Partnerships with Families
This competency focuses on building strong partnerships with families to support children’s development and learning. Functional areas include maintaining open communication, respecting family diversity, and encouraging family involvement in children’s educational experiences. Educators demonstrate this competency by collaborating with families, sharing information about children’s progress, and valuing families as essential partners in learning.
- Type Experience
- Level Foundational
- Time Weeks
- Cost Paid
Skills
Earning Criteria
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Completion of weekly coursework include readings, discussion board posts, classroom discussions, and applying concepts to on-site experiences at Crosstown Learning Center
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Submit a required Reflective Competency Statement and Resource Collectives Items to include within culminating portfolio.
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Course Objective 1) Build respectful, collaborative relationships with families. 2) Communicate effectively with families of diverse backgrounds and family structures. 3) Support families as the child’s primary caregivers and first teachers.
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Skills covered: 1) Build welcoming, respectful partnerships with diverse families. 2) Communicate professionally with families through multiple methods. 3)Maintain confidentiality and appropriate professional boundaries.