PARENT, FAMILY, AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
- The value that hearing such stories has for early childhood professionals, for the public, and for policymakers and government officials. Listening to the stories by parents gives those teachers and professionals that are working in field the added push to continue the great work of passionate teaching, advocacy and involvement in the Head Start programs.
- Your opinion regarding why or why not parent/family involvement is an essential system element for all strands of service in the early childhood field. Parent/family involvement is so important to the as the first educators of children are their families. When the family becomes a partner with the teachers the child develops great relationships in their education. When teachers develop those partnerships they are also able to understand the child in a different way by understanding the uniqueness of each family.
Carmen,
ReplyDeleteI agree that listening to these stories is a great way to give teachers and professionals a push to try even harder. Success inspires success! I also believe that a child is going to feel more confident in their education if their parent(s) is/are involved and playing an active role in their education. I know for some parents it can be very difficult to be involved because they may be working full time but even help with homework and some E-Mail correspondance with the child's teachers is better than nothing.
Carmen, I have seen with my own children that because I made myself present at their schools they developed really good relationships with their teachers.
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