Goals and Objectives
1. Answer questions about a formal family conference.
2. Respond to scenarios involving formal family conferences. (Assignment Sheet 1)
3. Identify ways to use families and community resources in teaching.
4. Create a bibliography that includes the titles, authors, publishers, copyright dates and short summaries of ten developmentally appropriate children’s books that you have used with young children. (Assignment Sheet 2)
5. Provide the name and contact information (phone number, web site, etc) of a local agency that provides family counseling. (Assignment Sheet 3)
6. Answer questions about a volunteers’ orientation program.
7. Provide the name and contact information (phone number, web site, etc.) of a translation ser vie for families whose home language is other than English as well as a service that provides American Sign Language translation. (Assignment Sheet 4)
8. Answer questions about the uses of child observations/assessments/portfolios and guidelines for writing accurate child observations.
9. Write two paragraphs that include how you ensure that families are kept aware of what’s happening in their child’s daily/weekly life in your program and how you ensure that you are aware of what’s happening in each child’s home life and how that awareness directs your teaching practice. (Assignment Sheet 5)