Communities of Practice
Our Communities of Practice bring people together around shared questions and challenges in inclusive education. They create space to explore practice, test ideas, learn from one another and develop practical responses together.
Each group is shaped around an area where working and learning together could help make a real difference for children and young people.
Family Engagement Community of Practice
The Family Engagement Community of Practice brings together charities and organisations working with children, young people and families to explore how family engagement can become more meaningful, inclusive and effective.
Topic: Families
What are we exploring?
We are exploring what effective family engagement looks like in practice, particularly how organisations can build stronger relationships with families, listen well to their experiences and involve them more meaningfully in shaping support for children and young people.
What are we doing together?
The group provides a space to share practice, challenge assumptions and test practical approaches to family engagement. We are interested in what helps relationships become more trusting, human and genuinely collaborative, and how that can influence wider practice and systems.
What are we learning?
Through sharing experience, testing ideas and reflecting together, we are building a clearer picture of what helps relational approaches work in practice.
Where useful, we will share learning and resources from the group through the Inclusive Education Community.
Get involved
If you would like to find out more about the Family Engagement Community of Practice or get involved, please get in touch with seth.bolderow@wates.co.uk.