. //// Ruby Payne – Understanding Poverty // // b. //// Marita Eddy – FLO Induction Program // // c. //// Family – School Partnerships Framework // // d. //// School Induction Program // // 3. //// FLOs and FLO Coordinator Role Clarification documents created. // // 4. //// FLO Coordinator provides professional learning for teaching staff about Family – School Partnerships Program and the role of FLOs. // || · // One FLO per school for induction process. // · // Induction week for FLOs at each school // · // Budget set for the Family Liaison Officer Program via National Partnerships Funding. // || // 2. //// FLOs trialling/reflecting/reporting on a communication program with 5 families at one school each. // || · // Key learning strategy – Netbook program // · // FLOs receive netbook to use within their job and promote within the community. // · // Five focus families per FLO chosen by each school to begin communication program for the last 4 weeks of Term 1. // || // 2. //// FLOs begin work across all three schools – Implementing the Communication Program. // // 3. //// Reflection of progress - Principals, FLO Coordinator and FLOs reflection meeting. // // 4. //// Additional students families identified to enter the process. // // 5. //// FLO Coordinator & FLOs make links with local community organisations and early learning settings. // || · // Key learning strategy –SCOPE Oral language program // · // Schools choose appropriate families for FLOs to work with. // · // Schools provide additional background information required for each family. // ||
 * // Date // || // Key Leadership Actions // || // School Response // ||
 * // December 2009 // || // 1. //// Neighbourhood Principals decide to pool National Partnership $s to create a greater professional learning opportunity. //
 * // January – February 2010 // || // 1. //// FLO Coordinator appointed – Marita Eddy //
 * // March – April 2010 // || // 1. //// FLOs given responsibility for communicating key learning strategy – Netbook program to the wider school community. //
 * // May - June 2010 // || // 1. //// FLOs given responsibility for communicating key learning strategy – Scope Oral language program to the wider community. //