uLead2025 - The Summit of Educational Leadership

At our school, we targeted lifting the writing of our middle years students as writing proficiency is central to student success during the school years as it has a direct and influential impact on academic success (Creely, 2020; Graham, 2019). Barger et al. (2019) claim that engaging parents in learning with their children at school and at home is advantageous, especially if the opportunities are specific, targeted, and personalised. We drew upon this research and inspired by my own work as the Reading Australia Fellow, I offered an opportunity to parents to come to school and engage with a Parents as Writers program. The Parent Writing group meets twice a term before school and is focused on immersing the parents in the writing process, providing them with ways to improve their own writing and the writing of their children. Delegates will have access to the resources that I created and an overview of the model that was used.