Assignment 1: Report on Local Parent/Family Involvement Programs Serving Diverse Families
The purpose of this activity is to investigate local family involvement programs and services available for diverse families and children/students. You will need to do the following:
·Provide a brief description about the community. Include demographical factors such as population, social, cultural, linguistic, and economic indicators.
·Identify and describe the family involvement programs available at the school and community levels serving families with students from an age group of your choice (early childhood, elementary, middle or high school students). Describe at least two
different programs.
· If possible, contact via telephone and meet with the director of parent coordinator from one of the programs that you identified.
Find out about the philosophy of the program, range of services provided and requirements, funding sources, success rate and challenges.
·Include a reflective commentary about your findings. Comment on what you considered to be the main strength of the programs.
·Submit the written report (minimum 6 pages) and present a summary about your findings in class.