Syllabus in Home and School relations

COURSE SYLLABUS

COURSE CODE   : ECED 15

COURSE TITLE    : Home and School relations

NO.OF UNITS     : Three (3)

NO. OF HOURS  : Fifty Four hours (54 hrs)

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

                The course focuses on psychological and practical foundations of working with parents. It introduces ways on how to involve parents and how to effectively collaborate with them and with the community for the holistic development of preschool children.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

At the end of the course the students should be able to:

1. Recognize the importance of parents in the lives of their children,

2. Determine the different roles that parents play in the family and community,

3. Determine the different factors affecting parents and their family,

4. Perform basic skills in communicating and collaborating with parents,

5. Design communication tools to facilitate home, school, and community relations, and

6. Determine the importance of a healthy home, school, and community relations in the development of the child.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

1. The family

                1.1. Definition

                1.2. Importance and functions

                1.3. Classification

2. Factors affecting families

                2.1. Marital instability

                2.2. Poverty

                2.3. Stress

                2.4. Changes in role behavior

                2.5. Mobility and urbanization

2.6. Decrease in family size

                2.7. Increase change of social change

                2.8. A change towards a child-centered society

3. Roles of parents

                3.1. As nurturers

                3.2. As adult partners

                3.3. As individuals

                3.4. As workers

                3.5. As consumers

                3.6. As community members

                3.7. As educators

                3.8. Factors that motivate individuals to become parents

4. Realities of parenting

                4.1. Irrevocability of status

                4.2. Restriction on activity, isolation from other members of the society and fatigue

                4.3. Feelings of non-instinctual love

                4.4. Feelings of guilt of not being the ideal parent

                4.5. Satisfaction in the nurturing role

                4.6. Uncertainty of situations

                4.7. Real concern for children

5. Parent Involvement

                5.1. Definition and characteristics

                5.2. Benefits of parent-children partnership to children, parents, and teachers

                5.3. Potential barriers to parent-teacher partnership

                5.4. Elements of successful partnership

                5.5. Strategies in establishing partnership

6. Epstein’s theory of school-family-community involvement

                6.1. Parenting

                6.2. Communicating

                6.3. Volunteering

                6.4. Learning at home

                6.5. Decision-making

6.6. Collaborating with the community

7. Working with parents with special needs

                7.1 Parents undergoing separation

                7.2. Parents with exceptional children

                7.3. Parents with infants

                7.4. Abusive or neglectful parents

METHODOLOGIES:

                1. Lecture Discussion

                2. Cooperative Learning

                3. Discovery Learning

                4. Demonstration

                5. Behavioral Analysis/Assessment

GRADING SYSTEM:

                1. Long Quiz/Short Quiz                                                 15 %

                2. Recitation/Activities/Participation                       25%

                3. Project                                                                             10%

                4. Assignment                                                                   10%

                5. Major Examinations                                                   40%

                                                                                Total                   100%

COURSE REQUIREMENTS:

1. Attendance (At least 80% of the total number of hours of sessions)

2. Short and Long Quizzes

3. Major Examinations

4. Classroom Activities (Paper and Pencil and Participatory Activities)

5. Activity Portfolio

6. Assignments/Reaction Papers

7. Oral/Written reports

REFERENCES:

Allender, D.B. (2003). How children raise parents. Colorado: Waterbook Press.

Koccchar-Bryant, C.A. (2008). Collaboration and system coordination of students with special needs; from early childhood to the post secondary years. New Jersey: Pearson Prentice Hall.

Getswicki, C. (2010). Home , School, and Community Realtions, 7^th ed. Singapore: Cengage Learning, Inc.

Griffin,D.  & Steen ,S. (2010). School-family-community partnerships: applying Epstein's theory of the six     types of involvement to school counselor practice. Professional School Counseling.

 (http//www.thefreelibrary.com/chool-family-community+partnerships%3a+applying+Epstein%27s+theory+of...-a0225073588). [Retrieved:  October 12, 2012).