EdNova: Topics in Early Childhood Education
Parent Involvement in Early Childhood Programs
Read appropriate material from this and the additional web sites in each topic area to complete your papers. The first web site is the Wisconsin Model Early Learning Standards. Other sources used must also be cited.
- http://www.collaboratingpartners.com/documents/EarlyLearningStandards3rdedition-web.pdf
- http://aysps.gsu.edu/ghpc/child_policy_initiative/issue_briefs/parentalinvolvement2182003.pdf
- http://www.hfrp.org/publications-resources/browse-our-publications/getting-parents-ready-for-kindergarten-the-role-of-early-childhood-education
- http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_childhood_cluster_1/7/1944/497887.cw/index.html (timely articles)
Write a 4- to 6-page paper showing your knowledge, understanding and skills in the following areas:
- WMELS- How the WMELS guiding principles help parents understand the importance of their involvement in their child’s education
- How does parent involvement in their child’s EC education encourage increased involvement in elementary and beyond.
- Barriers to parent involvement
- Parent and teacher partnerships
Once you have completed the paper for this workshop send it as an email attachment to Mark Stensvold.
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Here is the rubric for this Parent Involvement in Early Childhood Programs Workshop
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Requirements |
All components of parent involvement are clearly described. |
Topics are addressed, but one or more areas are not fully developed. |
One or more topics is addressed in too brief a fashion or omitted completely. |
A clear understanding of the required topics is not obvious in the writing. |
Parent Involvement in |
A clear and complete understanding of all parent involvement components is evident in the writing. |
Understanding of parent involvement shows in the writing. |
Some minor yet essential piece of understanding of parent involvement is missing. |
Knowledge of parent involvement is perfunctory. |
Analysis |
Discussion of what parent involvement is, the importance of parent involvement, barriers, partnerships all clearly and concisely show depth of understanding. |
Discussion of parent involvement is thorough, but doesn’t include complete explanations of all components required. |
Some minor aspect of the discussion is flawed or confusing. |
Discussion is cursory and does not show depth of understanding of parent involvement in Early Childhood programs |
Form |
Writing is as succinct as possible and grammatical/spelling errors are minimal (<5). Ideas area organized in a logical way that is easy to follow. |
Minor errors occur- grammar/spelling mistakes that don’t affect the meaning of the writing. |
Organizational errors occur- mistakes that make the writing a bit confusing. |
Major errors occur which make the meaning difficult to understand |