Building Trust and Respect [Watch]
Families AND Educators Influence Students
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00:14 - 00:43 [Dr. Ryan Pontier] Family Engagement has traditionally been viewed as ways that we can bring parents and other caregivers into the school where we are to help out with us in one way or another. But it’s so important that we begin to realize and recognize what it is that our students are doing outside of school; with language, with any of the experiences they have, and that we as teachers can document those experiences so that WE can find ways as teachers to bring those experiences into the school. 00:44 - 00:57 [Marcia in Spanish] As teachers, we need to help parents, to equip them with the necessary tools so that they can help their children in the home. The tools can be simple. 00:58 - 01:24 [Jonathan Armstrong] As educators, we have to understand that families are pivotal. They are the most important factor in the development of the child’s identity as a scholar; in the child’s goals for the future. When we can work with families, then we have a better chance of reaching those goals. If we minimize the family, if we pretend we are the gatekeepers to the future, then we aren’t just losing the family we are losing the child also to some degree. 01:25 - 01:47 [Amanda Armstrong] So when we are thinking about Family Engagement in early learning environments in classrooms, we really want to keep in mind that parents are an integral part of the community; that they are needed, and that they want to be a part of their children’s lives and experiences. We can engage them with tech tools or non tech tools, it just depends on what access they have and what works best for us and being intentional and thoughtful. 01:48 - 02:14 [Luis Hernandez] For many of us we are working with Family Involvement or Family Engagement, apples and oranges, but there is a real difference. Family Involvement is where you are sort of going out together. Family Engagement we put a ring on it. It’s a deeper, deeper relationship with family and that relationship is based on trust and respect. Every child knows whether we trust and respect their families and vice versa. Building on relationships is absolutely key. Trust and respect - write it down. 02:15 - 02:20 Music playing |