Parents 'involvement in school is important for students' professionalism. Therefore, the contact between schools and bilingual families decisive. Minister of Education welcomes you to a theme day focusing on the difficult school-home collaboration.

Bilingual task force working to strengthen the bilingual pupils' performance in school so they can complete a secondary education. On February 11, featuring Education Tina Nedergaard welcome a special seminar on school-home collaboration of schools who are enrolled in bilingual Task Force and DR's campaign "Two languages ​​- one challenge". "We know that parental involvement in school has a direct impact on children's reading ability and desire to continue in secondary education. Therefore, we must create dialogue and clearly communicate the expectations we have and help parents to understand that they are a resource for their children's learning, "says Tina Nedergaard. One of the speakers at the theme day on home-school cooperation is a PhD researcher Karen Ida Dannesboe from the Danish School of Education. She finishes her Ph.D. on school-home collaboration this summer. Karen Ida Dannesboe indicate that the school must listen to and acknowledge the support that many parents give their children every day. She stresses that children often are nervous and do not think much about the upcoming school-home meetings. The researcher calls, therefore, that students be more involved in the ongoing communication between school and home and for example helps to develop newsletters and thus put words to their school, which is the focal point of the home-school cooperation. On the theme day, among others presentation by journalist Abdel Aziz Mahmoud, psychologist Basim Osman and author and Associate Professor Ulla Kofoed.

Facts: bilingual Task Force

Bilingual Task Force is a joint project between the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Refugee, Immigration and Integration. The aim is to raise bilingual pupils' academic skills in school, so they can then complete a secondary education. The Task Force advises municipalities and schools on the teaching of bilingual students, including teaching in Danish as a second language, school management of schools with bilingual students, organization of resources in the area, networking, home-school cooperation and the transitions to and from primary school. The Task Force and DR launched in March 2010 campaign Two languages ​​- one challenge. The campaign encourages all elementary schools to prepare a comprehensive plan for their teaching of bilingual students. The plan will have schools defined their challenges, set goals and plan concrete actions to improve the professionalism of the school's bilingual students. Source: UVM.dk