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Connecting with Parents: Sustainable Connection for Stronger Family-school Partnerships

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We know parent engagement matters. But in schools, it often ends up being reactive, inconsistent, or rushed.

This course is different.

Hi, I’m Matt Pitman, and I’ve teamed up with Cool+ for this course, which gives you a clear, practical way to build lasting, respectful, and meaningful connection with parents, without burning out.

Grounded in The Connection Curriculum, each short lesson gives you tools to move from one-way communication to real partnership. From student voice, to parent identity, to sustaining connection across a whole school.

Because connection isn’t an add-on. It’s how we build trust, improve outcomes, and create schools that parents truly belong to.

Let’s make that connection sustainable.

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Connecting with Parents: Sustainable Connection for Stronger Family-school Partnerships

Connecting with Parents: Sustainable Connection for Stronger Family-school Partnerships

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Intro

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Why parent-teacher connection matters

03.

Understanding parent perspectives

04.

Creating a sense of belonging for parents

05.

Helping parents see meaning in education

06.

Identity and parent engagement

07.

Purpose-driven parent communication

08.

Empathic listening in parent conversations

09.

Student voice and parent partnership

10.

Whole-school culture and family-school partnerships

11.

Creating a parent engagement plan

12.

Reflection

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Congratulations

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Matt Pitman is an experienced educational leader, a doctoral candidate researching connections across school communities, and the author of The Connection Curriculum published by Amba Press. Matt’s experience is varied, from the leadership of curriculum teams and programs to student wellbeing, student improvement and community engagement portfolios. He has led Positive Education and student support programs and has a passion for working with students, parents, and staff to develop new understandings of the needs of young people in the 21st century.

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