Family and Community Engagement

St Joseph's has commenced the Family and Community Engagement (FACE) Group model for parents, replacing the previous P&F structure.

The FACE Group is our key parent forum and provides critical input from the parent/ carer body to the School Executive. It is a very valuable point of communication regarding developments and changes within our school.

The purpose of the FACE Group is to promote engagement with and connections between family, school, parish and the wider community for the benefit of a student’s spiritual development, wellbeing and learning.

All parents and carers are invited to join us for these meetings and become actively involved in the discussion of parent / carer partnership in our children’s education. Meetings are generally held on the first Tuesday of the month in the school term, and notice of these meetings is placed in the school newsletter.

Meeting Agendas

The agenda at the meetings will include, but is not limited to activities such as:

• Affirming, supporting and validating ideas, policies and initiatives.
• Being a critical participant for discussing and expanding new ideas and suggestions.
• Providing feedback of effectiveness and impact of school initiatives and programs.
• Providing a `voice’ for parents / carers to make suggestions, to directly express views, to share experiences and expectations.
• Being actively involved in the discussion and decision of how the Fundraising levy contribution is used to procure items / support initiatives for the students.