parents and principals as partners in creating a culture of learning

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managed - leaders must be identified and tasks relating to parent
involvement should be delegated and coordinated; and
supervised and evaluated - parent programmes must be designed
and evaluated by comparing outcomes with desired goals
(adjustments should be made if goals are not being achieved).
To regulate and manage parent involvement the principal must:
create a strategic plan for the school, with the cooperation of
parents and teachers;
create an inviting school climate;
create a parents' society I body with working committees;
train teachers to cope with parent involvement;
train parents for parent involvement;
communicate effectively on a regular basis with the parent
community;
involve parents by means of the class teacher; and
coordinate all activities by means of a programme for the year.