Focused Family Observation

Focused DIRECT Observation {YOU may delete the lines to type}
As we know parents play an important role in their children’s life. The family is the expert on their child, no one can understand a child better than it’s family. As family involvement through the continuum of early childhood education is recognized as best practice in the field. The interaction between school and families is necessary for children’s success. The more teachers and parents share relevant information with each other about the children , the better equipped achieve academically. For this reason it is very important for the teachers to build a strong relationship with parents and children to achieve a good start. The beginning of the school year is an important time for classroom management because students will learn attitudes manners,behavior and work habits that affects the rest of the year. According to the book “Home,school and community relations”, it is very important to involve teachers, parents and children in ECE programs of gradual orientation, information exchange, and increasing familiarity. No matter what
children’s ages,new school experiences are important step for them.” If these steps are facilitated by the adults around them, it is to the children’s benefit, and therefore indirectly to the benefit of the adults”. When parents contact a school and their children finally settle in, it is an important period for the teachers to establish a good relationship with both parents and the children’s. Also teachers can establish a relationship with parents and children by welcoming parents to stay in the classroom as long as is helpful for children and also create an environment in the class that fits children-parents needs, so parents feel like they belong. You could have an online resource center for parents like a class website. Have offer a classroom newsletter. Give them attention and pride like emailing them, when there is an incoming event you could share ideas with them. Also you can gold a workshop and invite parents to participate and share opinions. Another way to build a strong relationship with families is to prepare for a parent-teacher conference.
According to what I read and learned from the book “ Home, school, and Community Relations “, parent-teacher conferences, handled correctly, are an opportunity to form a cooperative team for the coming school year. It is very important to keep each student's parent on your side in order to have the maximum positive impact on learning. Parent-teacher conferences gives you an opportunity to increase communication between school and home, and keep parent informed about their child’s progress and develop a plan for student’s future. The family engagement improves school readiness, students achievement and social skills. Working together through parent-teacher conferences as well as other forms of engagement to support students success, through his shared
responsibilities
Another way to communicate with parents is showing them a bulletin boards that announce events and provide information, also they serve multiple purposes and can convey a variety of information from meeting announcements and parent news displays of student work. Bulletin Boards can also make learning visible and also foster a sense of belonging to a learning community. Bulletin boards reinforce rules,routine and encourage students to do their best. Moreover they can be used as a teaching tool.

Reflection: {connection to reading from text chapter is required –conectar su refleccion a la lectura del capítulo en el texto}
: In my own opinion, always trust yourself, sharing your concerns respectfully with the parents shows that you really care about their child, Even if a parent seem to resist your efforts at first, he/she will most likely be grateful later for your concerns . Parents and teachers must work together to help children build their future and achieve their goals.