1. Intentional Teaching
HOW TO TEACH

2. CLASSROOM WELCOME TEACHER STATEMENT
Photo – Who are You? Education, Interests
Partnership with Families
Caring Community of Learners
Teaching & Learning
Effective Curriculum

3. Building Effective Partnerships with Families
Chapter 7 ~
“Families play essential roles in every aspect of human development though the life span.”

4. Families Today

5. Be Successful with Families
Accept these assumptions:
Families are diverse in many ways
Families are different and unique; not good or bad
Families want the best for their children
All families have strengths and resources, hopes and dreams
It is not your right to pass judgment on families

6. Family Dynamics: Bronfenbrenner’s Ecological Model
The Child: Biology, Temperament, Abilities
Interactions in Microsystem: Family, Community, School, Religious Affiliation (Mesosystems)
Exosystem: Media, Law, Gov’t policies; Socioeconomic context
Macrosystem: Beliefs and values, Cultural Context

7. Family Systems Theory
Family members are interconnected parts with each member influencing the others in predictable and recurring ways
Boundaries
Roles
Rules
Hierarchy
Climate: emotional and physical
Equilibrium

8. Context & Families Families at risk
Factors: dysfunctional, abuse, parental mental illness, substance abuse, illness
Community factors: poverty, crime, unemployment, high levels of teen parenthood
Resilient Families: Closeness, concern, caring and interaction create family strength

9. Reciprocal Relationships
Three stages of relationships with parents
Save the child
Save the parent
Draw on parents’ expertise
Clarifying roles of Teachers and Parents
Different but complementary roles
Important boundaries
Diverse expertise

10. Reciprocal Relationships
Family-Centered Practice
Provides resources and support to families that promote children’s development and learning and at the same time, strengthen the competence of families in their roles.
Now recognized as essential elements of a high-quality ECE program.
Reciprocal Relationships
Two-way relationships in which information and power are shared.
Develops in an atmosphere of: mutual respect, trust, cooperation and shared responsibility.

11. Effective Communication

12. Barriers to Effective Communication
Competition
I am afraid Madison loves her teacher more than me. When I left the center Madison called her teacher Mommy and I cried all the way to work.
Guilt and loss
I’m going to miss seeing my baby’s first steps”
Differing child-rearing goals
I don’t like Tawanna getting dirty at school. And I want her to learn to read to be ready for school, but they say that’s not important yet. And they let the children call them by their first names in that school. I want Tawanna to learn good manners.
Power struggles
They say I can’t send cupcakes for Sonya’s birthday because they’re not healthy food, but she wants cupcakes and so do I.

13. Welcoming Environment
Communication
Problems in School
Welcoming Environment
Confusion about regulations and policies
Lack of flexibility
Lack of attention to individual children

14. Effective Communication
Types of Messages
STYLES
Tennis ball messages
Tossed and easily received
Slippery egg messages
Difficult to toss and catch
Must be tossed gently
Passive
Sensitive to the listener’s feelings
Aggressive
Truthful, delivery hurtful
Assertive
Truth in a thoughtful and considerate way

15. Involving Families WAYS Settings Parent Education Communication
Volunteering
Learning at home
Decision making
Collaborating with the community
At home Child Care
Preschool setting
Public Kindergarten
Inclusion 2nd grade
3rd Grade Classroom

16. Building Partnerships
Clarity about preferences
Ability to Communicate
Ability to negotiate
Willingness to learn and change