Program Family

Advocacy
Instructor: Stewart
Juan C Rodriguez
April 15 2015
Kennedy King College

Criteria
1. Center-school provides
family-learning workshops on
topics suggested by parents,
and held at times and places
that are easily accessible to
all parents.

2. Families are surveyed on

what types of workshops or
informational events they
would be interested in
attending and what session
times are most convenient for
them.

3. Families are provided with

information on child
development.

4. Families are offered

resources that they can lead,
such as books, on topics such
as Parenting.

Yes
Yes, the
communication is so
informal but teachers
attend the concerns
and suggestions with
diligence in a personal
treatment. In this
facility, the parents
can seat to take time
for separation.
Yes, the teacher
explains to me that is
difficult to attend
meetings with all
parents but generally
made meetings with
four or five parents.
The topics are elected
by parents concerns or
suggestions.
Yes, Parents can found
the information in a
specific blackboard, it
contain information
regarding age
development,
transmission of illness,
workshops and
activities in the
community. Help for
families in crisis, like
divorce. Information
about near health
facilities.
Yes, the teachers room
had a bookcase with
about sixty books of
different topics like
psychology, activities
for kids 0-3, 3-5, and
scholars. Books like
Seven Habits of People
Highly Effective have
version in Spanish too.

No

5. Families are provided with

information about developing
home routines that support
school learning.
6. Families are surveyed to
determine their needs,
assigned staff members to
help address those needs and
or linked with community
resources.

7. There is a family resource

center or family bulletin
board where parents can
access important information
including resources in the
community.
8. Parent-teacher conferences
are held at least once a year.
Parents are made aware of
their childs progress two ore
more times a year

9. Teachers have ready

access to
telephones/computers to
communicate with parents
during/after the school day.
10. Teachers communicate

Creative Curriculum
for parents or Im
Autistic.
Workshops about read
aloud, or how to read
a book is part of the
support to parents to
assure their success.
Yes, the director
explain to me that this
facility, help about
twenty childrens and
twelve families. The
director talks with
parents and take
suggestions, concerns
or interest of each
family and based in
this information remit
or give help to each
family.
Yes, this place has
designed a blackboard
to inform about
resources available in
the community.
Yes, teacher made a
monthly progress
report in it are
consigned the status
of general
development areas to
dedicate attention,
and activities that the
child can do in the
house to help
development.
Yes, in this place are
available a tablet and
a computer to children
and a home
telephone, used for
childrens after school.
Yes, the director

with parents using a variety

of approaches (face to face,
newsletters, notes, emails,
phone, etc.) throughout the
year.
11. Teachers send home
positive messages regarding
children.

communicates with
parents directly to
cellular, throughout it,
she sends emails and
pictures. Therefore the
most used system is
face to face.
Yes, after a day of
work children can take
their drawings or
handicrafts
to their houses.
Teachers use this
conversation to
explain how was the
kid day.

12. Parents are encouraged to Yes, parents

be involved at school in a
voluntarily share
variety of ways.
important information
(Volunteering, attending
throughout
events, being a member of
blackboard. This
PTA or parent board, etc.)
facility for their size
can organize activities
in an informal way;
parents participate in
the supervision of
children or realize
special activities like
taking pictures,
coordinating
transportation or
helping serving food.
13. Families are provided with Yes, the director
ways that they can support
explains to me that
their childs learning outside
the program is
of school. (Parents are
member of Chicago
informed what children are
Childrens Museum,
learning about in school, what Shed Aquarium and
areas their child may need
makes field trips to
extra support in, etc.)
zoos and farm.
Additionally offers
alternatives like
homework or activities

14. Families have an

opportunity to be involved in
decision making such as
voting on new policies or
being involved in hiring of
new staff members.

to make in house, like

count when put the
table.
Yes, parents talks with
the director how they
will celebrate special
holidays and how they
can participate,
director take
suggestions, comment
with other parents and
program the activities.
Director explains to
me that the rotation of
personnel is so low.
She will consider a
presentation of a
resume to parents to
take suggestions.

Follow-up Questions
1.

Based on the checklist what kind of rating would you give the center in terms
of the opportunities provided for family involvement? (Excellent, good, fair, some
improvements needed, much improvement needed) Explain your answer.

This program rating is Good, the program meets the requirements in part, but
many of the points accomplish informally and must be providing in a formal way
to be completely professional. The environment in general is the cordiality;
parents and kids are welcoming to the program. Director uses informal
communication maybe for the quantity of parents that she must tray. Therefore, if
the program will have more families the system of communications must change.

2. What do you feel are the centers schools strengths in terms of getting
families involved? Be specific.

The director communication with parents is so good because the

environment is the total cordiality. Parents all time are informed
about

kids

activities

and

progress.

Many

activities

are

programmed to involving parents participation in diverse ways.

Children share these activities with their parents because they
are programmed with anteriority and for it parents can obtain
permits in their work to assist and collaborate with the activity.

3. What improvements or suggestions would you give the center in obtain more
family involvement? Be specific.

I consider that the program can create or use a web page that
can access all parents to be informed about general activities to
realize, send specific information for each child, and digitalize the
community interest information. Parents can be more confident
with the director to make comments or get information and
helping in their concerns.