School Family Education SFE

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School Family Education (SFE)
28 October 2005 Family Education
DepartmentFamily Development DivisionMinistry
of Community Development, Youth and Sports
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AGENDA

• Why SFE?
• What is SFE?
• How to apply?

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FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION FOR ALL
Family life education skills knowledge can
need to be learnt. We need to take a proactive
effort to strengthen and enrich family life.
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IMPACT OF SFE
ON TARGET GROUPS (survey)

• Commitment to SFE
• Agreed that it is a good idea to bring family
  life education to schools
• Overall satisfaction of SFE programmes
• Likelihood to continue attending SFE programmes

99
90
71
98
93
80
95
84
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IMPACT OF SFE
ON TARGET GROUPS (survey)

• Improvement in family life after SFE (occurred
  more often)
• Laughter and joyful moments in family
• Family show respect concern for each other
• Communication among family members

50
25
40
57
25
36
57
27
33
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IMPACT OF SFE
ON TARGET GROUPS (FGD)
ON TARGET GROUPS (survey)

• Parents Comments
• Its a very good programme. Balanced and widens
  your horizon on aspects of parenting.
• The school designed the family room like a
  home. So instead of loitering outside school,
  the students spend time interacting with friends.
  Friendships are nurtured.
• Schools Comments
• Its because of these talks that the parents
  come to schools more often, not to complain. They
  see that theres a closer connection
• The parents see the school as looking after
  them, giving them confidence to tackle issues.
  Its like meeting their needs in life
• Staff wellbeing means that you want a healthy
  teacher whose family wellness is taken care of.
  They benefit from this programme.

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IMPACT OF SFE
FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSION
ON TARGET GROUPS (FGD)

• Student Focus Group Discussion 2004 - Findings
• Students found programmes like managing
  stress/anger/time/money, resisting negative peer
  pressure and internet safety, etc useful, easy to
  relate to and apply in real life
• Some students feedback on inappropriate timing
  and venue, failure to induce active participation
  and programmes not tailored to their needs
• Schools were given findings and encouraged to
  continue to get feedback from students and
  conduct interactive and tailored programmes

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IMPACT OF SFE
ON TARGET GROUPS (FGD)

• Student Focus Group Discussion (FGD) - Quotes
• We can understand our parents and what they are
  feeling because we can see from their point of
  view.
• You have better appreciation for aims and goals.
  You learn that you cannot do things last
  minute.
• We talk about our life and learn how to handle
  our stress.
• I like the money management workshop that is
  conducted like an adventure game. It was fun!

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IMPACT OF SFE
MOVING FORWARD

• Increasing participation rates of fathers and low
  income groups
• Capacity building of parent facilitators/mentors
  to reach out to the unconverted groups
• Developing programmes that better meet the needs
  of the target groups
• Replicate SFE model to pre-schools and other
  educational institutions (e.g. JC)

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IMPACT OF SFE
SCHOOLS ON BOARD

• Primary Schools 42
• Secondary Schools 37
• Junior College 1

• Total 80 schools

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IMPACT OF SFE
OUTREACH
Total participation as at Dec 2002 (Project
piloted in 4 schools) 12,000
Total participation as at Mar 2005 (40 schools)
220,000
Projected participation as at Mar 2006 (80
schools) 440,000
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FEATURES OF SFE
AIM/ TARGET
Enhance quality of family life
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FEATURES OF SFE
PROGRAMME CONTENT

• Parent education
• Parent facilitators training
• School staff family wellness
• Student life skills education

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FEATURES OF SFE
PROGRAMME CONTENT

• Needs assessment at the onset of SFE
• Include subject matters that are central to the
  family life of each target group
• Minimum of 100 hours per year to obtain full
  funding

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SFE PROGRAMMES
COMMON PROGRAMMES
Parent Facilitators Training Programme
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FEATURES OF SFE
FAMILY LIFE CENTRE/CORNER

• A resource library and place for parents, school
  staff and students to network and build closer
  ties
• Conducive for holding small talks and support
  group meetings
• Easily accessible

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FEATURES OF SFE
PARTNERSHIP
SFE coordinator
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FEATURES OF SFE
SCHOOL SELECTION

• Family Life Ambassador
• Belief in family life education for parents and
  other stakeholders
• Strong PTA / PSG
• Family life centre/ corner
• Support from service providers community
  partners

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FEATURES OF SFE
SERVICE PROVIDER

• Strength of organisation
• Qualified staff
• Types/ Variety of programmes
• Outreach plans
• Able to serve minimum of 3 years

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FEATURES OF SFE
SFE COORDINATOR

• Build strong relationships between the school and
  the service provider
• Reach out to the target groups and the
  unconverted parents
• Plan SFE activities in consultation with the PTA/
  PSG and the school
• Implement and publicise the programmes
• SFE coordinator training

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FEATURES OF SFE
PTA/ PSG

• Family life champions - key drivers to the
  success of SFE
• Motivate and encourage greater participation
  among parents in family life education programmes
• Facilitate small group discussions and the
  formation of support groups
• Ensure the continuity of family life education in
  schools

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FEATURES OF SFE
FUNDING
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FEATURES OF SFE
OUTCOME INDICATORS
100 hrs of FLE programmes per FY

• Percentage of parent participants
• - 30 (1st year)
• - 40 (2nd year-cumulative)
• - 60 (3rd year-cumulative)
• Percentage of school staff participants 100
• Percentage of pupils participants 100

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FEATURES OF SFE
MCYS SUPPORT

• Funding
• Centralised evaluation
• MCYS family life education resource materials,
  SFE Parent Guide, brochure stand, banner, etc
• Annual recruitment briefing to schools, service
  providers other community partners
• Quarterly meeting with SFE coordinators/ service
  providers
• Annual sharing session with principals/ PTA/ PSG

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FEATURES OF SFE
EVALUATION

• Participants feedback on SFE programmes
• Quarterly evaluation on outreach and fulfillment
  of outcome indicators
• Biennial quantitative and qualitative research on
  impact of SFE

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APPLICATION PROCEDURES
MCYS shortlists and informs suitable school by
2/12/05 School will be sent application form to
fill in
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APPLICATION PROCEDURES
School submits application form by 13/01/06
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Proposal Approved?
School engages service provider to identify and
plan a minimum of 100 hours of family life
education programmes and activities for the 3
target groups for the whole year
School sends year-long family life education
programme plan (1/4/06 - 31/3/07) to MCYS by
3/3/06 for approval before implementing
programmes and activities
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Thank you