Parent Contacts
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Families are a child’s first teachers and home visits and parent teacher conferences are great opportunities to collaborate with families. Sharing ideas, language, and expectations provides consistency between home and the classroom.
Remember to track your required meetings with the Parent Contacts Tracking and submit to your Coordinator with your monthly paperwork. Parent Contacts Tracking (5/23) 1302.34 Parent and family engagement in education and child development services. |
Home Visits
Home visits engage parents/guardians in their child's learning and development. Through facilitated activities that promote parent-child interactions parents can support their child's learning and development. Head Start and Early Head Start teachers will offer 2 home visits per contract year.
Note: This parent contact may take place at the program site or another safe location that affords privacy at the parent’s request.
1st Home Visit: My Child's Journey to School Readiness
The 1st home visit will take place before the beginning of the program year, if feasible. The Understanding School Readiness document below provides guidance for facilitating a conversation around the My Child's Journey to School Readiness brochure.
Understanding School Readiness conversation starters My Child's Journey to School Readiness 1/19
Understanding School Readiness conversation starters My Child's Journey to School Readiness 1/19
2nd Home Visit
Families might complete the Spring section of the FOT (Home Practices and Routines survey) at the second home visit.
FOT (Home Practices and Routines Survey)
FOT (Home Practices and Routines Survey)
Parent Teacher Conferences
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Parent teacher conferences (PTC) enhance the knowledge and understanding of both the education staff and the parents regarding the child's education and developmental progress and activities in the program. Head Start and Early Head Start teachers will offer 2 Parent Teacher Conferences per contract year. Conferences should be held within a 2-3 week period following a GOLD checkpoint. Complete the Child and Family School Readiness Plan and submit to your Coordinator after each PTC. Child and Family School Readiness Plan (PTC form) (8/23) NMCAA School Readiness Goals 2023-2024 Parent Teacher Conference Family Reflections |
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Example of the Development and Learning report
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Sample of completed Child and Family School Readiness Agreement
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