National Head Start Association - www.nhsa.org
The blog from Olivia Harper was short but reinforced the importance of parent engagement in the classroom. Olivia talked about how her goal for classroom was 100% of the children will be kindergarten ready and could not have been reached without the daily engagement, partnership and support her parents offered (Harper, 2015). Olivia inspired me to discuss with my supervisor the possibility of having literacy nights with just my classroom as a way to get more families engaged. We do parent education nights twice a year but they are school wide events - this makes it harder for my parents to really engage with us and each other.
I was able to connect with two ECE professionals from New Zealand and Canada :)
I look forward to learning more about their work.
References
Harper, O. (2015). Parents as partners: Creating advocates for a true "head start." Retrieved from http://www.nhsa.org/parents-partners-creating-advocates-true-head-start
Hi Chrissy,
ReplyDeleteI am glad to hear you made a connection! I have yet to connect with anyone but I did find some great resources that will aid in my continuing my work.
Yvonne
When I talk to my students parents I can not be more clear of their importance with their child's development within the classroom. It is imperative that we have the support of parents within our classroom. I am really looking forward to reading everyone's experiences learning about different educational systems across the world.
ReplyDeleteHello,
ReplyDeleteI'm totally down with your pick because I did the same thing. I personally worked for Head Start and the vision of this program constantly blows me away. It hurts to hear and see about the standard not being upheld in every department nation wide. The main portion that can not be change is parents and their effects to their child.