Engaged Families, Effective Pre-K: State Policies That Bolster Student Success This report from Pre-K Now identifies policies that can enhance family engagement in state and highlights examples from states that are leading the way. The report, written by Deborah Roderick Stark, also addresses how family engagement programs must ensure efforts to respect the linguistic and cultural diversity of the populations they serve. Exploring Families’ Beliefs and Practices Understanding families’ beliefs and practices is the first step toward establishing meaningful partnerships. This brief from FirstSchool share a list of useful strategies for gathering information from families who are culturally, linguistically, and socio-economically diverse, as well as ideas for using what is learned to promote engagement. Exploration of the Status of Services for Immigrant Families in Early Childhood Education Programs Authors Colleen Vesely and Mark Ginsberg have organized this thoughtful summary of their research (1) around four themes: improving quality of and access to ECE programs for immigrant families, (2) building relationships with immigrant parents and families, (3) supporting immigrant parents’ identity development and representation in their communities, and (4) fostering staff dynamics, development, and well-being. Each of these is explored individually in the report, in terms of dynamics as well as recommendations for ECE programs currently working with immigrant families. Family Engagement and Family-Sensitive Caregiving: Identifying Common Core Elements and Issues Related to Measurement The purpose of this brief is to summarize discussion from a two-day meeting regarding common core elements of family engagement and family-sensitive caregiving and issues related to the research and measurement of these concepts. Family Engagement in Early Childhood: A Resource Guide for Early Learning Challenge Grant Recipients To support RTTT–ELC grant recipients’ efforts, Harvard Family Research Project produced this selective list of resources about engaging and supporting families with young children. The list of journal articles, practical guides, webinars, and presentations will be useful for any states, districts, and local programs interested in expanding their family engagement work. Family-Provider Partnerships: Examining Alignment of Early Care and Education Professional and Performance Standards, State Competencies, and Quality Rating and Improvement Systems Indicators in the Context of Research In this brief, authors examine the alignment of research-based elements of family-provider partnerships with professional and performance standards from three national ECE organizations as well as selected professional competencies and Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) family partnership indicators from two states. The purpose is to inform the development of common
Engaged Families, Effective Pre-K: State Policies That Bolster Student Success This report from Pre-K Now identifies policies that can enhance family engagement in state and highlights examples from states that are leading the way. The report, written by Deborah Roderick Stark, also addresses how family engagement programs must ensure efforts to respect the linguistic and cultural diversity of the populations they serve. Exploring Families’ Beliefs and Practices Understanding families’ beliefs and practices is the first step toward establishing meaningful partnerships. This brief from FirstSchool share a list of useful strategies for gathering information from families who are culturally, linguistically, and socio-economically diverse, as well as ideas for using what is learned to promote engagement. Exploration of the Status of Services for Immigrant Families in Early Childhood Education Programs Authors Colleen Vesely and Mark Ginsberg have organized this thoughtful summary of their research around four themes: (1) improving quality of and access to ECE programs for immigrant families, (2) building relationships with immigrant parents and families, (3) supporting immigrant parents’ identity development and representation in their communities, and (4) fostering staff dynamics, development, and well-being. Each of these is explored individually in the report, in terms of dynamics as well as recommendations for ECE programs currently working with immigrant families. Family Engagement and Family-Sensitive Caregiving: Identifying Common Core Elements and Issues Related to Measurement The purpose of this brief is to summarize discussion from a two-day meeting regarding common core elements of family engagement and family-sensitive caregiving and issues related to the research and measurement of these concepts. Family Engagement in Early Childhood: A Resource Guide for Early Learning Challenge Grant Recipients To support RTTT–ELC grant recipients’ efforts, Harvard Family Research Project produced this selective list of resources about engaging and supporting families with young children. The list of journal articles, practical guides, webinars, and presentations will be useful for any states, districts, and local programs interested in expanding their family engagement work. Family-Provider Partnerships: Examining Alignment of Early Care and Education Professional and Performance Standards, State Competencies, and Quality Rating and Improvement Systems Indicators in the Context of Research In this brief, authors examine the alignment of research-based elements of family-provider partnerships with professional and performance standards from three national ECE organizations as well as selected professional competencies and Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS) family partnership indicators from two states. The purpose is to inform the development of common
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