Course Details

CDA Pathway Involving Families and the Community Unit 7

Course ID 74272

Caddo Kiowa Technology Center

(405) 643-3248

Description

Involving Families and the Community is a 10 hour course designed to assist child care providers in gaining the skills and knowledge to promote family and community involvement and partnerships within the early childhood program.

10.00 Hours

Course Level

Formal

General Continuing Education

Course Category

Early Childhood

Pathway - Online
Formal Approved
Oklahoma Registry Certificate of Achievement - Pathway Quality Child Care

(10 Hours)

CDA Content Areas

Strategies to establish productive relationships with families (10 Hours)

Infant Mental Health Core Competency Areas

Family Child Care Home Provider

Child Care Center Staff

Head Start/Early Head Start

Infants (0-12 months)

Toddlers (13-24 months)

Two's (25-36 months)

Preschooler 3's (37-48 months)

Preschool 4's and 5's (49-72 months)

Goals and Objectives

1.Review policies that specify family responsibilities and what the program does for families.
2.State the expectations of early education providers and family in a formal parent conference.
3.Answer questions about the basic format of a formal family conference.
4.Profile the team approach to a formal family conference.
5.List steps in organizing a formal family conference.
6.State guidelines for conducting a formal family conference.
7.Respond to scenarios involving formal family conferences.
8.Identify way to use community resources in teaching.
9.Provide the name and phone number of an agency to make referrals for family counseling.
10.Answer questions about the need for a volunteers' orientation program.
11.Outline a volunteers' orientation program.
12.Obtain resource materials and translation services for families whose home language is other than English.
13.State the purposes of a child's personal portfolio/record.
14.Explain the uses of child observations/assessments.
15.Describe acceptable formats for assessing children.
16.State guidelines for writing accurate child observations/assessments.

There are no events currently scheduled for this course.