CSPA Quarterly Jan-Mar2021-draft2

TASMANIAN CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
PARENTS COUNCIL
Some recent activities:
• Confirmed existing Council members (parents)
for 2021; written to Principals to get their
support in attracting parents from schools that
didn’t have a member in 2020.
• Planned Parent Engagement activities for
2021 (an example is below)
• Planned School Grants programme for 2021.
A future initiative that has just commenced:
• Have engaged with 26TEN with a view to
running 3 parent sessions across the State.
(26TEN is for people, businesses, community
groups, governments who want to live in a
state where all adults have the reading, writing,
numeracy and communication skills they
need).
CATHOLIC SCHOOL PARENTS WESTERN
AUSTRALIA
Some recent activities:
• Working in partnership with CEWA on the State
Election campaign.
• Update of CSPWA HR Resources/contract for
staff members.
• Development of one page resource showing
parents what they get for their affiliation fee.
A future initiative:
• Convening parent reference groups both
primary and secondary to collect the authentic
parent voice in regard to various initiatives –
e.g. the changing role of P&Fs in schools.
CATHOLIC SCHOOL PARENTS
ARCHDIOCESE OF CANBERRA &
GOULBURN
Some recent activities:
• CSPACG was invited by Catholic Education
Canberra Goulburn to consult and provide
feedback on the proposed significant changes
to CECG enrolment processes. This included
engagement by key leaders within CECG
workshopping with CSPACG members to
examine and seek comment on:
­ enrolment trends
­ key enrolment process improvements
­ process of enrolment and exit surveys
­ sharing data on key reasons for choosing
Catholic schools and sources of information
to inform choice
­ changes in existing processes
• Developed a media strategy for promoting the
work of CSPACG with the CECG Marcom team.
This has led to a redevelopment of our forwardfacing
media presence including a revamp of
social media platforms and the CSPACG
website. We used this media presence to
engage with our school Boards and Community
Councils to recruit and promote.
• Developed a comprehensive working plan for
the strategic direction of CSPACG into the
future.
A future initiative:
• The engagement of a person whose sole
responsibility is the CECG Parent Engagement
platform.
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