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: Early childhood professionals have opportunities to build relationships that positively impact children and their families for a lifetime. Strong relationships with families promote family well-being, positive parent-child relationships, and the ongoing learning and development of children and parents. Families and childcare staff share their unique knowledge of the individual children they teach and care for, and the experiences and communities in which they live. Parental involvement is a crucial component to the success of a child’s educational achievement. Parents are their child’s most important teacher. Children are more successful learners when their parents are actively involved in their learning, both at home and at school. To support parents as partners, families are encouraged to be involved in their child’s educational process. Parents need and want to be involved from the onset in partnerships that serve their children best. So how do childcare centers make that connection? What do Parent Involvement and Family Engagement look like?