Parent/Guardian 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.
You will use the Child and Family School Readiness Plan to document all four parent/guardian contacts (home visits and parent conferences). Child and Family School Readiness Plan (PTC form) (7/24) Remember to track your required meetings with the Parent Contacts Tracking and submit to your Coordinator with your monthly paperwork. Parent Contacts Tracking (7/24) 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
The 1st home visit will take place before the beginning of the program year, if feasible.
Purpose: Building comfortable relationships through informal conversation is the goal. Ideally, you will bring your personality, center culture, and your curiosity of the children and families starting the program. Below, is the First Home Visit Ideas and Conversation Starters document. It is not intended to be used as a checklist, but includes a list of ideas to get you started.
First Home Visit Ideas and Conversation Starters
Purpose: Building comfortable relationships through informal conversation is the goal. Ideally, you will bring your personality, center culture, and your curiosity of the children and families starting the program. Below, is the First Home Visit Ideas and Conversation Starters document. It is not intended to be used as a checklist, but includes a list of ideas to get you started.
First Home Visit Ideas and Conversation Starters
2nd Home Visit
Purpose: Continuing a periodic, year-long conversation focused on their child's growth and development. Reinforcing that parents/guardians are the experts and are important advocates and participants in their child's education. A conversation about, "Here is where we were....Here is where we are....What comes next?" Below is the Second Home Visit Ideas and Conversation Starters document. It is not intended to be used as a checklist, but includes a list of ideas to get you started.
Second Home Visit Ideas and Conversation Starters
Second Home Visit Ideas and Conversation Starters
Parent Teacher Conferences
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. NMCAA School Readiness Goals Parent Teacher Conference Family Reflections |