Uplift: An Empowerment Approach to Parent Engagement in Schools

This action research project takes a fresh approach to parent engagement in children’s learning in a school where parental participation in school activities has been low. It places parents at the centre of the process, listening to their voice, viewpoint and vision. It discovers that with the simple, cost-effective and skilful process documented in the report, parents can turn disengagement into both personal agency and collective advocacy on behalf of their children.