Overview

For this Performance Task, you will be adopting the role of the  director of Scribbles Early Learning Program who is invested in  supporting family engagement through culturally responsive practices. As  a tool for furthering this goal, you have decided to hold two  workshops—one for staff and one for families. These workshops will be  designed to support staff and families in understanding 1) the  importance of family engagement, and 2) how engagement can be fostered  through culturally responsive strategies. For this Performance Task you  will develop an outline for each workshop.

Submission Length: Two workshop outline templates, 1-2 pages in length each.

Professional Skills: Written Communication and  Engaging Multiple Social and Cultural Perspectives  are assessed in this Competency.

This Assessment requires submission of two files, a completed Family  Engagement Workshop for Staff Outline and a completed Family Engagement  Workshop Outline. Save your files as follows:

• Save the completed Family Engagement Workshop Outline for Staff as CL3004_staff_ firstinitial_lastname (for example, CL3004_staff_J_Smith).
• Save the completed Family Engagement Workshop Outline as CL3004_families_ firstinitial_lastname (for example, CL3004_families_J_Smith).

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Instructions

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Access the following to complete this Assessment:

RUBRIC

Promoting Family Engagement at Scribbles Early Learning Program

The Scribbles Early Learning Program is committed to supporting the  development and learning of each child within the program community.  Within each of the classrooms and the larger program, families are  embraced as partners. As the director for the program, your goal is to  work to enhance and strengthen the current model through integration of  evidence-based practices. You have gathered information about the  program, as reflected in the “Scribbles Early Learning Center Program  Description” document. In your conversation with program staff, you have  identified that although there are many opportunities and structures in  place to support family engagement, the majority of families within  Scribbles Early Learning Program are not presently engaged as partners  in the early childhood classroom/program community. You have decided to  develop two workshops, one for staff and one for families, with the goal  of sharing information that will increase and enhance family  engagement.

Part 1: Family Engagement Workshop for Staff

For this portion of your Assessment, you will complete a workshop  outline for staff that promotes knowledge of culturally responsive  practices that support family engagement. The objectives of your  workshop include explaining:

• Benefits of family engagement for families
• Culturally responsive communication and collaboration skills that support family engagement
• Culturally responsive practices/strategies that can be implemented  in early childhood settings to promote meaningful family partnerships  and support family engagement

Part 2: Family Engagement Workshop

For this portion of your Assessment, you will complete a workshop  outline for families that is designed to support their engagement within  the early childhood environment. The objectives of your workshop  include explaining:

• How children benefit from family engagement in early childhood settings
• Culturally responsive ways families can become meaningfully engaged in the Scribbles Early Learning Program