School Family Education SFE Orientation Briefing

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School Family Education (SFE) Orientation
Briefing
4 April 2008 Family Education Department Family
Development Division
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OVERVIEW

• Roles and responsibilities of service provider
  and coordinator
• Funding and outcome indicators
• Reimbursement

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AIM

• Enhance quality of family life by
• providing family life education programmes to
  parents, staff and students
• making family resource easily available to
  parents, staff and students

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DESIRED OUTCOME

• 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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SERVICE PROVIDER Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide consultation to school on family life
  education programmes and resource people
• Provide guidance to school coordinator in
  planning suitable programmes for target groups
• Provide guidance to school on budget and make
  payment for coordinator fee, programmes and
  related items on behalf of school

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SFE COORDINATOR Roles and Responsibilities

• Together with school service provider, plan
  and implement family life education programmes
  for target groups
• Provide and coordinate with family life
• educators on programmes
• Conduct assessment to identify needs
• Publicise family life education programmes and
  family life centre/ corner

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SFE COORDINATOR Roles and Responsibilities
(Continued)

• Provide information and referral service to
  those who need professional help
• Set up/ manage and promote family life centre/
  corner
• Identify parents for parent facilitator training

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SFE COORDINATOR Roles and Responsibilities
(Continued)

• Collate feedback on programmes and its
  effectiveness - Workshop Evaluation Form
• Prepare monthly reimbursement document
• Assist in the school survey commissioned by MCYS

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PROGRAMME CONTENT

• Parent education
• Parent facilitators course
• School staffs family wellness
• Students lifeskills training

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FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION PROGRAMMES

• Parent parenting tips, marriage enrichment,
  financial stress management, work-life harmony.
  Examples
• Build self-esteem in your child
• Understand your child
• Discipline strategies
• Effective communication skills
• Model a good marriage and a healthy lifestyle
• Marriage enrichment
• Family bonding
• Money management
• Work life harmony
• Sexuality education for parents
• X Academic-related

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FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION PROGRAMMES
PARENT FACILITATOR TRAINING PROGRAMME
Parent volunteer
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FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION PROGRAMMES (Continued)

• Staff - financial stress management, personal
  effectiveness, work-life balance, single
  education. Examples
• Stress management
• Money management
• Work life harmony
• Programmes for singles
• X Enhance teaching role

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FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION PROGRAMMES (Continued)

• Student lifeskill, character development,
  financial stress management. Examples
• Build self-esteem
• Build character
• Be money wise
• Stress and conflict management
• Media influence
• Communication and relationship skills
• Service learning (with parents/grandparents)
• X Sexuality education, BGR, academic-related

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FAMILY LIFE EDUCATION PROGRAMMES (Continued)

• Based on needs of target groups
• Include subject matters that are central to the
  family life of each target group
• 100 hours per year per school
• - 70 for parents/ staff 30 for students
• - max 10 hours for recreational/social events

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FAMILY LIFE CENTRE/ CORNER

• Open for 12 hours a week
• Easily accessible
• Well-maintained and utilised
• Drop-in centre to gather more information on
  family life and seek advice from SFE
  coordinator

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PUBLICITY

• Pamphlet/ handout/ poster SFE Parents Guide
  other MCYS resource materials, SFE corporate
  video, brochure stand, SFE banner will be sent to
  schools
• School Website - Hyperlink to SFE website
  (www.sfe.org.sg)
• Notice board/ Newsletters/ Tip sheets
• Book reviews - Encourage parents to borrow books
  that are available in the family life centre/
  corner

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SFE Banner
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MCYS FUNDING - Family Life Education Programme

• MCYS provides funding for 3 years per school on a
  sliding scale
• 1st year - 20,000
• 2nd year - 15,000
• 3rd year - 10,000
• From the 4th year, school will be given the
  option to continue the programme
• School must meet MCYS outcome indicators each
  year to secure funding for subsequent years

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MCYS FUNDING Performance Indicators
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MCYS FUNDING - SFE Coordinator

• Appointment of a SFE coordinator in each school
  for 3 years
• 10,000 each year per school
• Working hours 936 hours/year or 78 hours/month
• Annual funding of coordinator is tied to funding
  of family life education programmes

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EVALUATION

• Participants feedback on SFE programmes
• Monthly evaluation on outreach and fulfillment of
  outcome indicators
• Quantitative and qualitative survey on impact of
  SFE

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REIMBURSEMENT

• Monthly basis
• Must reach MCYS within 15 days after each Month,
  e.g., for May - submit by 15 June
• For Feb 09 reimbursement, must reach MCYS by 10th
  March due to close of FY
• School certify the accuracy of invoices and
  claims - signature of P or VP or HOD and school
  stamp
• MCYS disburses fund via service providers

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REIMBURSEMENT -Documents Required

• Family Life Education Programme
• Cover letter signed by head of service provider
  with organisation letterhead
• Monthly Reimbursement Evaluation form
• Original invoices/ receipts .
• Summary of workshop evaluation form or Programme
  short report
• Certification letter from school for the
  coordinators work hours

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Parent Facilitaors Training SFE Coordinator
Trainingwww.sfe.org.sg

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• For more FAQs, visit www.sfe.org.sg
• For reimbursement enquiries,
• Email Chua_Li_Ping_at_mcys.gov.sg or
• call Liping at 6354 9847
• For general enquiries,
• email mcys_sfe_at_mcys.gov.sg or
• call Idris at 6354 9872
• For enquiries on SFE Parent Facilitator training,
  
• Email café.secretary_at_gmail.com or call
• Ms Veronica Ng at 9452 2847 or
• Ms Helena Lim at 9234 2909

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