Through a collaborative discussion it was decided

that a lack of family involvement was a key concern

How will I sustain the positive to many educators.
changes?
What area will I work on next?

How can I
incorporate the new
way of doing things
(that produced Plan For
positive results) to Continuous Define the
make it part of my Improvement System
regular practice?
Standardize
Improvements Through observation of
PLAN current educators classrooms
Educators will be able to Assess and discussion of these
Current environments, it is evident that
assess the effectiveness of
Situation a lack of family involvement is
the chosen improvement Study The
theories by surveying Results DO an issue a large majority of
families in the program to early childhood educators face.
find out if they feel more
encouraged to participate Try Out
Improvement Analyze
with the classroom and Causes
Theory
program because of the
improvement activities.
Fundraisers, cash and gift
Many educators are unsure as to why families do
incentives, making simple efforts
not engage with their childs classroom and/or
to connect with families and
early childhood program. Educators held extensive
holding family nights were all
discussion to identify the problem and used
Marino- 04/26/17 solutions that were found during
resources to identify solutions.
the research phase.