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Pathways to Parental Leadership
The project aims to encourage migrant parents’ involvement in the school life of their children, considering how increased parental participation impacts on school policy and facilitates greater integration of migrant students. It has considered programmes existing internationally and is developing strategies for impacting on policies and procedures within the primary and secondary education system in Ireland.
| Project Update March 2011
Having spent the previous two years researching the experiences of schools in promoting migrant parents’ involvement in the school life of their children and putting together a full draft of the toolkit; year three began with the piloting of the toolkit in the five schools participating in the project. Year three also saw an increase in interest in the work of the toolkit which translated into request copies of the draft from schools outside the catchment area of the project. Advocacy work was also prioritised and this will continue beyond the end of the project with a view of getting the toolkit mainstreamed. It was in this context that in February 2011, a public seminar on the second generation was organised in advance of the third transnational committee meeting. The event received good media coverage. |
- Read more about the impact of project up to May 2011 here
ICI Publications
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The Pathway to Parental Leadership Toolkit. Click here to download the full version.
ICI News
Fidele Mutwarasibo invited as guest speaker to present the Pathways to Parental Leadership Project at the EPC Policy Dialogue.
Entitled ‘Education for inclusion: strategies to reduce immigrant marginalisation in Europe and the U.S’ the 28th June welcomed the sharing of practise and debate around the education provisions provided by host societies and the effects of parental engagement for children with migrant backgrounds. Countries with longer histories of immigration both in Europe and North America have found that targeted policy measures and initiatives have led to improved results in the integration of such children. Teacher expectations are key to improving performance, but parental attitudes and involvement are also an important element. Alistair Ross – Emeritus Professor, London Metropolitan University, Margie McHugh – Co-Director of the Migration Policy Institute’s National Centre on Immigrant Integration Policy, and Mark Levy – Project Manager of the British Council’s Inclusion and Diversity in Education (INDIE) project.
For more information please read the EPC Policy Dialogue.
- June 2011
ICI Count Us In campaign
On February 17th, 2011, the Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) launched the Count Us In campaign. The aims of the campaign are: (1) to raise awareness among naturalised citizens of their right to vote in the 2011 General Election; (2) to remind political parties and candidates of the need to engage with naturalised citizens and on the issues pertaining to immigration and integration; and (3) to remind politicians and canvassers that the electorate in Ireland is diverse. For more information on the campaign, visit: http://www.immigrantcouncil.ie/images/stories/Count_Us_In_170211.pdf and http://www.youtube.com/user/immigrantcouncilie.
http://www.tv3.ie/news.php?video=32603&locID=1.2
-Feb 2011
ICI launches the Pilot Phase of the Pathways to Parental Leadership’s Toolkit
After securing a grant from the EPIM, the Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) began the implementation of Pathways to Parental Leadership in September 2008. A scoping research involving 15 school staff and 25 migrant parents helped to build a picture on how migrant parents were settling in the school life of their children in Ireland. Research findings formed the basis for the work on the toolkit. The draft toolkit that was completed in September 2010 and the piloting of the toolkit in the 5 participating schools began at the beginning of October 2010.
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-Nov 2010
