Adam Fraser says: “Take a bow Principals, Fantastic News!!!!”

NSW Principals doing the Flourish program online sparked research that has shown an incredible upswing in positive parent attitudes following the Learning From Home period.

The results indicate a massive boost in the confidence in public education led by principals.

Every Principal went to extraordinary lengths to manage their context and meet the needs of their staff, students and community; covering everything from extensive online learning to hand delivering work packs to students.

A huge thanks to Dr Adam Fraser and Dr John Molineux for conducting their research. Check out the results!

Following the COVID -19 shut down, a survey of over 1000 parents of children in our primary schools in NSW. Parents were from diverse socioeconomic and ethnic backgrounds. The survey was translated into 6 languages (English, Arabic, Dari, Assyrian, Indonesian, Chinese).

Respect

91% of parent reported that they had a greater level of respect for teachers following the COVID-19 lockdown.

Communication

98.5% of parents reported that they were satisfied with the communication they received from the school during that period.

Performance of teachers

99.7% of parents said they were satisfied with the work of their child’s teacher. Only .3 of percent said they were unhappy with their teacher’s performance over that time.

How supported did they feel

96.6% of parents reported that they felt supported by the school during the COVID-19 home schooling.

How engaged the children were in remote schooling

86.8% of parents reported that their child was with moderately to highly engaged in learning during the COVID-19 home schooling.

The results of the research show how capable principals are in a crisis. They were not only agile and response in their ability to move to home schooling in a matter of days but they also emotionally supported people and focused on improving the relationship they had with the school community. We hope that all parents keep this respect and connection with their schools going forward.

Here is a link to the report: