Quality 6 - Collaborative partnerships with families and communities
Quality 6 - Collaborative partnerships with families and communities
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6.1 - Supportive relationships with families - Respectful relationships with families are developed and maintained and families are supported in their parenting role.
6.1 - Supportive relationships with families - Respectful relationships with families are developed and maintained and families are supported in their parenting role.
6.1.1 - Engagement with the service
6.1.1 - Engagement with the service
The service caters parents with English as a second language by actively translate and provide all required information to the families in their home language. Additionally, I ensured to use simple verbal communicate with parents those English is not their first language, and asked other room educators who could speak parents’ language to report to parents about children’s development or their performance of the day and exchange ideas or discuss about concerns that parents may have in their parenting roles. In another hand, I could help educators in reporting to parents those have the same spoken language as mine. This approach was adapted from Bowen’s study about family which family is the first role model of the child and who projected child’s personalities and developments (The Bowen Center for the Study of the Family, 2023).
Evidence: Translation of Centre’s Philosophy
6.1.2 - Parent views are respected
6.1.2 - Parent views are respected
Parents are always welcome to send through photos of their weekends or special occasions they want to share with their peers. I ensured that parents were able to upload their moments by sending out. This approach was adapted from Bowen’s study about family which family is the first role model of the child and who projected child’s personalities and developments (The Bowen Center for the Study of the Family, 2023).
Evidence: Moments sharing on Xplor.
6.1.3 - Families are supported
6.1.3 - Families are supported
The service communicates with parents through our monthly newsletters which contain useful links and tips about parenting and family wellbeing, or simply sharing any tips or tricks that may work to settle children’s needs which from myself or other educators’ observations throughout the day, as well as any other events or special occasions in the following months. This approach was adapted from Bowen’s study about family which family is the first role model of the child and who projected child’s personalities and developments (The Bowen Center for the Study of the Family, 2023).
Evidence: Monthly Newsletters, Sleep and Rest Policy Updates (in English and different languages)
6.2 - Collaborative partnerships - Collaborative partnerships enhance children’s inclusion, learning and wellbeing.
6.2 - Collaborative partnerships - Collaborative partnerships enhance children’s inclusion, learning and wellbeing.
Evidence: Announcement of room transition
6.2.1 - Transitions
6.2.1 - Transitions
Children are supported by educators and families for a smooth transition between rooms. The parents will be notified a few weeks before the official move. I communicated with the room leader of the room that my children would transit about the children’s sleep/bottle routine, their learning interests and progress and also offered children a few hours to visit the new room until they feel a sense of comfort and familiar with the new room educators. This approach was adapted from Vygotsky’s ZPD which the next room educators could scaffold children learning and assist them for further development (Mcleod, 2023a).
6.2.2 - Access and participation
6.2.2 - Access and participation
I assisted the managements to engage families in contributing their ideas and feedback for the food menu as the season is changing and we need to recreate a suitable menu for the children to ensure they have had enough nutrition in their early age. This approach was adapted from Bowen’s theory which families were the first role-model of the child and they would understand their children preference better to assist the educators in selecting the right food for the children (Guy-Evans, 2023), and also providing healthy food to meet children’s physiological need was the first stage of Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (Mcleod, 2023c).
Evidence: Menu Review.
6.2.3 - Community engagement
6.2.3 - Community engagement
The preschool room educators and managements would organise a visit from the local primary school as an excursion allowing children to prepare for school transition. Also, I assisted the preschool room teachers to pass on the information of school transition to children’s parents who has preschool age sibling, or they have any enquiry in term of school transition.
Evidence: Parent Information Night and Transition Program Poster
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