4.E Communicating with Families and Involving Families in the Assessment Process


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Families have ongoing opportunities to share the results of observations from home to contribute to the assessment process.
A parent is relaying drop-off information to one of the assistants in the morning.
Parent/Teacher Conferences are scheduled twice per year to discuss progress, any need of support and future goals for the children. However, parents can share information daily about home observations that reflect upon individual learning, growth and development of their child. They can either have face to face conversations with the teacher or staff members, phone conversations, e-mail conversations or respond to curriculum posts on our blog.

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Teachers, families, and relevant specialists have regular opportunities to participate in two-way communication conferences to discuss each child's progress, accomplishments, difficulties in the classroom and at home as well as to plan learning activities.
Formal conferences are scheduled twice per year and are typically conducted by the early childhood educator. All information gathered about the child from our assessment tools is compiled and written into a narrative report. This report also serves as a conference guide that is presented to the parents at the time of the Parent/Teacher Conference. The topics addressed during the conference collaborate with the Content Areas written in the curriculum. These include but may not be limited to:
  • Social/Emotional Development
  • Approaches to Learning/Cognitive Development
  • Health and Physical Development
  • Language and Literacy
  • Math
  • Science
  • Social Studies
  • Creative Arts
  • individual goals for the next 6 months
  • Parental goals for their child
To view a sample of the Progress and Conference Guide, click here.