Family, School, and Community Partnerships
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Syllabus for Family, School, and Community Partnerships
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Preparation for Session One
Pre-Homework Due Session 1
Session One: Community, Assumptions, and PTA Standards
LA 1.1: Learning about Ourselves as Cultural Beings
LA 1.2: Identifying and Reviewing Community Assets
LA 1.3: National PTA Standards
LA 1.4: National PTA Standards -- Assessing
LA 1.5: Uncovering Assumptions about Heritage
LA 1.6: Major Course Assignments
HW 1.1 Reflection on My Practice with Families and Community
HW 1. 2 Engaging Funds of Knowledge
HW 1.3 One Day in the Life of a Child
HW 1.4 Explaining the Assets in My School Neighborhood
HW 1.5 Exploring School and Community Partnershiping through PTA Standards
HW 1.6 Reviewing Major Projects
Session Two: Preparing to Cross Borders
LA 2.1: VideoEthnography Student Share
LA 2.2: Share your Asset Map
LA 2.3: Home Visits, Cultures, and Practices
LA 2.4 Community Partners
LA 2.5: National PTA Standards
LA 2.6: Title 1 Law
HW 2.1: Reflection on Actions Taken and Learning
HW 2.2: Identifying White Privilege
HW 2.3: Beginning the Family Profile
HW 2.4: Go On a School Field Trip
HW 2.5: Research Facts about Your School
Session Three: Family and Community Engagement
LA 3.1: Reviewing Analysis of My Invisible Backpack
LA 3.2: Work on the Family Profile
LA 3.3: Office of Civil Rights Role
LA 3.4: Serving EL's in Schools and in Classrooms
LA 3.5: Exploring Community Engagement through Examples
HW 3.1: Reflections on Session 3
HW 3.2: Family Profile Major Assignment
HW 3.3: A Teacher's Perspective on Family Involvement
HW 3.4: Partnership Plan
HW 3.5: Beliefs About Poverty
Session Four: Collaboration
LA 4.1: Studying Students
LA 4.2: Organizing for Partnerships
LA 4.3: How WIDA Can Help Parents
LA 4.4: Expanding Understanding of People in Poverty
LA 4.5: Comparing Living Conditions across The World through Photos
HW 4.1: Weekly Reflection
HW 4.2: How Does Your School Compare
HW 4.3: Understanding Global Poverty
HW 4.4: Uncovering Your Experiences with Race and Privilege
HW 4.5: Completing Your Family Profile
HW 4.6: Complete Your Partnership Plan
Session Five: Exploring Community Resources
LA 5.1: Poverty and Choices
LA 5.2: Understanding Issues Surrounding Student Trauma on My Teaching
LA 5.3: Developing Deeper Knowledge about Poverty
LA 5.4: Developing Social-Emotional Strategies to Address Student Needs
LA 5.5: Life on the Edge
HW 5.1: Reflecting on My Work
HW 5.2: Exploring My Own Socioeconomic Class
HW 5.3: Examining Assumptions about Immigrant Families
HW 5.4: National PTA Standards
HW 5.5: Reviewing and Completing the Family Profile and Partnership Plan Assignments
HW 5.6: Preparing to Take a Position of Advocacy for ELs and Their Families
Session Six: High Expectations English Learners
LA 6.1: Sharing the Family Profile Assignment
LA 6.2: Sharing Partnership Plans
LA 6.3: Exploring Further Teacher Beliefs and Family Engagement
LA 6.4: Learning About ESSA Plans
LA 6.5: Organizing for Advocacy for ELs and Their Families
HW 6.1: Reflecting on my Work
HW 6.2: Preparing the Final Major Assignment
HW 6.3: Responding to the Impact of Experiences of Immigration
HW 6.4: Building Resilience
HW 6.5: Reviewing an Example of an Advocacy Position
HW 6.6 Revisiting My Beliefs about Teaching Diverse Students
Session Seven: Responding to Student and Family Needs
LA 7.1 Becoming a Champion Teacher
LA 7.2 Responding to the Impact of Trauma and Building Resilience
LA 7.3: Preparing for Advocacy
HW 7.1 Reflecting on My Work
HW 7.2 Reconsidering Engaging with Families
Session Eight: Advocating for Students and Families
LA 8.1: Teachers Advocating Together
LA 8.2 Revisiting My Thinking
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<h2 id="h2_axqrM" name="h2_axqrM"><img src="https://equitypress.org/content_images/partnerships/homework.png" alt="learning_activity.png" class="centered" id="img_huMv" name="img_huMv"></h2><div id="chapter-container"> <table class="table"><thead><tr><th>Learning Outcome</th> <th>Pedagogical Intent</th> <th>Student Position</th> </tr></thead><tbody><tr><td> <p id="p_mHpDk" name="p_mHpDk">Demonstrate knowledge of how to use family and community members as a resource in learning.</p> <p id="p_hMCg" name="p_hMCg"><strong>Assessment: 50 pts.</strong></p> <p id="p_jXbK" name="p_jXbK"><strong>Due: Session 2</strong></p> </td> <td> <p id="p_pTcD" name="p_pTcD">Teachers can act in their practice and reflect on their action using they learn about working with ELs. </p> </td> <td> <p id="p_awyz" name="p_awyz">Students have learned theories and strategies for teaching ELs in their regular classrooms and how to respond to include parents, families, and communities in their children's education. </p> </td> </tr></tbody></table><h3 id="p_diLn" name="p_diLn">Instructions</h3> <ol id="ol_PMsf" name="ol_PMsf"><li id="li_iVMZI" name="li_iVMZI">At the end of each session the facilitator will assign the participants to write in their journal addressing several questions. The journal will be turned in on the final session for the facilitator to review. The journal may also be used during group discussions on the following week. Bring your journal with you to class each week as you may be asked to refer to them during group discussions. </li> <li id="li_JRUGr" name="li_JRUGr">For session one answer the following questions: <ol id="ol_eCmqV" name="ol_eCmqV"><li id="li_nRGZU" name="li_nRGZU">Of the five belief statements, which one did you feel a personal connection to and why? Which one, if any, did you disagree with and why?</li> <li id="li_CLbPh" name="li_CLbPh">Now that you have been introduced to the five standards of Inclusive Pedagogy, which one do you feel you are most familiar with and what evidence of the standard do you see in your classroom</li> <li id="li_VjgoG" name="li_VjgoG">What is your over-all feeling of the endorsement thus far and what do you hope the endorsement will do for you?</li> </ol></li> </ol><p id="p_gNYX" name="p_gNYX"> </p> </div>
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