Partnerships with Families (2-part series)

Join international speaker Janis Keyser for this 2-part series to explore challenges and discover strategies to build stronger, effective partnerships with families. Children, families and educator's benefit when they are working together to support children's growth and learning, but building these relationships are not always easy. How can we create reciprocal and respectful relationships with families that not only nurture children, but include families, educators and the curriculum? Find out here!

Join us for a 2-part interactive workshop with international speaker and author of From Parents to Partners: Building a Family-Centered Early Childhood Program, Janis Keyser, focusing on building reciprocal and respectful partnerships with families. 

Session 1:

A Community of Learners and Family-Centered Care 

We will discuss the principles of Family-Centered Care, identify challenges that educators are currently experiencing and explore strategies to build strong trusting partnerships with families. This workshop will introduce the idea of a community of learners, including interactive learning experiences that invite reflective practice, strength-based learning and educator-to-educator sharing.

This session will include: 

  • explore the principles and practices of Family-Centered Care
  • discuss the benefits of partnerships with families for children, educators and families
  • reflect on the obstacles to building partnerships with families
  • identify and the challenges that educators are currently experiencing in working with families
  • identify and discuss strategies for addressing challenges and building strong partnerships
  • define and participate in a community of learners
  • engage in interactive learning experiences, reflective practice, strength-based learning and educator-to-educator sharing.

 

Session 2:

Two-Way Communication and Skills for Challenging Conversations 

We will explore the importance of two-way communication which is the building block of collaborative partnerships between families, children and educators. We will engage interactive learning experiences to identify strategies that promote listening, collaboration, problem-solving and partnership and will practice implementing these strategies.

This session will include:

  • examine the importance of two-way communication as a building block of collaborative partnerships between families, children and educators.
  • identify strategies that promote listening, collaboration, problem-solving and partnership
  • practice implementing two-way communication strategies
  • explore and develop strategies to support Family Centered Care practices
  • participate in a community of learners

  • engage in interactive learning experiences, reflective practice, strength-based learning and educator-to-educator sharing.

  • No future dates available.