The use of family and community engagement is very vital to early childhood. Children and educators are valuable assets to a child's academic achievements. Community involvement and family stability will always be a major contribution to a child making adequate progress.
Professionally, I have gained a greater appreciation for family involvement. It is a known fact that having adequate family support makes a student successful, but the family is just as needed for the teacher as they are for the students. Teachers are able to gather background knowledge about the family and home environment and use this knowledge to use in the classroom. Parents hold key information about children that teachers need to know in regards to a child's learning style.
These stories are very helpful to the field of Early Childhood to share various perspectives within the field and give insight and ideas to the field. The resources that we share with each other are more valuable than anything because they are based upon experiences. Parental involvement will always have a great lasting impression upon the community of early childhood. The use of parent's experiences helps to open up various avenues of teaching and researching students characteristics.
Jasmine,
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing your insights with us. It rather amazes me sometimes how often parents can be left out of the education equation. They truly are a child's first teacher. I am hopeful as I see the focus turning from a vision of family involvement dictated by what the school thinks parents want to a vision of family engagement coming from the families needs, talents and culture. ~ thank you! Karlene