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Advancing Equity and Inclusion , Youth Development ,

Equitable Family Engagement

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Learn about the central tenets of equitable family engagement and explore practices that strengthen family engagement in your school or program.

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Strengthen connections and foster inclusivity in your educational community with our Equitable Family Engagement Online Course. This 1-hour course is specifically designed for youth workers, activity specialists, teachers, site supervisors, school leaders, and directors who are committed to enhancing family involvement in schools and programs. By focusing on equitable family engagement, this course provides you with the tools and strategies needed to create a more inclusive and effective approach to family engagement.

In this course, you’ll review the definition and benefits of effective family engagement and learn how to develop a tailored family engagement plan that addresses the unique needs of your school or program. You’ll explore inclusive communication techniques and effective family engagement strategies that encourage meaningful two-way communication between families and educators. The course also emphasizes the importance of building trust in family learning spaces by sharing power, facilitating connections, and practicing empathy. By the end of this course, you’ll be equipped to integrate equitable family engagement strategies into program planning and create a more connected and supportive school community. Enroll today to gain valuable insights into fostering equitable family engagement and building trust in family learning spaces that benefit both students and families alike.

This course will take approximately 1 hour to complete.

This course satisfies these child care training requirements:

  • B-3 Continuum: 1. Community Partnerships
  • B-3 Continuum: 3. Family Engagement & Parent Leadership
  • B-3 Continuum: 5. Joint Professional Development
  • Illinois: B-3 Continuum
  • : Illinois
  • Career Development: 1. Ethics and professionalism in child care
  • Family/Community Relations: 1. Working with parents and families
  • Family/Community Relations: 6. Community needs assessment
  • Career Development: 8. Marketing
  • Career Development: 9. Business practices
  • Child Growth and Development: 10. Family/Community Relations
  • Career Development: 10. Publicly funded child care
  • Ohio: Career Development
  • Ohio: Child Growth and Development
  • : Ohio
  • Core Knowledge and Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals: 1. Management
  • West Virginia: Core Knowledge and Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals
  • : West Virginia
  • Hawaii: 1. Pilina (Relationships)
  • 1. Pilina (Relationships): 1a. Pilina (Relationships) between Staff and Youth
  • 1. Pilina (Relationships): 1d. Pilina (Relationships) between Program and Families
  • Hawaii: 2.Learning and Development
  • 2.Learning and Development: 2b. Staff Professional Development and Leadership
  • Hawaii: 3. Administration of Program
  • 3. Administration of Program: 3a. Program Administration for Staff
  • : Hawaii
  • School Age Child Care: 1. Principles of Childhood Development
  • School Age Child Care: 3. Child Day Care Program Development
  • : New York
  • New York: School Age Child Care
  • ECE Competencies: 2. Culture, Diversity and Equity
  • ECE Competencies: 3. Relationships, Interactions, and Guidance
  • ECE Competencies: 4. Family and Community Engagement
  • ECE Competencies: 7. Special Needs and Inclusion
  • ECE Competencies: 10. Leadership in Early Childhood Education
  • ECE Competencies: 11. Professionalism
  • ECE Competencies: 12. Administration and Supervision
  • : California
  • California: ECE Competencies
  • Early Care & Education Professional Development Content Areas: 2. Families - Teacher Partnerships and Community Connections
  • Early Care & Education Professional Development Content Areas: 6. Professionalism as an Early Childhood Educator
  • Early Care & Education Professional Development Content Areas: 8. Professional Development and Leadership
  • Missouri: Early Care & Education Professional Development Content Areas
  • : Missouri
  • Early Care and Education Knowledge Base: 2. Family and community partnerships
  • Early Care and Education Knowledge Base: 4. Teaching and engagement
  • Early Care and Education Knowledge Base: 6. Professionalism
  • Montana: Early Care and Education Knowledge Base
  • : Montana
  • Department of Early Learning and Care: Training: 2. Family and Community Systems
  • Oregon: Department of Early Learning and Care: Training
  • : Oregon
  • Early Childhood Professional Learning Categories: 2. Leadership
  • Early Childhood Professional Learning Categories: 3. Resources
  • Early Childhood Professional Learning Categories: 6. Implementation
  • Tennessee: Early Childhood Professional Learning Categories
  • : Tennessee
  • Workforce Knowledge and Competencies: 2. Learning Environment and Curriculum (LEC)
  • Workforce Knowledge and Competencies: 3. Positive Interactions (PI)
  • Workforce Knowledge and Competencies: 4. Family Engagement (FE) 
  • Workforce Knowledge and Competencies: 7. Professionalism and Leadership (PL)
  • Workforce Knowledge and Competencies: 8. Collaborative Program Management – (CPM) 
  • : Arkansas
  • Arkansas: Workforce Knowledge and Competencies
  • Department of Early Education & Care Standards: 2. Planning Programs and Environments for Young Children
  • Department of Early Education & Care Standards: 9. Family and Community
  • Massachusetts: Department of Early Education & Care Standards
  • : Massachusetts
  • Quality Standards for OST Programs: 2: Relationships and Interactions
  • Quality Standards for OST Programs: 4: Leadership and Management
  • : North Dakota
  • North Dakota: Quality Standards for OST Programs
  • Early Learning eGuidelines Competencies: 3. Building Relationships with Families
  • Early Learning eGuidelines Competencies: c. Building Relationships with Families
  • Idaho: Early Learning eGuidelines Competencies
  • : Idaho
  • Core Knowledge Areas from the Michigan Core Knowledge and Core Competencies for the Early Care and Education Workforce: 3. Family and community collaboration
  • Core Knowledge Areas from the Michigan Core Knowledge and Core Competencies for the Early Care and Education Workforce: 7. Interactions and guidance
  • Core Knowledge Areas from the Michigan Core Knowledge and Core Competencies for the Early Care and Education Workforce: 8. Child care center administrative rules
  • Michigan: Core Knowledge Areas from the Michigan Core Knowledge and Core Competencies for the Early Care and Education Workforce
  • : Michigan
  • Early Childhood Education and Care Department: 3. Family and community collaboration
  • Early Childhood Education and Care Department: 7. Professionalism
  • New Mexico: Early Childhood Education and Care Department
  • : New Mexico
  • Competencies for Early Childhood Educators and Administrators: 3. Family and community partnership
  • CO OST Quality Guidelines: 3. Human Relationships
  • CO OST Quality Guidelines: 4. Partnerships
  • CO OST Quality Guidelines: 5. Staff Qualifications and Training
  • Competencies for Early Childhood Educators and Administrators: 6. Professional development and leadership
  • CO OST Quality Guidelines: 6. Youth Development and Engagement
  • Competencies for Early Childhood Educators and Administrators: 8. Teaching practices
  • Colorado: CO OST Quality Guidelines
  • : Colorado
  • Colorado: Competencies for Early Childhood Educators and Administrators
  • Program Quality Practices: 3. Relationships
  • Program Quality Practices: 5. Families and Communities
  • Program Quality Practices: 7. Leadership and Administration
  • Program Quality Practices: 8. Professional Development
  • Wyoming: Program Quality Practices
  • : Wyoming
  • Teachers of Early Childhood Education Subject Matter Standards: 3. Relationships with families
  • Teachers of Early Childhood Education Subject Matter Standards: 6. Professionalism
  • : Minnesota
  • Minnesota: Teachers of Early Childhood Education Subject Matter Standards
  • Early Care and Education Professional Competency Goals for Staff: 4. Business related topics, including parental communication, recordkeeping, etc.
  • Early Care and Education Professional Competency Goals for Directors: b. Business management
  • Early Care and Education Professional Competency Goals for Directors: c. Communication
  • Early Care and Education Professional Competency Goals for Directors: e. Professional and leadership development
  • Georgia: Early Care and Education Professional Competency Goals for Directors
  • Georgia: Early Care and Education Professional Competency Goals for Staff
  • Early Care and Education Professional Competency Goals for Directors: f. Advocacy for the Center, Parents, children and Staff
  • : Georgia
  • Department of Children, Youth & Families: Child Care Provider Training Requirements: 4. Families, communities, and schools
  • Department of Children, Youth & Families: Child Care Provider Training Requirements: 8. Professional development and leadership
  • Department of Children, Youth & Families: Child Care Provider Training Requirements: 9. Cultural competency and responsiveness
  • Washington: Department of Children, Youth & Families: Child Care Provider Training Requirements
  • : Washington
  • Core Competencies for Early Childhood Practitioners: 4. Family and community partnerships
  • Core Competencies for Early Childhood Practitioners: 8. Professionalism and leadership
  • Oklahoma: Core Competencies for Early Childhood Practitioners
  • : Oklahoma
  • Child Care Centers Professional Growth and Development Training Requirements: 4. Strategies to establish productive relationships with families (includes communication skills and cross-cultural competence)
  • Child Care Centers Professional Growth and Development Training Requirements: 5. Strategies to manage an effective program operation (includes business practices)
  • Child Care Centers Professional Growth and Development Training Requirements: 6. Maintaining a commitment to professionalism
  • Iowa: Child Care Centers Professional Growth and Development Training Requirements
  • : Iowa
  • Core Knowledge and Competencies: 5. Family and Community Engagement
  • Core Knowledge and Competencies: 6. Leadership and Professionalism
  • Core Knowledge and Competencies: 7. Organizational Development and Administration
  • Indiana: Core Knowledge and Competencies
  • : Indiana
  • Director Annual Training: 5. Professional Development
  • All Staff Annual Training: 6. Professional Development
  • All Staff Annual Training: 7. Program Administration
  • South Carolina: All Staff Annual Training
  • South Carolina: Director Annual Training
  • : South Carolina
  • Core Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals: 6. Communication
  • Core Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals: 9. Social Development
  • Core Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals: 10. Guidance
  • Core Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals: 11. Family Relationships
  • Core Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals: 12. Program Management
  • Core Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals: 13. Professionalism
  • Nebraska: Core Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals
  • : Nebraska
  • Critical Competencies: 6. Community
  • Early Childhood Educator Requirements: Birth to Second Grade: 6. Family and community
  • Early Childhood Educator Requirements: Birth to Second Grade: 7. Professionalism
  • Early Childhood Educator Requirements: Birth to Second Grade: 8. Management and administration
  • : Delaware
  • Delaware: Early Childhood Educator Requirements: Birth to Second Grade
  • The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Training: 6. Linkages with community services
  • The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Training: 7. Communications and relations with families
  • The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Training: 9. Advocacy for early childhood programs
  • The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Training: 10. Professional issues
  • : Mississippi
  • Mississippi: The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) Training
  • Childcare Program: Continuing Education: 8. Leadership, child care administration, or mentoring
  • Childcare Program: Continuing Education: 10. Working with families
  • Childcare Program: Continuing Education: 12. Child abuse and neglect
  • New Hampshire: Childcare Program: Continuing Education
  • : New Hampshire
  • Department of Social Services, Child Care Services (CCS): Pathway to Professional Development: 8. Program management and regulation
  • Department of Social Services, Child Care Services (CCS): Pathway to Professional Development: 13. Professionalism
  • Department of Social Services, Child Care Services (CCS): Pathway to Professional Development: 14. Partnerships with parents
  • South Dakota: Department of Social Services, Child Care Services (CCS): Pathway to Professional Development
  • : South Dakota
  • Department of Children and Families (Annual In-Service Training): 8. Working with families
  • Department of Children and Families (Annual In-Service Training): 10. Community, health and social service resources
  • Department of Children and Families (Annual In-Service Training): 22. Developing special interest centers/spaces and environments
  • Florida: Department of Children and Families (Annual In-Service Training)
  • : Florida
  • Early Childhood - Continuing Education: 11. Management/Administrative Education
  • Louisiana: Early Childhood - Continuing Education
  • : Louisiana
  • Child Care Training Regulations: 17. Respectful engagement of families, including daily communication with parents about their child’s activities
  • Vermont: Child Care Training Regulations
  • : Vermont
  • Kansas: Afterschool Program Quality Guidelines
  • Afterschool Program Quality Guidelines: IV. Interactions with Families and Communities
  • : Kansas
  • Afterschool Program Quality Guidelines: VII. Program Planning and Development
  • Afterschool Program Quality Guidelines: VIII. Professional Development and Leadership
  • : Alabama
  • Alabama: Standards of Early Learning and Development
  • : Arizona
  • Early Childhood Education Professional Learning Standards: C. Program administration, planning, development, or management
  • Arizona: Early Childhood Education Professional Learning Standards
  • North Carolina: Child Care Facilities: Staff Development Topics
  • Child Care Facilities: Staff Development Topics: d. Strategies to establish productive relationships with families
  • : North Carolina
  • Maine: Child Care Training & Education
  • : Maine
  • Child Care Training & Education: Standard 5: Family Engagement and Partnership
  • New Jersey: Department of Children & Families: Staff Training Requirements for Childcare Centers
  • Department of Children & Families: Staff Training Requirements for Childcare Centers: iv. Family involvement and communication with families
  • : New Jersey
  • Wisconsin: Division of Early Care and Education: Staff Development
  • Division of Early Care and Education: Staff Development: r. Business operations
  • : Wisconsin
  • Kentucky: Early Childhood Professional Development Framework
  • : Kentucky
  • Early Childhood Professional Development Framework: Standard IV: Assesses & Communicates Learning Results
  • Early Childhood Professional Development Framework: Standard VI: Collaborates with Colleagues/Families/Others
  • Early Childhood Professional Development Framework: Standard VII: Engages in Professional Development
  • Early Childhood Professional Development Framework: Standard VIII: Supports Families
  • Early Childhood Professional Development Framework: Standard X: Provides Leadership Within School/Community/Profession
  • : Pennsylvania
  • Pennsylvania: Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators (PA PSCECE)
  • Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators (PA PSCECE): Standard 2: Family-Teacher Partnerships and Community Connections
  • Professional Standards and Competencies for Early Childhood Educators (PA PSCECE): Standard 6: Professionalism as an Early Childhood Educator

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  • 5 Topics
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