Engaging Fathers in Early Learning
Staff can use this module to learn how to work alongside and engage fathers in early care and education programs.
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Family Engagement
Family engagement is a collaborative and strengths-based process through which early childhood professionals, families, and children build positive and goal-oriented relationships. It is a shared responsibility of families and staff at all levels that requires mutual respect for the roles and strengths each has to offer. Family engagement focuses on culturally and linguistically responsive relationship-building with key family members in a child’s life. These people include pregnant women and expectant families, mothers, fathers, grandparents, and other adult caregivers. It requires making a commitment to creating and sustaining an ongoing partnership that supports family well-being. It also honors and supports the parent-child relationships that are central to a child’s healthy development, school readiness, and well-being. The Office of Head Start Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Framework is a guide to learning how family engagement promotes positive, enduring change for children, families, and communities.
Partnerships that Foster Development and Learning
Learn how to work alongside families to support children’s ongoing development and learning through everyday interactions and experiences. Use this module in professional development settings.
Home Visitors
Use this guide to learn what knowledge, skills, and practices home visitors need to engage with parents and families.
Partnering with Families of Children Who Are Dual Language Learners
Explore how to partner with families of children who are dual language learners. Learn ways staff can build these partnerships and help children be healthy and successful in school and in life.
Support Groups and Activities for Fathers
Learn how support groups and activities for fathers provide men an opportunity to get together to talk, share, and build different parenting skills.
Tips for Organizing Support Groups and Activities
Discover tips for organizing support groups and activities for fathers in your program..
Practice Scenario
Explore the scenario and reflect on opportunities to partner with fathers and other important men in children's lives.
Exploring the Relationship-Based Competencies for Early Childhood Professionals Who Work with Families
In this webinar, learn how family services staff in early childhood programs can help to support family well-being. Explore ways staff can apply the relationship-based competencies in their work with families.
Relationship-Based Competencies to Support Family Engagement for All Early Childhood Professionals: An Overview
Explore relationship-based competencies (RBCs) to support family engagement. Find out how the competencies can be used by various early childhood professionals in different settings.
Webinar Series
Watch this four-part webinar series that focuses on the relationship-based competencies—knowledge, skills, and individual practices—staff need based on their roles.
