Module 10 What is Family Engagement? Activity #1: Reflecting on Family Involvement

 

  1. How was your family involved in your education in pre-k through high school?
  2. What did your teachers and school staff (pre-K through high school) do to involve your family in your education?
  3. What barriers or obstacles prevented your family from being more involved in your education?
  4. What could your teachers and school staff (pre-K through high school) have done to facilitate your family’s involvement in your education?

 

 

 

 

 

Module 10 What is Family Engagement? Activity #2: Analyzing Family Engagement

Read Halgunseth (2009), complete this handout as you read

Family Engagement Halgunseth (2009)

Watch TAPS Partnerships with Families: Part 1 (2012), complete this handout as you watch the video

Cite the reading and video in your answers to the questions below:

  1. Was your family involved in or engaged with your teachers and school staff (pre-K through high school)? Did your family have a partnership with your teachers and school staff? Explain specifically how you know.
  2. Whose responsibility is it to ensure families engage their baby’s program and that  partnerships develop between the families and infant teachers? Why?
  3. How can infant teachers form partnerships with families who have babies? List specific ideas that no one has introduced yet!
  4. What could prevent families from engaging with or partnering with infant teachers and program staff? What can infant teachers do about those barriers?

Respond to 1-2 other comments!