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Share how you create a welcoming environment, encouraging staff to collaborate with children and their families.
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Autumn
10/27/2018 02:19:42 pm
We greet each and every family/caregiver who drops off or picks up a child. We get to know each family and their culture as we interact with them each day. We create family trees so as to include families in their child's every day experiences, and seeing their families up on the wall helps the families feel more a part of the classroom.
Janet
10/27/2018 02:20:09 pm
When we give tours of our center for potential families we take them to each room we have so they can see how our teachers and different age children are learning or playing. They are introduced to every teacher not just the one that will take care of their child. Our teachers are encouraged to visit our other classrooms other then their own and visit with all the ages we cater to so that all our caregivers build a bond that will show to families on drop off or pick up when their child goes through and waves to them all and those teachers are able to then chat with those parents even if it is not their child's teacher.
Amy
10/27/2018 02:20:32 pm
We have a meet the teacher day and monthly donuts with the director. I greet the parents daily at drop off and pick up and encourage them to write notes if it will take more than a minute to fill me in on what is going on in the child or parent's lives. If they need to have a quick conference with me or my co teacher we have office managers that can always step inside the classroom. If they need more than a couple minutes I encourage them to call ahead and schedule a conference so we can have the correct staff on hand. I have weekly lesson plans listed on the door and we have white board posted of our daily activities. The first week we encourage everyone to bring back a "Get To Know You" page and a picture so we know about the children and the families we serve.
Triea
10/27/2018 02:20:49 pm
We have a open door policy that allows family to come into the center to observe. They are also allowed to give feedback and tips on ways to help better their child's experience at our school. These things can vary from what they eat, to talking to Spanish speaking child in their language. We also had a child who was hearing impaired and the parent came to teach the teachers basic sign language that could make things easier on both the child and the teacher herself.
Sarah
10/27/2018 02:21:06 pm
Our program does home visits to meet with families. We also have an open house where families come to our classroom. We send a letter home with families that give a little biography of our staff. When families visit at open house, we already have child and family pictures hanging up, creating a sense of belonging. Once, when we had a family from Saudi Arabia and ask the family to add Arabic words to the labels in our classroom. We did the same with the visually impaired department to add braille to our labels. 2/17/2020 12:34:52 am
When parents arrive at the center, we welcome and talk with them and they leave the necessary things for their kid. We try to pay attention to babies so that babies feel safe and parents leave in a good mood. In the nursery, we take pictures of the babies and stick them to the walls. There are also activities such as bags with liquids so that children touch the bag anytime or children play with water. The children are young and they learn to be sociable because we give them their basic needs such as food, diaper change, play, and sleep them when they are tired. We do everything with a lot of love and responsibility. Leave a Reply. |
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