FR2004

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Overview

For this Performance Task, you will write a task force report,  outlining strategies for a preschool to improve specific areas of family  and community engagement.

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Instructions

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Performance Task Instructions

You are the Director of a preschool that has struggled with family  and community engagement. This year, with the help of a few families,  willing staff, and community leaders, you created the Family and  Community Engagement Task Force to address these concerns head on. As a  group, you have decided to identify research-based strategies to:

• Engage more families in partnering with the school to foster children’s healthy development and learning.
• Build meaningful relationships with the community to promote positive outcomes for children and families.

You plan to write up your recommendations and rationale in a Task  Force report to share with the preschool’s Board of the Directors.

To complete this Assessment, complete the “Task Force Report  Template” document, addressing all of the prompts included in the  template.

The Morningside Community Preschool

Family and Community Engagement

Task Force Report

Introduction

The Morningside Community Preschool (MCP) is housed on the bottom floor of a large Downtown business in a medium-sized city. The center’s preschool program operates from 8am – 2pm, Monday through Friday. Before- and after-school care is available. Many children are brought to MCP from the suburbs by family members who work Downtown. Other children come from nearby neighborhoods that are close to the University, and are from both faculty and student families. The University attracts faculty and students from many places around the world. Approximately one-fifth of the children are on full or partial scholarships, and most live in one of two housing developments.

The preschool has four classrooms of 4-year-olds (

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6) and four classrooms of 3-year-olds (48). Each classroom has a Lead Teacher and an Assistant Teacher. Additional, staff provide care before and after the program day.

The Family and Community Engagement Task Force was established by the Director of Morningside Community Preschool amid growing concerns about a lack of interaction between the program, the families whose children attend the school, and the wider community. Program open houses have been poorly attended, and the relationships between staff members and families have been tenuous. In addition, when MCP faculty went into the community to seek raffle donations from local businesses, they discovered that many did not even know of the preschool’s existence.

Next Steps

After sharing these insights and concerns with the Board of Directors, the Morningside Family and Community Engagement Task Force was established to address these and other issues. Comprised of the director, staff, family members, and local community leaders, the Morningside Family and Community Engagement Task Force has decided to identify research-based strategies to:

1) Engage more families in partnering with the school to foster children’s healthy development and learning.

2) Build meaningful relationships with the community to promote positive outcomes for children and families.

Task Force Vision Statement

The members of the Family and Community Engagement Task Force share a common vision: Children are best cared for when the adults in their lives engage in consistent dialogue. We have come together to draw on and utilize research-based strategies for better engaging families we serve and members of our community. The Task Force will present a series of recommendations for specific actions to the Board of Directors as well as rationales for these recommendations and the sources relied on to arrive at them.

Task Force Recommendations

To Promote Family Engagement

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research-based strategies to engage more families in partnering with our school to foster children’s healthy development and learning:

Explain five research-based strategies for engaging families in partnering with our school to foster children’s healthy development and learning. (2-3 sentences each)

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Why we chose these strategies:

Explain the rationale for choosing these particular strategies, including research-based evidence showing why these strategies can be effective in engaging families in school efforts to foster children’s healthy development and learning. (1-2 paragraphs).

Sources:

Provide at least two citations with URLs that were the sources for the chosen strategies.

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Task Force Recommendations

To Promote Community Engagement

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research-based strategies to help build meaningful relationships with the community to promote positive outcomes for children and families.

Explain five research-based strategies to help build meaningful relationships with the community to promote positive outcomes for children and families. (2-3 sentences each)

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Why we chose these strategies:

Explain the rationale for choosing these particular strategies, including research-based evidence showing why these strategies can be effective in helping build meaningful relationships with the community to promote positive outcomes for children and families. (1-2 paragraphs).

Sources:

Provide at least two citations with URLs that were the sources for the chosen strategies.
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FR2004: Family and Community Engagement: Apply strategies that foster family and community engagement in
supporting the healthy development and learning of young children.

Assessment Rubric

0
Not Present

1
Needs Improvement

2

Meets Expectations

Topic 1: Strategies for Family Engagement

Explain five research-
based strategies for
engaging families in
partnering with our
school to foster
children’s healthy
development and
learning.

LO1: Explain research-
based strategies for
engaging families in
partnering with early
childhood programs to
foster children’s healthy
development and
learning.

Response is not present.

Response vaguely,
inaccurately, and/or
incompletely explains
research-based strategies for
engaging families in partnering
with early childhood programs
to foster children’s healthy
development and learning.
.

Response clearly, accurately, and
completely explains research-
based strategies correctly citing
sources, for engaging families in
partnering with early childhood
programs to foster children’s
healthy development and learning.

Explain the rationale
for choosing these
particular strategies
including research-
based evidence of why
these strategies can be

Response is not present.

Explanation of why specific
research-based strategies
were chosen is vague,
incomplete, and/or inaccurate.

Explanation of why specific
research-based strategies were
chosen is clear, complete, and
accurate.

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effective in engaging
families in school
efforts to foster
children’s healthy
development and
learning.

LO2: Explain why
specific research-based
strategies for engaging
families in school efforts
to foster children’s
healthy development
and learning were
chosen.

LO3: Using research-
based evidence, explain

why specific strategies
for engaging families in
school efforts to foster
children’s healthy
development and
learning will be effective.

Response is not present.

Explanation of why strategies
for engaging families in school
efforts to foster children’s
healthy development and
learning will be effective is
vague, inaccurate, and/or
incomplete.

Explanation of why strategies for
engaging families in school efforts
to foster children’s healthy
development and learning will be
effective is clear, accurate, and
includes research-based
evidence.

Topic 2: Strategies for Community Engagement

Explain five research-
based strategies to
help build meaningful
relationships with the
community to promote
positive outcomes for
children and families.

Response is not present. Response vaguely,
inaccurately, and/or
incompletely explains
research-based strategies that
help build meaningful
relationships with communities
to promote positive outcomes
for children and families.

Response clearly, accurately, and
completely explains research-
based strategies, correctly citing
sources, that help build
meaningful relationships with
communities to promote positive
outcomes for children and
families.

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LO1: Explain research-
based strategies that
help build meaningful
relationships with
communities to promote
positive outcomes for
children and families.

Explain the rationale
for choosing these
particular strategies
including research-
based evidence
showing why these
strategies can be
effective in helping
build meaningful
relationships with the
community to promote
positive outcomes for
children and families.

LO2: Explain why
specific research-based
strategies for helping
build meaningful
relationships with
communities to promote
positive outcomes for
children and families
were chosen.

Response is not present. Explanation of why specific
research-based strategies
were chosen is vague,
incomplete, and/or inaccurate.

Explanation of why specific
research-based strategies were
chosen is clear, complete, and
accurate.

LO3: Using research-
based evidence, explain

Response is not present.

Explanation of why strategies
for helping build meaningful

Explanation of why strategies for
helping build meaningful

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why specific strategies
for helping build
meaningful relationships
with communities to
promote positive
outcomes for children
and families will be
effective.

relationships with communities
to promote positive outcomes
for children and families will be
effective is vague, inaccurate,
and/or incomplete.

relationships with communities to
promote positive outcomes for
children and families will be
effective is clear, accurate, and
includes research-based
evidence.

Exceeds Expectations

LO1: Use
information from
multiple, relevant
sources.

Task Force Report presents in-depth analysis of information from multiple, relevant sources in
order to apply strategies to improve family and community engagement in a preschool program.

 Yes

 No

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Professional Skills Rubric

Written Communication: Write with clarity, coherence, and purpose.
0

Not Present
1

Needs Improvement
2

Meets Expectations

LO1: Construct complete
and correct sentences
(AWE 2; Sentence Level
Skills)

Sentences are
incoherent and impede
reader’s access to
ideas.

Sentences are incomplete and/or
include fragments and run-on
sentences, limiting reader’s
access to ideas.

Sentences structure effectively
conveys meaning to the reader.

LO2: Demonstrate the
effective use of grammar
and mechanics. (AWE 2;
Sentence Level Skills)

Multiple inaccuracies in
grammar and
mechanics impede
reader’s access to
ideas.

Some inaccuracies in grammar
and mechanics limit reader’s
access to ideas.

Use of grammar and mechanics is
straightforward and effectively
conveys meaning to reader.

LO3: Create cohesive
paragraphs with a clear
central idea. (AWE 2;
Paragraph Level Skills)

Paragraphs, or lack of
paragraphs, impede
reader’s access to
ideas.

Construction of main idea and/or
supporting paragraphs limit
reader’s access to ideas.

Main idea and/or supporting
paragraphs effectively convey
meaning to reader.

LO4: Use supporting
material to support a claim.
(AWE 2; Use of Evidence)

Supporting materials
are not present.

Supporting material is used
inconsistently or inappropriately.

Supporting material is used to
enhance meaning. Writing is
appropriately paraphrased and uses
direct quotes as applicable.

LO6: Identify sources
(AWE 2; Credit to source)

Sources are missing. Writing inconsistently identifies or
misrepresents sources.

Writing clearly identifies the source of
nonoriginal material and/or ideas.

Information Literacy: Apply strategies to evaluate information in order to effectively analyze issues and make
decisions.
0

Not Present
1

Needs Improvement
2

Meets Expectations

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LO1: Identify and locate
credible sources.

No sources or non-
credible sources are
present.

Sources are inconsistently
credible, appropriate, and
relevant to the topic and/or
assessment.

Sources are mostly credible,
appropriate, and relevant to the
topic and/or assessment.

LO2: Analyze
information sources.

Analysis is not
present.

Analysis superficially applies
aspects of sources that are
most relevant to the topic
and/or assessment and/or
analysis is unclear.

Analysis thoroughly and clearly
applies aspects of sources that are
most relevant to the topic and/or
assessment.

LO3: Synthesize
information from
multiple, credible
sources.

Synthesis is not
present.

Synthesis demonstrates a
vague connection between
multiple sources and/or the
topic.

Synthesis demonstrates a clear
and cohesive connection between
multiple sources and/or ideas to
support a given topic.