•Questions you have with which your colleagues may be able
to provide help and support
Questions
I have are how are you formatting your presentation and how large of a group
are you presenting to?
•Resources and information you are seeking
I am
seeking additional ideas on how to reach those hard to reach parents…the ones
that don’t seem to want to be reached. If you have any ideas or things you have done that have been successful please share!
•Resources and/or information you have found helpful and
insightful
I have found
many resources that I can use to share with parents and staff on increasing
parent involvement. There are many web sites that can be useful in my area…Below
are some of the links I have found for resources in my community:
Voices for Ohio’s Children:
Jennifer, I gave my presentation on Tuesday to a group of 5 people. Two parents that were chosen by my host teacher that have been active in the community and their child's education, a principle from the district and two teacher: my host teacher who is one of the early childhood teachers and the other teacher was reading teacher at the school. I essentially gave a speech to the group explaining what I was advocating for, my goals and my plan for literacy development. I also provided visual aids with my presentation. The program that I developed is call Literacy Backpack Program so I actually packed a back pack with all the activities and books that I discussed in my presentation along with the a flyer sharing instructions, content and extensions for the activities so the audience could get a good visual of what the program would really entail.
ReplyDeleteThe best way I have found working in a daycare facility to reach not reachable parents is to give them some sort of incentive for attending meetings, conferences or information seminars. Their was an issue in my daycare facility that needed to be addressed to a large number of parents so my director offered an incentive of $20 off tuition of 1 week for any parent that attended. I'm not sure if this can work for everyone but offering some sort of incentive helps.Good Luck!!
Jennifer,
ReplyDeleteI am presenting to a group of five people. I am planning on using a fact sheet and then a quick power point presentation. I am acquainted with the people that I will be presenting to, so I feel that I know what will make them understand my plan and I also feel confident that they will be able to offer other suggestions and ask questions if needed.
As far as encouraging more parental involvement, we try and talk up any family activity with our students hoping this will get them to ask their parents to come. We also try and offer some sort of incentive for the parents and children. We usually have a snack for the families and also try and have at least one take home project of gift as they leave. This may be a project that they have done at the event or a free book at the end of literacy night, etc. I hope your presentation went well it sounds like you had a good plan!
Hi Jennifer,
ReplyDeleteFirst off, good luck to you in the upcoming days...what a busy time for you, but soon, you will have nothing to worry about but your new little one. Very exciting:) and congratulations. You commented on my blog about considering a texting system for so you can reach some of your parents and I am here to tell you that it works! We have a software system, Procare, where we can text the parents in bulk messaging style or individually and it is linked to email, not to personal cell phones. Some parents do not like confrontation and I have found that they reply to text messaging quicker than they do a voicemail or a note in a cubby. It has also been helpful for school closings or delays as we can access the system remotely.
I would strongly recommend it!
Michelle
First Best wishes to you and your family! Please let us know how you are doing. This is certainly a busy time-best of luck!
ReplyDeleteI am presenting to 6 people, in a round table discussion. This Thursday we are meeting in the office for 20-25 minutes for me give my speech and answer questions. I am going to give them a question-are at the end, and pick up the answered questions on Friday.
We too have Procare where I work, and it is very good. We e-mail newsletters, statements and updates to most of our parents. They love that they can get the info at work, and we love that it is paperless! Some parents do well through the phone or e-mail they do not like to talk to you directly, e-mail or texting works for our center. The center where I am also has a cell phone and parents are allowed to text to it.