Using the document Family Involvement Plan Framework, develop a three part, academic yearlong parent involvement plan, for your classroom or early childhood program/center. Describe how you will implement each of the SIX outreach strategies (based on the article ″What Research Says About Parent′s Involvement in Education″). Explain how you will utilize each strategy to ensure that you, the school, and/or early childhood program/center have regular and ongoing communication with families. Part Three: Type your information directly into the two column chart in the document Family Involvement Plan Framework (found in weekly documents). In the first column, list and explain in detail the activities that parents will be asked to participate in each month (column one). In column two, list which of the six outreach strategies (from the article What Research Says About Parent Involvement) OR which of your Family Friendly Practices (from part one) the activity supports. You will find FOUR documents attached to this assignment to assist you in developing your Family Involvement Plan. Each is described on the next page and includes information on how it should be used to help you develop your plan. Template for the Assignment This document is the file you will use to create and type your plan and then upload for your Assignment #1 Type your information directly into this document. Best Practices– article to help you with Part I of the assignment Read this article for information that will help you develop your personal philosophy as it relates to your ideas of an ideal home-school relationship and for ideas to help you create your list of ten Family Friendly Practices (Part One of the Assignment). What is meant by Family Friendly Practice? As we strive to create family-friendly school environments, the policies and practices we implement (both at a classroom level and school wide) directly impact the experience our families “Family-friendly” schools create a climate in which every aspect of the school is open and helpful.” Family-friendly schools strive to forge partnerships with all families, not just those that are most Unfortunately, the opposite can also happen: school culture can marginalize families by creating an environment that discourages involvement Family Friendly practices may be something that is done school-wide or specific to your Examples: Having social events throughout the year that appeal to a wide range of family Events are scheduled at varied times throughout the year – some in the evening, some on weekends, some during the weekday, etc. – so families that work will not miss all the events. Suggestions are given to involve families who may not be able to attend the event but still want to play a part Offering creative ways to meet for parent-teacher conferences in an attempt to try and meet the needs of both working and stay at home families, and even the families who may have a member working out of Example: Conference times are available at the beginning of the year and can be scheduled in August. If both parents are unable to be there, we offer three way phone conferencing, will be happy to video the conference, use video conferencing, etc. (whatever resources you may have at your disposal that would allow full participation of the parents) You will not find a list of family friendly practices from which you can choose. You will need to give this some thought and come up with ideas that interest you, that you feel will make a difference, etc. 3. What_Research_Says_Parent_Involvement.pdf – article to help you with Part II of the Assignment Read this article for information that will help you create your plan, specifically PART II of the plan that relates to the National Standards for Parent/Family Involvement Programs (based on Epstein’s Framework of Six Types of Involvement). Example of Part II of the assignment.
