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Assessment

CC003 Assessment

Review the details of your assessment including the rubric. You will have the ability to submit the assessment once you earn a score of 80% or better on all of the related sub- competency quizzes and engage with your Faculty Subject Matter Expert (SME) in a substantive way about the competency.

Overview This Assessment is a Performance Task in which you will apply strategies that support effective communication and collaboration, establishing foundations for respectful, reciprocal, and responsive partnerships. In addition, you will apply principles of effective communication through the development of communication plans.

Specifically, you will imagine that you are a teacher at Blue Stream Early Learning Center, and you have been assigned the 4- to 5-year-old classroom for the new school year. It is two weeks before classes begin, and you have received a list of the children who will be in your classroom, as well as the contact information for their families. You have never met these children or their families.

Your response to this Assessment should:

Reflect the criteria provided in the Rubric.

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Adhere to the required assignment length.

Use the APA course paper template available here (http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/templates/general).

Download the Writing Checklist (/d2l/lor/viewer/viewFile.d2lfile/6606/3,0/) to review prior to submitting your Assessment.

This Assessment requires submission of one (1) document that includes:

One two- to three-page family engagement analysis.

Three two-page individualized family communication plans.

One two-page family newsletter.

Professional Skills: Written Communication (/d2l/le/content/6667/Home) is assessed in this Competency. You are strongly encouraged to use the Writing Checklist (/d2l/lor/viewer/viewFile.d2lfile/6606/3,0) and to review the Rubric prior to submitting.

Save this file as CC003_firstinitial_lastname (for example, CC003_J_Smith). When you are ready to upload your completed Assessment, select Assessment Submission.

Instructions Before submitting your Assessment, carefully review the rubric. This is the same rubric the assessor will use to evaluate your submission and it provides detailed criteria describing how to achieve or master the Competency. Many students find that understanding the requirements of the Assessment and the rubric criteria help them direct their focus and use their time most productively.

Rubric

This assessment has three-parts. Click each of the items below to complete this assessment.

As you begin to consider how you will engage families at the start of the new school year, it is important to reflect upon why family engagement is necessary and beneficial for children, families, and early childhood programs. Review Document #1: Blue Stream Early Learning Center Overview (/d2l/lor/viewer/viewfile.d2lfile/6606/112,0/).

In two to three pages, do the following:

Explain why family engagement is important for the healthy development of children and why it is essential to creating a foundation for effective early childhood practice.

Describe at least two strategies that you would use to engage families prior to the beginning of the school year.

Part I: Family Engagement

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beginning of the school year.

Explain why you chose these strategies and how each strategy can be used to promote a respectful, reciprocal, and responsive partnership with the families.

Imagine that it is now the second week of the school year. You have received the completed Beginning of the Year Questionnaires that you sent to the children’s families as seen in the following documents:

Document #2: Jon Hall: Beginning of the Year Questionnaire (/d2l/lor/viewer/viewfile.d2lfile/6606/113,0/)

Document #3: Annie Xun: Beginning of the Year Questionnaire (/d2l/lor/viewer/viewfile.d2lfile/6606/116,0/)

Document #4: Irene Segers: Beginning of the Year Questionnaire (/d2l/lor/viewer/viewfile.d2lfile/6606/115,0/)

Based on the questionnaires, create an individualized plan for how you would communicate and collaborate with each of the three children’s families.

Each of the three individualized plans should be two pages in length and include:

An explanation of the initial method of communication you will use with the family. Explain why you chose the method for this specific family.

A description of at least one potential obstacle you might face in communicating with the family.

Describe at least one strategy you might use to overcome the obstacle you identified, so you can effectively communicate and collaborate with the family.

An explanation of how you will communicate information to the family about their child’s overall development and academic progress. Provide a rationale for your choice.

An explanation of how you will communicate to the family the opportunities for them to engage in the classroom. Provide a rationale for your choice. Include an explanation of why building a partnership with this family is essential to the healthy development of the child(ren) in this family.

A description of at least one strategy you would use to obtain information from the family. Provide a rationale for your choice.

Part II: Individualized Family Communication Plans

Part III: Family Newsletter

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Reflect in ePortfolio

A month has passed, and it is time to update the families on their children’s progress.

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