As an early childhood educator, you will be an advocate for children’s needs. As such, you should gather various resources to assist families as they nurture their child’s cognitive, social, emotional, physical, and linguistic growth.
For this assignment, create a 15-20 slide digital presentation, including slides for the title page, presenter’s notes, and references, based on the following scenario:
The child care center where you teach has hired several new teachers. Your child care director has asked you to create a digital presentation for the new teachers to increase their awareness of various family structures they will see at the center, strategies to get families involved, and agencies at the community, state, and national level that can support families to engage in and enhance the development of their young children.
As you are developing your presentation, keep in mind that your audience has had little exposure to being a classroom teacher.
Include the following:
- Explanation of three different family structures they may encounter in the child care center (single parent family, extended family, military family, blended family, etc.).
- For each family structure, a description of two traumatic or stressful situations that may occur (there may be some overlap).
- For each traumatic or stressful situation described above, provide 1-2 instructional strategies to assist these children in their growth and development.
- At least 2-3 strategies to encourage family involvement.
- Explanation of at least three local, state, or national resources available to support family structures, stress, trauma, and special family circumstances that affect learner development.
Support your presentation with 3-5 scholarly resources.
While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
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Course Code | Class Code | Assignment Title | Total Points | |||||||||||||||||||||
ECE-560 | ECE-560-O500 | Community Advocate | 80.0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Criteria | Percentage | No Submission (0.00%) | Insufficient (69.00%) | Approaching (74.00%) | Acceptable (87.00%) | Target (100.00%) | Comments | Points Earned | ||||||||||||||||
100.0% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Family Structure and Traumatic Situations | 15.0% | Not addressed. | The presentation includes an inaccurate explanation of the family structure. The structure is incomplete, leaving gaps in traumatic or stressful situations that may affect the growth and development of the learner. | The presentation includes an ambiguous explanation of the family structure. The structure includes a shallow example of traumatic or stressful situations that may affect the growth and development of the learner. | The presentation includes a clear explanation of the family structure. The structure includes a complete description of traumatic or stressful situations that may affect the growth and development of the learner. | The presentation includes a comprehensive explanation of the family structure. The structure includes a substantial description of traumatic or stressful situations that may affect the growth and development of the learner. | ||||||||||||||||||
Second Family Structure and Traumatic Situations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Third Family Structure and Traumatic Situations | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Strategies to Support Growth | The presentation provides irrelevant strategies to assist children in their growth and development and effectively encourage family involvement. | The presentation provides unfocused strategies to assist children in their growth and development and effectively encourage family involvement. | The presentation provides relevant strategies to assist children in their growth and development and effectively encourage family involvement. | The presentation provides well-crafted strategies to assist children in their growth and development and effectively encourage family involvement. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Local, State, and National Agencies | 10.0% | The presentation provides an imprecise explanation of local, state, and national resources that support families in traumatic or stressful situations described in the presentation. There is unfitting information about the agencies and services that affect learner development. | The presentation provides a marginal explanation of local, state, and national resources that support families in traumatic or stressful situations described in the presentation. There is underdeveloped information about the agencies and services that affect learner development. | The presentation provides an appropriate explanation of local, state, and national resources that support families in traumatic or stressful situations described in the presentation. There is clear information about the agencies and services that affect learner development. | The presentation provides a compelling explanation of local, state, and national resources that support families in traumatic or stressful situations described in the presentation. There is comprehensive information about the agencies and services that affect learner development. | |||||||||||||||||||
Visual Appeal | There are few or no graphic elements. No variation in layout or typography is evident. | Minimal use of graphic elements is evident. Elements do not consistently contribute to the understanding of concepts, ideas, and relationships. There is some variation in type size, color, and layout. | Thematic graphic elements are used, but not always in context. Visual connections mostly contribute to the understanding of concepts, ideas, and relationships. Differences in type size or color are used well and consistently. | Appropriate and thematic graphic elements are used to make visual connections that contribute to the understanding of concepts, ideas, and relationships. Differences in type size and color are used well and consistently. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Mechanics of Writing (includes spelling, punctuation, grammar, language use) | Frequent and repetitive mechanical errors distract the reader. Inconsistencies in language choice, sentence structure, and/or word choice are present. | Some mechanical errors or typos are present but are not overly distracting to the reader. Correct sentence structure and audience-appropriate language. | Prose is largely free of mechanical errors, although a few may be present. Uses a variety of sentence structures and effective figures of speech. | Writer is clearly in command of standard, written academic English. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Evaluating and Documenting Sources (In-text citations for paraphrasing and direct quotes, Reference page listing and formatting; as appropriate to assignment and style) | Title slide is incomplete or inaccurate. References section includes sources, but many citation errors. References within the body of the presentation are included, but with many citation errors. | Title slide has minor errors. References section includes sources, but they are not cited consistently or correctly. Citations are included within the body of the presentation, but with some errors. | Title slide has minor errors. References section includes sources, but not consistently cited correctly. References included within the body of the presentation, but with some citation errors. | Title slide is complete. References section includes correctly cited sources. References within the body of the presentation are included and correctly cited. | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total Weightage | 100% |