Assignment: Create a Parent Workshop and Brochure
Activity Description
Parents have a unique contribution to make in their children’s schooling. They have a different knowledge about the child from what the teacher has. They know the child’s physical, medical, social, and intellectual histories. Parents bring with them a sense of continuity about the child. They provide the context with which the teacher can use to view the whole child.
For this assignment, you have read about family involvement in early childhood education. Reflect on what you have learned about research on family involvement; families as learning environments; building partnerships with families; tenets of successful family-school programs; and linking families, communities, and early childhood programs. Identify a legislative topic that affects the education of young children. In two separate files, submit the following:
Create an outline for a workshop that could be presented at a parent evening. Include the following components:
• Workshop focus and topic (see above)
• Workshop goals
• Workshop outcomes
• Methods of presentation for the workshop
• Workshop content with details (be specific and include all topics that you intend to present to the parents)
• Evaluation
• Next steps
Outline Length: 10-12 pages, including three scholarly resources. You must include your textbook as one of the resources.
Reference
Driscoll, A., & Nagel, N. G. (2008) Early childhood education, birth-8: The world of children, families, and educators
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