Heather Jones, Widden Primary School

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• I have been an inner city primary school teacher for the past 25 years
• During this time I have been a GlosEd leader, Advanced Skills Teacher for a curriculum area and Training Manager for GTP (Graduate Teacher Programme) route in to teaching, enabling me to work with a range of schools in Gloucestershire.
• I have been Parental Engagement Coordinator since 2014, supporting all parents, including parents of children with SEND and EAL needs.
• I have spoken at a conference in London (attended mainly by SENDCos) addressing the challenges when engaging parents of children with EHCPs.
• I have coordinated the whole school to achieve the Leading Parent Partnership award in July 2016 which included developing links with a wide range of external partners.
• I coordinate support for all families including those with English as an additional language, refugee families and those that need access to preschool provision or help with transition to secondary schools.
• I support class teachers to deliver homework training (initially based on the ‘Impact for Learning’ framework) to parents. Also to facilitate joint parent/child lessons with a particular focus eg learning to read with Reception classes and teaching problem solving with Year 5 children.

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