Males hand in hand.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Observing and Interacting With Families of the Children in Your Setting
The
families that I came in contact with for this assignment were two families that
I have become very close too. I have become close to these two families because
of the fact that I am their child’s primary caregiver and have noticed that
they are very involved. During this whole quarter I have been hinting to the
families that I was on a journey to try and get more fathers/males involved at
this center and that I may need some of their participation as well as support
in the coming weeks. I mentioned that I was going to do some research on my
advocacy efforts to inform the families of this center the importance of
father/male participation.
Needless
to say, my parents were very eager to assist me in any way they could. Both of
the parents that I interacted with on this subject immediately told me that I
was the only male teacher that they had seen in a long time at this center
other than the family support specialist Mr. Chi Li.
My conversations
on this effort with the two families in my classroom and others in the agency
has given me that extra adrenaline rush that I need to come up with some
strategies/ideas to get this movement going. I have made a promise to myself
that I would do whatever I could to get this movement started by implementing something
at the agency for the upcoming spring/summer.
The
interaction’s with some of these parents has made it clear to me that parents
would be willing to participate if something would be put in place at the
agency regarding fathers/males.
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It is very important to involve parents in their child's education, especially if it involves their families. Often as teachers we strive on making so many changes that we often forget to involve parents. I must say that getting parents involved in their child's school setting is important because it will give them a heads up in their child academic status and overall performance in school. So now I ask you Roberto how can you involve parents in creating changes and having more Fathers involved in their child's education. Can;t wait to read some of your examples!!
ReplyDeleteHello Roberto, I'm glad to hear that you have interested families who want to see a change, and are eager to help in any way that they can. Parental involvement is very critical, as teacher's we know how important involved and interested parents can impact a child's life. I wish that there were male teachers in the early childhood field, i can count the number of male teachers working at my center on one hand! I think that begining your advocacy efforts in the spring is a a great idea, and will lead to a postively productive summer!
ReplyDeleteI think that is great that you aere involving fathers. I have a single Father that I worked with at one center before I ended up 3 to 5 years later babysitting for him and he has a wife in the picture now. He is very involved in keeping the famiily involved at her school together even though the wife is not the mother she seems like it. They have a new baby too, and they are like family. He even let the wife take the girl on a special trip to bond with her recemtly. although I see no reason why the child isn't bonded with the new wife . She loves the wife. It is important that parents together help to make things in school and plan to be there together. I think parents show that they are very interested and child begins to become intersted.
ReplyDeleteDarlene Tschopp edu412