Early Childhood Center Partnership with Families
and the Community

Category: Engagement Planning and Identifying Community Resources

ECCPFC 1.1

A. Describes how family, neighborhood, community, and society contribute to a child’s development.

B. Identifies strategies for developing successful family and community engagement that is relationship-based, collaborative, respectful, supports families in their efforts to raise their children, is anti-racist/anti-bias and culturally and linguistically inclusive of all families served by the program.

C. Names elements of and describes the Strengthening Families and Protective Factors Framework. 

D. Lists components of effective communication and identifies resources to support the needs of family linguistic diversity and potential communication barriers such as lack of access to technology.

ECCPFC 2.1 

A. Describes community asset mapping and identifies neighborhood and greater community resources that support children and families. 

B. Names strategies to determine family and community needs. 

Category: Supporting Transitions 

ECCPFC 3.1

A. Names the various types of transitions young children may experience as part of attending a program.

B. Describes strategies for continuity of care and smooth supportive transitions that provide a sense of security and well-being for children and families. 

Category: Advocacy 

ECCPFC 4.1

A. Can describe basic advocacy skills within the early childhood context to increase awareness and/or prompt change.

B. Identifies early childhood advocacy organizations and opportunities at the local, state, and national level. 

Category: Engagement Planning and Identifying Community Resources

ECCPFC 1.2

A. Involve families in analyzing needs to create and implement an annual family/community engagement and communication plan that respectfully supports families efforts to raise their children and includes elements of the Strengthening Families and Protective Factors Framework. Plan emphasizes collaboration and applies knowledge of anti-bias and anti-racist strategies, honors diversity in family practices, is linguistically and culturally responsive, inclusive, and addresses  potential communication barriers. 

ECCPFC 2.2

A. Implements strategies to determine family and community needs.

B. Develops relationships with neighborhood and greater community resource organizations connecting families with them in a variety of ways such as through community asset mapping, materials, parent presentations, referrals, coordinating services, enhancing curriculum, etc.

Category: Supporting Transitions 

ECCPFC 3.2

A. Implements procedures and activities for successful transitions and continuity of care for children and families when entering a program, before/after care, moving between classes, entering kindergarten, and other types of transitions. 

Category: Advocacy 

ECCPFC 4.2

A. Uses advocacy knowledge and skills to increase awareness and/or promote change that supports young children, families, early childhood professionals, and the overall early childhood care and learning field. 

Category: Engagement Planning and Identifying Community Resources

ECCPFC 1.3

A. Gather feedback to evaluate effectiveness of engagement and communication plan and adjust as necessary. Works with program staff to identify and implement support for staff to develop effective communication and collaboration skills, including the use of tools that are linguistically and culturally responsive, encourage on-going information sharing, joint decision-making, and problem solving with all families regardless of technology access, reading ability, and language differences. 

ECCPFC 2.3

A. Reviews strategies to determine family and community needs and works with staff and other stakeholders to determine additional community resources and methods of outreach. 

Category: Supporting Transitions 

ECCPFC 3.3

A. Reviews transition and continuity of care procedures on an annual or more frequent basis to identify and implement areas of improvement. Identifies additional strategies and community resources to enhance continuity of care. 

Category: Advocacy 

ECCPFC 4.3

A. Integrates advocacy skills to promote change throughout professional practices.