Title: Family Engagement: A Partnership Between Childcare Centers and Families - ChildWatch
Headings: Family Engagement: A Partnership Between Childcare Centers and Families
Family Engagement: A Partnership Between Childcare Centers and Families
Parent Involvement and Family Engagement: Why Both Matter
What do Parent Involvement and Family Engagement look like?
Parent Involvement
Family Engagement
What Parents Can Do
Importance of Communicating with Families

Content: Parent Involvement
Parents talk to teachers at the time children arrive and when they leave at the end of the day. Parents participate in social events. Parents attend meetings. Staff ask questions about the child, his or her family, and home life. Staff provide resources/ideas for families to use at home and in the community. Families share suggestions and concerns with staff. FAMILY ENGAGEMENT
Family engagement happens when early childhood professionals and families engage in a shared process of relationship-building. The approach is mutual, respectful, and responsive to a family’s language and culture. Meaningful relationship-building is ongoing and requires time and attention. Childcare professionals partner with families to share responsibility for the care and learning of children.