InterParents

AMPA of the European School of Alicante is a member of InterParents, the federation of all European School Family Associations. The main purpose of InterParents is to share information about best practices in the different European Schools and to represent the voice of families in the different bodies of the European Schools.

The InterParents working group of the AMPA of the European School of Alicante actively participates in the development and decision making of the education policy of the European Schools. Our representatives take part in InterParents meetings four times a year, organized on a rotating basis by different European Schools. They also participate in the meetings of the various administrative bodies of the European Schools, (https://www.eursc.eu/en/Office/bodies) such as the Board of Governors, the Joint Teaching Committee and the Budget Committee.

The Interparents BAC working group (http://interparents.eu/bac/​) closely follows the annual BAC exams and its representatives are available to answer any questions during and after the final exams. Families and students can send their comments and complaints via the following web platform (https://support.interparents.eu/) as well as receive help on what procedure to follow.

Meetings in which we participate

  • InterParents Bureau meetings (Reet Escribano as Vice President of InterParents).
  • InterParents general meetings (preparations of the Joint Teaching Committee, Budgetary Committee and Board of Governors - delegates from all the PAs of the ESs, from Alicante Reet Escribano, Sara Portela, Tina Filzek and Kristina Cunningham).
  • InterParents working group meetings (delegates from all EEs, from Alicante Reet Escribano, Sara Portela, Tina Filzek and Kristina Cunningham).
  • OSG working group meetings (organized by the General Office of the European Schools - delegates from all stakeholders in the Schools, from InterParents Reet Escribano and Sara Portela are members of some WG).
  • JTC meetings (delegates of all stakeholders from the ESs, from InterParents one of the delegates is Kristin Cunningham). 
  • BoG meetings (representatives of all EU member state delegations as well as of all stakeholders from the ESs, from Interparents one of the delegates is Reet Escribano).

Documentation

FAQs

In order to participate in InterParents you have to be a management committee Parents association (AMPA) member.

A wide range of topics are discussed: general, pedagogical, management of the services provided by the school. Any topic of daily life in European schools is dealt with at InterParents.