After reflecting on the information from parts 1 and 2, develop a family engagement and collaboration plan that addresses each of the following:

After reflecting on the information from parts 1 and 2, develop a family engagement and collaboration plan that addresses each of the following:

• A statement of how families and communities impact children’s development and learning, and the role of the early childhood professional in facilitating this impact.
  • For example, discuss the role that parents, grandparents and other family members have in child development. Also, give examples of how ECE teachers can support families in this area (i.e. doing workshops like the one you planned earlier in the semester, planning parent/child activities, etc.)
• Culturally and linguistically responsive practices that are supportive of family development and promote culturally sensitive expectations for children’s development and learning.
  • For example, what are some ways teachers can support children’s cultures in the classroom? Think about ways to support a child’s home language at school, ways to include children’s culture in the classroom and school environment, etc.
• Specific strategies you will implement to encourage family engagement in classroom and program activities and problem-solving at the classroom and center/school levels.
  • Think of ways to include parents and families at school (i.e. encouraging volunteering, including parents in decision making at the school, etc.)
• Specific strategies you will implement to encourage collaboration at the classroom and center/school levels with other team members and ECE professionals.
  • How will you work with the other ECE teachers and staff at your center? Think about planning meetings, working together to plan lessons, etc.
• Communication and collaboration strategies that you see as essential in the design and implementation of your family engagement plan.
  • How will you communicate and collaborate with parents and families? Discuss at least three strategies.
• Strategies you will utilize to gain information about families, and how this information will be used to inform child and program goals.
  • For example, some teachers use surveys to gather info from families- include at least one other strategy for information gathering and discuss what you will do with the information you gather.
• Specific strategies you will use to involve families as team members in meaningful and consistent ways in the assessment process, and how this information will be used to inform children’s goals.
  • This question is specific to the assessment process- how will you include families? Think about how you will share info about a child’s progress with their family, what information you will include, and how you will gather feedback from parents and use it to inform children’s goals.