EEC 4408 - Family, Teacher, and Community Relations in Early Childhood Education

College of Education

Credit(s): 3
Contact Hours: 47
Effective Term Summer 2019 (560)

Requisites

Admission to Educational Studies and Community Leadership (Bachelor of Science) (EDST-BS)
Early Childhood Education subplan

Course Description

This course is designed to prepare the student to acquire an understanding of diversity within families and the development of positive relationships between teachers, families, and community. Implications from this knowledge will guide the development of systems and programs that promote sustained collaboration between families and schools for children. (Note: This course requires 5 field experience hours in an early childhood setting.)

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will explain the dynamics of strong, positive teacher, family, and community relationships in quality educational programs by:
    1. analyzing a program’s philosophy and goals.
    2. assessing the operational procedures of the program.
    3. differentiating the purpose of different kinds of parent programming.
    4. analyzing research journal articles
  2. The student will describe the role of families in today’s society by:
    1. explaining benefits of developing a partnership with families and community members.
    2. comparing socioeconomic differences in parenting styles.
    3. contrasting structural and life-style variations in nontraditional families.
    4. explaining factors impacting high-risk families.
  3. The student will describe the benefits of different types of family programs by:
    1. comparing and contrasting different types of parent programs.
    2. explaining the advantages and disadvantages of home visits.
    3. recommending a list of topics appropriate for parent meetings.
  4. The student will build effective relationship strategies by:
    1. designing, implementing, and evaluating communication tools.
    2. explaining the importance of community involvement in the classroom / setting.
    3. creating strategies that will bring families, teachers, and community together.
  5. The student will gather community resources available to children and their families by:
    1. researching and reporting on two local agencies that directly address family issues and problems.
    2. designing a community resource booklet, developed to meet the needs of the diverse families represented in a program setting.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of the course the student will, with a minimum of 75% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through classroom measures developed by individual course instructors.

History of Changes

C&I 4/28/09, BOT 6/19/09, Effective 20091(0415) C&I 4/27/2010, BOT 6/15/2010, Effective 20093(0425). C&I 9/16/2011, BOT 10/2011, Effective 20112(0450). C&I Approval: 09/16/2011, BOT Approval: 10/01/2011, Effective Term: Spring 2012 (450). C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: , Effective Term: Fall 2018 (550).
C&I Approval: 02/14/2019, BOT Approval: 03/19/2019, Effective Term: Summer 2019 (560)

Related Programs

  1. Educational Studies and Community Leadership (EDST-BS) (610) (Draft)