#154 Tom Harbour: Engaging parents in their children’s learning

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Hello, and welcome to another episode of the Mr Barton Maths Podcast, with me Craig Barton.

This time around I was lucky enough to speak to Tom Harbour.

Tom is the CEO at Learning with Parents. Regular listeners might recall that I was lucky enough to attend Tom’s session at the virtual MA conference earlier this year, and I loved it. The session was all about how schools can engage parents in their children’s learning, and dispelled a few myths I held to be true. About 2 minutes into that session, I knew I wanted Tom on the show, and fortunately he was kind enough to accept my invitation.

So, in a wide-ranging conversation, we discussed the following things, and plenty more besides:

  • What is the difference between parental involvement in school vs parental engagement in learning?
  • What are some of the things schools typically do that might not lead to engagement in learning?
  • What are some of the things schools could think about doing instead?
  • How can schools help reach the “heard to reach” families?
  • Do you think the pandemic has impacted either parental involvement in school or parental engagement in learning?
  • What are some of the key barriers for parents getting involved in their child’s maths?

I loved this conversation, and I hope you will too. I will be back at the end with a few takeaways of my own.

On Twitter, Tom is: @mrtharbour
Learning with Parents can be found at: learningwithparents.com

Tom Harbour’s Big 3:
1. Parent Ping
2. Learning with Parents
3. Nice White Parents podcast

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