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:
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.
Whose responsibility is it to ensure families engage their baby’s program and that partnerships develop between the families and infant teachers? Why?
How can infant teachers form partnerships with families who have babies? List specific ideas that no one has introduced yet!
What could prevent families from engaging with or partnering with infant teachers and program staff? What can infant teachers do about those barriers?