By: Myleen Cabauatan

ECE 497: Child Development Capstone Course

Instructor: Dorisa Ramos-Podoba
September 19, 2017
Period of Development
Lincoln Elementary School serves children from
PreK to Sixth Grade.

Early Childhood: a time when play becomes more imaginative,

and children start understanding emotions. Their gross motor
skills improve, and are physically growing steadily.

Middle Childhood: a time when children are becoming more

athletic, and begin to think logically. Their memory and
language skills increase. Friendships and relationships
become a central importance.
My Role as a Teacher
From a child development standpoint:
I will support learning by providing activities and
materials that children find engaging, and supply time
to explore, play, and interact.
I will listen to children. I find that listening carefully will
help determine a childs needs and aid in furthering a
childs development.
I will be a communicator to parents, children, support
staff, the general public and administrators.
I will become a partner in learning and encourage
children to find their own answers instead of providing
the answers for them.
Partnerships with Families
and Communities
We need to have successful partnerships that are based on reciprocity
with school, family and community.
- Have overlapping responsibilities for
childrens learning.
We need to develop effective partnerships by a democratic process.
- We must recognize the different interests, races, religions and
educational status, and be prepared to resolve conflicts through
processes of mediation, negotiation, and compromise.
I will work on providing a variety of opportunities.
- This will include parent education, family support, volunteer
activities, good communication, opportunities to participate in
decision making and strategies that foster childrens learning at
home, and in the community.
Partnerships with Families and
Communities
Goals
Will make the school family-friendly by
-offering good, frequent and user-friendly communication (i.e. newsletter, apps)
- provide after-school programs that involve parents and community
organizations
-organizing social activities for teachers and families to mingle.
-providing parent education and family literacy programs
-recommending programs that link families to needed health and social services
locally.
Will reach into the community by
-training volunteer parents and community residents to provide families in nearby
neighborhoods with information about school programs and services, and offer
ideas on how to help children study at home.
-going to local public areas like supermarkets to reach out to families about local
programs based solely for children and families.
Mesosystem from Bronfenbrenners
Ecological System

-Children and students are greatly

impacted by the world around them.

-Parents, teachers and caregivers are

all a part of the microsystem and
positive interactions between these parts
will create balance for an individuals
growth and learning the interactions
are all part of an individuals
mesosystem (Landon, 2014). As the mesosystem in
Teachers, parents and youth Bronfenbrenners model make clear,
organizations are all impacting and connections to the neighborhood and
overlap in a childs development on a
daily basis. the larger community- both formal
Working together will help children organizations and informal social
succeed. networks, influence parent-child
relationships (Berk, 2013).
Epsteins Types of
Involvement
Dr. Joyce Epstein
developed a framework for
defining six different types
of parent involvement.
This framework assists
educators in developing
school and family
partnerships programs.
Dr. Epstein was inspired to
develop the framework to
help all children succeed in
school and later in life.
 Parenting

Help all families establish

home environments to support
children as students.

Parent education or training

for parents
Family support programs to
assist families with health,
nutrition and other services.
Home visits at transition
points to pre-school,
elementary, middle and
high school.
Communicating
Design forms of school-
to-home and home-to-
school communications
about school programs
and childrens progress.
Conferences with
every parent at least
once a year
Language translators
to assist families as
needed.
Sending notices,
memos, phone calls
and newsletters
Volunteering

Recruit and organize

parent help and support
School and classroom
volunteer program to
help teachers, office
staff at the school,
students and other
parents.
Family center for
volunteer work,
meetings and
resources for families.
Sending surveys to
find out availability,
talents, and locations
of volunteers.
Learning at Home

Provide information and

ideas to families about how
to help students at home
with homework , activities,
decision and planning.
Information given to
families on skills
required for students in
all subjects.
Information given to
families on homework
policies and how to
monitor and talk about
homework at home.
Family participation in
setting student goals
each year.
Decision Making
Include parents in school
decisions, developing
parent leaders and
representatives.
Active in PTA meetings,
or committees for parent
leadership and
participation.

Advocacy groups to
work for school
improvements.

Networks to link all

families with parent
representatives.
Identify and integrate
resources and services from
the community to strengthen Collaborating with
and support school
programs, family needs, and Community
student learning and
development.
Information for students
and families on
community health,
cultural, recreational,
social support and other
services.
Information on community
activities that help with
learning skills and talents
(i.e. summer programs for
students)
Services to the
community by students,
families and schools (i.e.
recycling, art, and other
activities for seniors or
others in community)
How Can we Incorporate
Epsteins Types of Involvement?
Collaborate with WIC on discussing family health and
nutrition.
Provide family with bi-weekly newsletter that discuss events
and updates for the school and students.
Organize a food donation during the holidays for parent and
student involvement.
Provide detailed instructions for families in regards to
homework that students need to complete at home, including
a due date.
Promote and reach out to families to join monthly PTA
meetings, and provide incentives for attending
Reach out to local hospitals, or medical and health
professionals, environmental specialists to arrange for a
guest speaker to discuss important topics to students.
 References
Berk, L. E. (2013).Child development. (9th ed.).
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.

Hubbli, K. (2014, June 26). Impact of parent

involvement on child development. Retrieved
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