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n Does your centre have regular family
information nights and workshops: behaviour
guidance or nutrition?
n Does your centre have newsletters about
what’s happening at the centre?
n Is there information in highly visible areas
letting families know who they can go to if they
have concerns or questions?
n Is our center's physical environment
welcoming and has representation of the
families we serve [photos, celebrations]?
Does our centre’s policies &
environment embrace partnerships?](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/68c8d657-0191-4488-86db-fbbd2915b193-160103144917/75/Partnerships-with-families-13-2048.jpg)
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n Do I encourage families to visit
their child at the program at any
time of day[open door’ policy]?
n Do I encourage the families to be
involved in the program: guest
speakers, helping out on field
trips, sharing their cultural
celebrations with all of us?
Do I embrace partnerships through my
interactions with families?](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/68c8d657-0191-4488-86db-fbbd2915b193-160103144917/75/Partnerships-with-families-15-2048.jpg)
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Do I embrace partnerships in my
program / curriculum?
n Do I encourage families to contribute to the
program curriculum, allowing them to share
items from home or be guest speakers?
n Do I provide ongoing information about
their child’s experiences and achievements
[through discussions, photos and examples
of the child’s accomplishments]?
n To gain a greater understanding of the
child’s abilities, do I encourage families to
share information about their child’s
experiences and interests outside of the
centre?](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/68c8d657-0191-4488-86db-fbbd2915b193-160103144917/75/Partnerships-with-families-16-2048.jpg)
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Partnerships with families
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- 2. +What factors doyou think might hinder good partnerships with families?
- 3. +Barriers to Partnerships “ThingsI have heard”. n Language barriers n The family has needs that require a lot of extra support and we don’t have the staffing for their needs n Social economic n A child or children with additional needs n Single family n Parent has additional or special needs n My lack of experience and training working with families who need extra support n Our program is already stretched meeting the needs of other families
- 4. + Embracing Partnerships with Families n Embracemeans: to make use of something or to adopt something. n Partnerships means: a group of people working together; cooperation; partners.
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- 6. +Embracing Partnerships with Families Buildinga partnership with your child care service - a NCAC Factsheet for Families . By Merise Bickley. Page 1 n A partnership between families and the child care team involves sharing information, ideas, concerns and questions about the child. n This partnership is strengthened when each party is supportive and appreciative of each other’s role and influence in the child’s life. n “Families are the most important influence in their child’s life, and they have a deep knowledge of their child as well as a lifelong commitment to their child’s wellbeing.” n Child care professionals have experience and training in working with children in child care education settings.
- 7. +Embracing Partnerships: Starting Point Group1:The Families List points that you would like the childcare team to do in order to help you and your child feel welcomed in the centre. Group 2:The Child Care Team List things you already do or would like to do so you might help families and their children feel welcomed in the centre.
- 8. + Embracing Partnerships Requires Usto Consider Another’s Viewpoints n Perspective means: a particular evaluation of something or measured assessment of a situation. n To gain a better perspective about families’ concerns, let’s review some of their questions regarding childcare.
- 9. +Families’ Questions AboutChildcare. Building a partnership with your child care service - a NCAC Factsheet for Families .By Merise Bickley page 3 n Do I feel welcome to contribute to my child’s care and experiences? n Do I believe that the child care professionals listen to and understand my concerns or ideas? n Do I feel that I can visit the service at any time? n What opportunities do I have to provide the child care professionals with information about my child? n How do I find out about my child’s day, relationship and unusual circumstances/ events?
- 10. + n Does theservice ask for my opinions or feedback about its operations and decisions that affect my child n Have I been given information about the service’s philosophy, policies and procedures? n Does the service provide me with timely, clear information about events and operations? n How does the service support communication with families who have specific communication needs, for example speak English as a second language, or have literacy difficulties? Families’ Questions About Childcare. Building a partnership with your child care service - a NCAC Factsheet for Families .By Merise Bickley page 3
- 11. +Embracing Partnerships by ConsideringThe Families’Viewpoints Do I embrace partnerships in my program / curriculum? Does our centre’s policies & environment embrace partnerships? Do I embrace partnerships through my interactions with families?
- 12. + Does our centre’spolicies & environment embrace partnerships? n Are there family social events that provide opportunities for families and the child care team to meet and socialize? n Do our family/parent boards, reflect the needs & interests of our families? n Do we have a family resource library with books that can be borrowed; current articles & community resources; clothing & food items if needed?
- 13. + n Does your centrehave regular family information nights and workshops: behaviour guidance or nutrition? n Does your centre have newsletters about what’s happening at the centre? n Is there information in highly visible areas letting families know who they can go to if they have concerns or questions? n Is our center's physical environment welcoming and has representation of the families we serve [photos, celebrations]? Does our centre’s policies & environment embrace partnerships?
- 14. + Do I embracepartnerships through my interactions with families? n Do I encourage families to to discuss any ideas, issues or concerns that they have? n Do I make time for daily discussions, formal or informal meetings or encourage families to phone and share information about their child?. n Do I greet families at pick-up and drop-off?
- 15. + n Do I encouragefamilies to visit their child at the program at any time of day[open door’ policy]? n Do I encourage the families to be involved in the program: guest speakers, helping out on field trips, sharing their cultural celebrations with all of us? Do I embrace partnerships through my interactions with families?
- 16. + Do I embracepartnerships in my program / curriculum? n Do I encourage families to contribute to the program curriculum, allowing them to share items from home or be guest speakers? n Do I provide ongoing information about their child’s experiences and achievements [through discussions, photos and examples of the child’s accomplishments]? n To gain a greater understanding of the child’s abilities, do I encourage families to share information about their child’s experiences and interests outside of the centre?
- 17. + Embracing Partnerships, Going Forward! n Name1-2 strategies you will implement to embrace partnerships with the families at your childcare centre? n Questions & Comments
- 18. + Resources n Building a partnershipwith your child care service - a NCAC Factsheet for Families . By Merise Bickley n Building partnerships between families and early childhood staff. KidsMatter Early Childhood – www.kidsmatter.edu.au