The document discusses the evolving relationship between schools and parents post-COVID, emphasizing the impact of home-learning on parental engagement and expectations. It highlights the need for schools to adapt their communication strategies, including regular updates and virtual meetings, while also addressing challenges related to parental oversight and involvement. The presentation advocates for schools to act as facilitators in parenting discussions and to leverage technology for real-time reporting and engagement.

1. @IndependentHead
@Kellett__CEO
Schools, Technology and Parents
Howshouldschoolsworkwithparentswhenthingsgetbacktonormal?
Mark S. Steed,
MA (Cambridge), MA (Nottingham),
MSc (Ashridge-Hult BusinessSchool)
Principal and CEO of
Kellett School,
Hong Kong
Webinar
Tues 22nd June 2021
1000 UK
1400 UAE
1700 HK
This presentation is on my blog: IndependentHead.blogspot.com

2. How should schools work
with parents when things
get back to normal?

3. How should
schools work with
parents when
things get back to
normal?
5.The Role of Schools in the New Era
4. Under-parenting - Over-parenting
2. Parental Engagement in the New Era
3. Reporting to Parents in the New Era
1. Post-Covid: A new era in Parent-School Relations?
6.Your Questions

4. Post-Covid: A new era in
Parent-SchoolRelations?

6. Impact of
Home-learning
on parent-
school relations

7. Impact of
Home-learning
on parent-
school relations

8. Impact of
Home-learning
on parent-
school relations

9. Impact of
Home-learning
on parent-
school relations

10. Impact of
Home-learning
on parent-
school relations

11. Impact of
Home-learning
on parent-
school relations
Parents have a better understanding
and appreciation of:
- what challenges teachers face.
- what their children are really like.
- the role that schools play in society.

12. Impact of
Home-learning
on parent-
school relations
Parental Expectations will change
The general consensus in
schools is that there is
binary choice:
either we are teaching
through home learning;
or we are teaching face-to
face.
Parents are very likely to
challenge this going
forward.

13. Parental Engagement in the
New Era

14. Weekly
Communication
Principal’s
Weekly
Podcast

15. Meet the
Principal:
Q&ASessions
Video-conferenced ‘Principal Q&A Sessions’ are
likely to remain part of the School’s Parental
Engagement strategy going forward.

16. Parent-Teacher
Meetings
viaZoom

17. Parent
Webinars
https://www.kellettschool.com/about-us/positively-kellett

18. Parent
Webinars

19. Reporting to Parents in the
New Era

20. Reporting to
Parents in the
New Era
Automating the Routine:
Live Reporting and the End of School Reports

21. Reporting to
Parents in the
New Era
Automating the Routine
Live Reporting and the End of School Reports

22. Reporting to
Parents in the
New Era
AI, Data and the End of the School Report
Live Reporting and Bank Statements

23. Data Reporting
to Parents in
the New Era
AI, Data and the End of the School Report
Centralised Markbooks - End of School Reports

24. Reporting to
Parents in the
New Era
AI, Data and the End of the School Report
Live Reporting and the End of School Reports

25. Under-parenting
Over-parenting

26. Photo Credit:
Ben Dixon
The Benign-Neglect Parent
(2010 – Present)

28. You can never be too careful . . . . . . . . Or can you?

29. Children’sGPS
Trackers
We’re a month into term and the four-year-old
Reception girl has started catching the school bus for
the first time.
She enters the building in her shiny new school uniform
weighed down by her oversized backpack, touches the
device on her wrist and says, “Mummy, I'm at school.” “I
know, dear – have a very good day,” comes the reply.

30. Children’sGPS
Trackers

31. Children’sGPS
Trackers
1. Two-way communication – Parent and child can
contact each other at the press of a button.
2. Alerts and notifications – Child GPS tracking devices
come with different alert and notification settings.
Parents can choose whether they want location
updates every five minutes or every 10 seconds…
3. Panic button – A child who is lost or scared can simply
press the panic button and the device will contact the
parent or other designated adult.
4. Geofencing – Some products can be set to alert the
parent if their child enters or leaves the pre-set
boundary.

35. The Role ofSchools
in the New Era

36. Parents and
Social Media

37. Parents and
Social Media
There is a real danger that
parents will expect a
social-media-type relationship
with their child’s school.

38. Parents and
Social Media
“Schools need to decide whether
they are going to keep parents at
the school gate;
or whether they are going to
share a child’s learning journey
with them.”

39. A new model
“Schools need to decide whether
they are going to keep parents at
the school gate;
or whether they are going to
share a child’s learning journey
with them.”

40. Schools as
Experts and
Facilitators
Schools as Experts
Schools have an
institutional
knowledge and
collective wisdom
about children and
adolescents
Schools as Facilitators
Schools have the
ability to bring
parents together.
Schools can
facilitate important
conversations
about parenting.

41. Schools as
Experts and
Facilitators
Year 8 Parents’ Forum
Sex, Drugs,
Rock ‘n’ Roll and
DigitalTattoos

42. Schools as
Experts and
Facilitators

43. YourQuestions

44. Mark S. Steed MA (Cambridge), MA (Nottingham), MSc (Ashridge-Hult Business
School)
Principal andCEOofKellettSchool, HongKong
Email: mss@kellettschool.com
Twitter: @independenthead
@Kellett_CEO
LinkedIn: uk.linkedin.com/in/independenthead
Blog: http://independenthead.blogspot.com
SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/independenthead
British International School of the Year 2020