Background And Introduction Of Kingsgrove High School

Background and Introduction Kingsgrove High School is a comprehensive, co-educational secondary public school in the Rockdale region. According to the data presented on the My School website, students are predominately from low socio-economic backgrounds with a below average school Index of Community Socio-Educational Advantage (ICSEA) of 988 (Myschool, 2014). Kingsgrove High School also has 85% of students with Language Backgrounds Other Than English (Myschool, 2014). More than half of the total regional population (54.4%) speaks a language other than English at home (ABS, 2011). The school incorporates a P C into the school culture. However, Kingsgrove High School has a higher level of EAL/D students (85%), which means there are potentially more students requiring support. As such, it is an essential call for funding to a research project Engaging Parents from EAL/D Background in School Cultural Activities. Our project will take reasonable and achievable steps to design, implement and evaluate what stimulate parental engagement in ‘school life’ and how to engage in the school culture. Research suggest that children benefit from family-school collaborations that provide parents with opportunities to shape their children’s learning (Krejci, 2002). Working with parents collaboratively shown a positive impact on students’ learning outcome (Swap, 1987). This literature review will explore the existing research that frame the issues of what stimulates parental engagement in