IT TAKES A

VILLAGE
The family contributes to a child's
achievement is critical. From talking
to your infant, reading stories at
bedtime with your toddler, engaging
educational games while in
elementary, helping with homework
in middle school and setting
boundaries in High School are just a
few things that set the foundation for
a child to be successful in school.
Some families may need assistance
and when families, parents and
communities collaborate together
with the school every child benefits

EARLY CHILDHOOD
This period is a remarkable time in a childs life.
Your child is inn the developmental integration
stage. Children are no longer in preschool and
for some it is a big change. They will have new
experiences and opportunities. They are at a
stage where they are eager to learn and they
can accomplish complex skills like counting
money and followed detailed instructions. There
imagination run wild during this stage. Friends
begin to mean a lot as they expand their
independence. They are also beginning to form
moral values and have opinions, while
recognizing the difference in their peers

As a Child Development Professional I need to know how to

pant the seeds of growth. As an
educator I must be engaged in a cycle that is on going. I must
continually observe ,guide and assess . It will be through this
interaction that I can make the decisions on when and how to
meet the individual and group needs of every student
Como un nio desarrollo profesional necesito saber cmo las
semillas de crecimiento de las bragas. Como un educador que
se entablaron un ciclo que est en curso. Uno debe observar
continuamente, orientar y evaluar. Ser a travs de esta
interaccin que uno puede hacer el desechos sobre cundo y
cmo satisfacer las necesidades colectivas e individuales de
cada estudiante

Schools can build partnership by strengthen personal relationships

between teachers and parents, showing parents how to support theirs
children education at home, building bridges between minority home
cultures and the cultures of school, enlisting the help of neighborhood
organizations with deep roots in the lives of families and including parents
in school governance so they remain invested in school goals (Berk ,
2013). Once parents understand how families ,schools and community
Are connected they can begin to understand how they can influence
their childs learning and development
Las escuelas pueden construir sociedad por fortalecer las relaciones
personales entre padres y maestros, enseando a los padres apoyar a
sus hijos educacin en casa, tender puentes entre culturas casa
minoritarias y las culturas de la escuela, alistando la ayuda de
organizaciones vecinales con races profundas en la vida de las familias
y entre los padres en la escuela de gobierno y siguen siendo invertido en
metas escolares (Berk 2013). Una vez que los padres entender cmo
estn conectadas las familias, las escuelas y la comunidad pueden
comenzar a entender cmo pueden influir en aprendizaje y desarrollo
de sus hijos

MESOSYSTEM
THE
BRIDGE
Every childs model is unique, There are people
and things that will affect the life and
development of your child. This chart will be
very useful as you the parent understand
everything that may affect you child in the
classroom. The Child in the middle then there is
the microsystem it is all setting the child will
personally interact with. The Mesosystem are
the situations where people connect from the
Microsystem. Mesosystem is something like a
bridge that connects people and think that
may not be connected.. As parents you raise
your child with a certain value system you
have expectations and various discipline styles
but when they get to school the expectations
and discipline style may vary and the child
must transition. The Mesosystem provides child
consistency and social support

EPSTEINS FRAMEWORK OF
SIX TYPES OF INVOLVEMENT

Parents who know their children's

teachers and help with the homework
and teach their kids right from wrong -these parents can make all the difference."
-- President Bill Clinton
State of the Union Address

Parenting order for child to progress in learning environment

Volunteering Calling all parents we need you help You may not be here all the time but
you can some of the time

Learning At Home keep parents abreast on how to help child with homework as well as
other descions , activities , planning that may relate to curriculum helps families to support
children in learning environment

Communicating is essential between home and school in regards to child progress

Decision Making Every stakeholder parents included on descions about school, appoint
parent leaders and representatives

Collaborating with Community include community resources and services in order to help
strengthen school programs , student learning and families

PARENTING

How your child learns and development can be greatly

influenced by how you parent. How you as parents
respond to and discipline their children will have a great
affect how their children develop cognitively and
socially. Your childs development process is influenced
by a mixture meso and macro sysytems. Parents have
the most significant impact on They also have and
impact if the child development is positive or negative.
Which Parent are you?
Indulgent or permissive parents are very lenient and do
not require their children to demonstrate mature
behavior, they avoid confrontation.
Authoritarian parents demanding and directive, rules
are stated, very structured environment.
Authoritative parents are demanding, responsive,
assertive, but not intrusive and restrictive.
Uninvolved or neglectful parents are emotionally
detached only respond, to make tem leave them alone.

Berk , L Child Development, 2012

PARENTING SUPPORT FAMILIES

IN ESTABLISHING HOME
ENVIRONMENT THAT SUPPORTS
LEARNING AND DEVELOMENT
Parent Education

Trainings.

GED

English classses

Family

Health Care

Food and Nutrition

Communication is Key in everything

you do. Home to school and school
home communication is essential to
your child's success. The parents and
teacher can be assets to the child.
Both need information about what
and how their child is learning, The
benefits if great communication

Trust

Realistic parent expectations an

Consistent information

Leads to Parent Involvement

There are many approaches to

communicating but I find it easier to call
because not all parents have access to a
computer . I like calling because I get a
personal feel on the parents and how to
work with them and there children in
order to get the best results for the child.
Which in turn can lead to parent
voluntering

COMMUNICATION

VOLUNTEERING

Every stake holder must work

together in order to make your
child's school a school a healthy,
stable environment for learning?
Staff member play a major part But
schools function best when they
have communities and families.
Playing their part of this four part
harmony Start a cleanup crew. Is
your campus dirty? Why not
designate one Saturday and
implement "School Cleanup Day"?
All parents, students, teachers, and
any community members can
come out and help. Participants will
feel a sense of ownership and
development a sense of
partnership

 Gains skills and abilities linked to

homework
Grades are better due to homework
completion
High self esteem because they are
learning
Parents and school are on the same
page

LEARNING AT HOME

Take a leadership role at school. There are

plenty of opportunities for parents to
become decision makers at schools. In
addition to the PTA or PTO, you can offer to
serve on the school site council, which
oversees academic planning for the school,
or on a district-wide committee or task
force. Schools and districts often have
committees related to curriculum, student
health, after school programs, technology
and more. Taking on a leadership role will
give you a better appreciation of the
complexities of education and will help you
be a more informed advocate for your
child's school

DECISION
MAKING
Student feels

Family has a voice

Rights Protected

Parents helps to make up

policy

Open A parent center that

has a community
Representive.

COLLABORATING
WITH
COMMUNITY

As the old African proverb says, "It takes a village

to raise a child." Community plays a big part of
that village. We as an community can no longer
rely on governments officials to deal our own
issues we face locally. We must vet our
communities involved, Create a Community
Resource Map
A visual representation of everyone in our
community and the various skills our community
people have to offer. Its a great way to see what
your community as to offer. Once you find out
you can reach out to these various organizations
or company and ask what they may have or if
they cane help your school in any capacity.
Include the networks they can utilize to raise
awareness of the needs of local children and
families, and always promote and foster resourcesharing and collaboration.