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ECE625 Instructor Guidance: Week Two

· Introduction

· Outcomes and Tasks

· Key Notes

· Assignments

· References

Week Two Learning Outcomes

1. Explain how children are being raised and supported through the various types of households and family groupings.

2. Recognize the relationships between respectful family and community engagement and children's social identity development.

3. Reflect on the knowledge, skills, and dispositions required to respond appropriately to aspects of family diversity such as race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, culture, family composition, religion, age, ability, and home language.

4. Develop a philosophy statement for family and community engagement as a basis for research and practice.

5. Generate research questions and rationale.

Week Two Tasks

1. Read from your textbook, Families, schools, and communities: Building partnerships for educating children.

· Chapter 3

· Chapter 4

2. Read the articles by Christian and Santora. These, along with your reading from the textbook, will help you complete Discussion One.

3. Read the key notes and additional tips & hints throughout this guidance.

4. Post and respond twice in Discussion One about supporting healthy social identity formation. (Thursday)

5. Post and respond twice in Discussion Two about transforming our experience into skills and disposition. (Thursday)

6. Complete the self-assessment journal entry. (due Monday)

7. To help you complete this week's assignment, contact the director or staff member of the ECE program you identified in Week One as soon as possible this week.

8. Complete this week's assignment, preparing a philosophy statement and research questions. (due Monday)

9. For each assignment, review the grading rubric so that you know what's expected.

10. Address every component of your discussions and assignments.

Due Thursday Discussion 1

Prepare for the discussion

· Read all assigned texts and web resources PRIOR to posting in the discussion.

· Put yourself in the shoes of the child in this vignette: Imagine that you are a child whose family/home practices are not valued in your early childhood center. Your parents work long hours so you are at the center from 7am to 5pm everyday.  No one in the center shares your home language and you don’t see any familiar items that you would see at home on the shelves of your classroom.

Initial Post (Due by Day 3, Thursday)

a. Discuss how you think this center’s approach and environment impact the child described in the vignette. How does the child feel?  

· What does the child learn about his or her family culture, language and practices when these are not validated or respected? 

· How does this impact the child’s social identity formation? 

· Have you experienced something similar in your own life?

b. In what ways could this center and its staff support healthy social identity formation through the ways they interact with families and/or prepare our classroom environments?  

c. Connect your own ideas to this week’s assigned readings. DO NOT write a summary of the readings or web resources.   DO write your own thoughts and then make connections to the text and other sources.

Due Thursday Discussion 2

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Prepare for the discussion The Skills and Dispositions discussion is your opportunity to demonstrate your ability with the objectives below:

a. Explain how children are being raised and supported through the various types of households and family groupings.

b. Recognize the relationships between respectful family and community engagement and children’s social identity development.

c. Reflect on the knowledge, skills and dispositions required to respond appropriately to aspects of family diversity – such as race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, culture, family composition, religion, age, ability and home language. 

Initial Post (Due by Day 3, Thursday) Family involvement is one predictor to successful school partnerships and educational outcomes for young children.  In Week 2 we are exploring the role of family support in a child’s learning and development.  We must consider diverse family structures and practices, which may be different than our own.  Diverse families might include various family structures, grandparents as parents, single parents, gay or lesbian parents as well as foster families.  Further, the supports that these different family structures might provide are essential ingredients to early childhood development. Share your reflections on the importance and role of family support in a child’s learning and development.  In your initial post, addressing the following:

· How do your professional experiences with diverse families impact the way that you interact, or will interact with children and their families?

· Expound on the skills and dispositions that are required to successfully engage families in respectful and inclusive ways.  Classify at least two skills and two dispositions you believe are necessary for this to occur.

· Employ the required (and recommended) resources to assist you in your discussion together.  

Journal Due Monday

Self-Assessment Journal Reflect on the quality and quantity of your discussion post, engagement with others and completion of assignments for reading and writing.

· Did you take the risk to fully reflect on the vignette and images presented this week?

· What did you learn from your reflection that facilitated your understanding of the concepts this week? 

Use the Ashford University discussion rubric  and provide a score for yourself, as well as a two-to three-sentence rationale. This exercise is here so that you can reflect on your process and products for the week and get support and feedback from the instructor. This journal remains private and is viewed only by the student and instructor.

Assignment Due Monday

Philosophy Statement and Research Questions

This week, you will begin a pilot research study to inform your philosophy and approach to family and community engagement as well as participate in the research process. A pilot study is similar to a “practice run” before conducting the actual study. Sometimes it helps the researcher decide if this is the topic he or she wants to pursue for further research. Often, the pilot study is used to test certain methodologies to be used in the larger, actual study. In the Master of Arts in Education (MAED) program, you will most likely be conducting some kind of research in your Capstone course.  The assignments in the next three weeks will help you in the following ways:

· Inform you about family and community engagement that occurs from current early childhood professionals.

· Help you develop your final philosophy and approach statement for family and community engagement.

· Allow you to participate in action research (research that will directly impact practice or emerge from practice) and inquire about current or future issues of interest in your job.

Prepare for Written Assignment and Research

Visit, call, or send an email to the director or a staff member of the early childhood program you identified in the Week One discussion, “Defining Family and Community Engagement.” Ask if you can visit the program and conduct an interview with the director or with another staff member the following week. Find an early childhood program that is willing to help you conduct the interview by the end of that week. If visiting is not convenient for the director or yourself, ask if a phone or email interview would be possible. If you cannot reach anyone to conduct this interview, contact your instructor as soon as possible.

Writing the Assignment  Include the following sections in your written assignment. The assignment should be three to five pages, in addition to a separate title page and a separate reference page, and formatted in APA style. Format your writing as follows: MS Word, double-spaced, 12-point font, one-inch margins all around. Proofread your paper before submitting it.

· Create a profile of yourself as an educator. The profile will include your preferred teaching style, an in-depth look at your experiences as an educator (if you have not worked with children, you have most likely been an educator with your own children, family members, co-workers, church members, etc.), and how that experience impacts your teaching style and your philosophy on how children grow and learn (this is not the same as your philosophy on family and community engagement but will overlap). Build on the theoretical perspective you developed in last week’s discussion as well as your experiences. You must cite one scholarly source (in addition to the textbook and required readings) in your profile. Create your profile before you begin writing your philosophy statement and approach. If you have had to do some of this thinking, reflection, and creation in another course, contact your instructor if you would like to re-use portions for this assignment.

· Create your philosophy and approach to family and community engagement. Build your philosophy statement from the bulleted items you created for last week’s discussion, “Philosophical Perspectives on Family and Community Engagement.” Be sure to incorporate concepts we have addressed in the course discussions thus far and also draw from your direct experience working with families, if you have them. Your philosophy statement and approach should align to a theoretical perspective. You must cite one scholarly source (in addition to the textbook and required readings) in your philosophy and approach statement.

· Identify three questions you would like to ask during the interview with the director or staff person in the early childhood program. The questions should focus on some aspects of family and community engagement to help support or expand your philosophy statement. If you are currently working with young children and their families, try to think of questions that relate directly to issues that have arisen for you. If you are not currently working with children and families, these questions can be ones you have curiosity about. Discuss the reasons why you chose these questions.  You will be continuing with the pilot study in the next three assignments: you will collect the responses/data (Week Three), analyze the data (Week Four), and discuss your findings in relation to your philosophy of education (Week Five).

Required Resources Required Text

1. 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 3: Viewing Family Diversity

· Chapter 4: Understanding Roles and Experiences of Parents

Articles

1. Christian, L.G. (2006, January).  Understanding families: Applying family systems theory to early childhood practice . Young Children on the Web. Retrieved from http://www.naeycdev.org/files/yc/file/200601/ChristianBTJ.pdf

· Focuses on finding common ground in family goals instead of on differences in appearance or practice.

2. Santora, L. (2012).  How can you create a learning environment that respects diversity?  Anti-defamation League. Retrieved from http://www.adl.org/assets/pdf/education-outreach/How-Can-You-Create-a-Learning-Environment-That-Respects-Diversity.pdf

· Gives explanation and ideas of how early childhood practitioners can create an inclusive learning environment that promotes healthy social identity.

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