07 May DISCUSS THE ANALYSIS OF DATA AND THE IMPACT OF FINDINGS PHILOSOPHY AND APPROACH TO FAMILY AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.
This week students will:
Analyze the informal curriculum of the family and home environment on young children’s development and learning.
Describe how organizations and agencies within a community provide learning opportunities for children and their families, both formally and informally.
Generate a list of community resources that support families with young children.
Develop strategies to support families in accessing community services, despite physical, economic and other obstacles.
Discuss the analysis of data and the impact of findings philosophy and approach to family and community engagement.
Introduction
Students will further explore the learning that occurs in the home and community (also known as the informal curriculum). This week’s discussions center on the impact of the informal curriculum on young children’s physical, cognitive, social and emotional development and learning.
Required Resources
Required Text
Scully P., Barbour, C., & Roberts-King, H. (2015). Families, schools, and communities: Building partnerships for educating children (6th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
Chapter 8: Influences of the Home
Chapter 9: Community Influences on Children’s Development
Discussions
To participate in the following discussions, go to this week’s Discussion link in the left navigation.
The Informal Curriculum
In the reading assignments this week, we have learned about the informal curriculum that occurs at home and in the community. The lessons children learn outside of school can have positive as well as negative impact. Read Chapter 8 and Chapter 9 of the required text.
Initial post (Due by day 3, Thursday)
Think back to your own childhood and describe at least two lessons you learned at home and two lessons you learned from your larger community/society.
How did these informal lessons shape you as an adult? Looking back now, do you feel you learned more from school (formal curriculum) or from your family and community (informal curriculum)? Why?
Connect your reflections to two outside resources, in addition to your text. Use APA 6th edition format for all citations.
Guided Response (Due by Day 7, the following Monday)
Review the posts of several classmates. Respond to at least two classmates by commenting on at least one ways that the text and course materials support your classmates’ reflections on informal and formal curriculum that they did not share in the original post. Respond thoughtfully by asking questions, comparing your own post to your classmates, or sharing new ideas or resources.
Though two replies is the basic expectation, for deeper engagement and learning, you are encouraged to provide responses to any comments or questions others have given to you (including the instructor) before the last day of the discussion. This will further the conversation while also giving you opportunities to demonstrate your content expertise, critical thinking, and real work experiences with this topic.
Family and Community Resource List
Select a community that is familiar to you. If possible, you may want to use the community where your early childhood program is located (it will help you in your final presentation). Generate a list of all the resources, services, and materials available for families with young children.
Initial post (Due by Day 3, Thursday)
Share your list of all the resources, services, and materials available for families with young children in your selected community. If you have web resources, please include the link in your list along with the name.
How accessible are the resources to different families (physical limitations, economic obstacles, etc.)? Come up with at least two strategies to support families to access these resources.
Guided Response (Due by Day 7, the following Monday)
Review the posts of several classmates. Respond to at least two peers by reacting to their ideas. Please respond thoughtfully by asking questions, comparing your own post to your classmates, or sharing new strategies that were not discussed in the post.
Though two replies is the basic expectation, for deeper engagement and learning, you are encouraged to provide responses to any comments or questions others have given to you (including the instructor) before the last day of the discussion. This will further the conversation while also giving you opportunities to demonstrate your content expertise, critical thinking, and real work experiences with this topic.
Journal
To complete the following journal entry, go to this week’s Journal link in the left navigation.
Self-Assessment Journal
Reflect on the quality and quantity of your discussion posts, engagement with others and completing assignments for the discussions.
This week you were asked to look beyond the surface and discover the power of the informal curriculum on learning style and school experiences. These self-assessment journals have been an “informal” way for you to use the power of self-reflection and facilitate your own learning. Describe how you feel you have grown in terms of the level of engagement in both discussions and assignments to this point in our course.
Use the Ashford University discussion rubric and provide a score as well as a brief rationale for the score in your post. This exercise is here so that you can reflect on your process and get support and feedback from the instructor. This journal remains private and is viewed only by instructor and the student.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your journal entries.
DUE JANURARY 16, 2017
MAKE SURE THIS IS AN A ASSINGMENT LOOK OVER EVERTHING AND MAKE SURE YOU CITE THE BOOK ALSO.
Summative Assessment
Background Scenario:
You are working for an early childhood center in your neighborhood. It has recently opened, and the director has placed you in charge of giving a 30-minute presentation on the program’s family and community engagement plan and approach.
Your responsibility will be to develop a presentation that reflects your center’s philosophy for family and community engagement based on current research and best practice. Your goal is to motivate parents and organizations in your community to participate in the family and community engagement plan for your school. You will need to include an overview of the plan as well as any assistance available to families through the organizations invited. Please use your creativity to ensure that your presentation is encouraging, enlightening, and inviting.
Preparing the Presentation
The presentation MUST:
Describe your program’s philosophy regarding family and community engagement.
Determine how each of the following issues are addressed in your plan:
Developmental and learning outcomes for the child.
Respectful engagement with diverse family groups.
Approach to including families whose children have special needs.
Facilitation and support for connecting with community organizations.
Evidence of quality Early Care and Education programs.
Align the components of your plan with current research and best practices in early care in education by making connections to examples or research found in the textbook, required readings, and at least five outside scholarly sources.
Incorporate textbook and at least five or more visuals – (photos or links to video). You are free to use either PowerPoint or Prezi as formats for the presentation.
Provide what you would say to families upon showing each slide. (Use the notes portion at the bottom of the slide for this.)
Include a separate title and reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Your reference page must include a minimum of five outside scholarly sources in addition to the textbook and required readings.
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