Do you, personally feel very or extremely confident at... 1. Talking with families about children’s success & achievements

2. Sharing info about a child’s learning and progress

3. Responding to a family’s request for info or advice regarding their child

4. Communicating with families about their priorities and concerns when setting goals for their child

5. Sharing info about child development or behaviour

6. Encouraging families to be involved in the activities at the service/centre

7. Greeting families by name

8. Responding to a families concerns or complains

9. Communicating with a family from a different culture _ /9

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81

76

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Talk with families about children’s success and achievements

Share information about a child's learning andprogress

Respond to a family's request for information oradvice regarding their child

Communication with families about their prioritiesand concerns when setting goals for their child

Share information about child development orbehaviour

Encourage families to be involved in the activitiesat the service/centre

Greet families by name

Respond to a family’s concerns or complaints

Communication with a family from a differentculture

% of educators reporting 'very' or 'extremely' confident

Conceptual Framework

Parent engagement with children’s learning

Parent-child relationship

Parental monitoring

Sleep

Family characteristics and context

Parent coping, support and help-seeking

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2600 Vic parents of children

0-18 yrs 11 mnths

1044 males (40%)

1556 females (60%)

‘Parents’: any type of primary caregiver 16+ yrs who spent

at least 4 days/month with their child

‘Target child’: the one with most recent birthday

English comprehension

Vic parents 2011 Census (ABS)

Parenting Today (unweighted)

Parenting Today (weighted)

Parent age 16-34yr 35-44yr 45-54yr 55+

22% 44% 29% 5%

28% 36% 28% 6%

23% 45% 29% 4%

Parent gender Male

45%

40%

40%

Diversity ATSI LOTE

1%

27%

1%

11%

1%

10%

Remoteness Major city Inner regional Outer regional

76% 19% 4%

69% 25% 5%

76% 19% 4%

Employment Full time Part time Unemployed

47% 24% 3%

44% 23% 3%

43% 22% 3%

Parent education Post-grad degree Bachelor degree < Year 12

6%

20% 21%

19% 26% 13%

13% 17% 22%

Weekly family income

Partnering status Partnering status Father Mother

Single alone 3.9% 14.6%

Single – non res. partner 3.9% 4.7%

Single – other adults 5.2% 7.8%

Live with partner 86.8% 73%

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Key Findings

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Fathers

Parental aspirations for child education

Children's use of electronic devices

Sleep

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Parent engagement in

children’s learning

Social support

Sources of parenting information

The resource

The demand

Help-seeking

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0.8

0.9

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Educator/teacher GP Mentalhealth/behaviour

specialist

Proportion of parents satisfied with help received

90% 82% 80%

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Funding Body/Steering Committee: Department of Education and Training Karen Weston, Mel Quin, Danni DeKretser, Janice Robertson, Genevieve Frisby & Rebecca Du Preez from Early Learning & Primary Reform

Rick Harrison & Andrew Read from the Portfolio Strategy Stacey Gabriel from Wellbeing Health and Engagement

Michelle Hill & Hiba Molaeb from Performance and Evaluation &

Vanessa Wallace from DET Communications

Project Board Warren Cann

Annette Michaux A. Prof Jan Matthews

A. Prof Julie Green Prof Jane Fisher

Technical Advisory Group Prof David Bennett

Prof John Toumbourou Prof David De Vaus

PRC team

Dr Catherine Wade, Associate Professor Jan Matthews, Cathy Bent, Dr Christine Millward,

Hau Nguyen, Faye Forbes, Annette Michaux, Warren Cann , Dr Erica Neill, Zvezdana Petrovic, Fiona Shackleton, Alex Almendingen

Christine Eastman, Dr Gina Sartore, Dr Michelle Macvean, Ann Seward, Derek McCormack, Kellie Bisset

Thank you…

The parents of Victoria

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