GCU ECS560 Family And Community Engagement Plan

For this assignment, you will create a plan for your second grade class describing how you would engage families and the community in the development and learning of young children with and without exceptionalities in your class.
Review the “Class Profile” and the students’ needs, strengths, and demographics. Based on the diversity of the “Class Profile,” create a 1,000-1,250 word family and community engagement plan that you will use for this class of students.
Use the “Family and Community Engagement Plan Template” to complete this assignment. Include the following in your plan:
Methods of communication for parents/teachers/volunteers/other service providers to promote respectful, reciprocal relationships.
Volunteer opportunities within your classroom and school, for the community and families, that accommodate different schedules and needs (including working families), and are designed to help build safe, positive learning environments with supportive and respectful interaction. In addition, include a description of how you will provide orientation/training for the volunteers.
How you will respond empathetically, ethically, and legally to family emergencies or families in crisis. Include safe intervention strategies in your plan for these unexpected circumstances for families with children both with and without exceptionalities.
Strategies and procedures for sharing educational and community resources with families of students with and without exceptionalities.
Brief rationales for each section as indicated on the template. Rationales should address how the “Class Profile” was incorporated into the section.
Include research to support and explain your choices. Specifically, include three or more resources that discuss how language, culture, and family background can influence the learning of students with and without exceptionalities, as well as the importance of family involvement in student achievement, especially in the early years of an education.
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.
This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
Program competencies and national standards assessed in the benchmark assignment:
COE 1.4: Utilize multiple perspectives relevant to students’ personal, family, and community experiences and cultural diversity to promote student outcomes. [CEC 6.3, NAEYC 2a; InTASC 2(c), 2(d), 2(k); MC 5]
COE 1.5: Support and engage families and communities through respectful, reciprocal relationships. [NAEYC 2b; InTASC 1(c), 2(d); MC 2, MC 5]
COE 1.7: Identify how language, culture, and family background can influence the learning of individuals with exceptionalities. [CEC 1.1; InTASC 1(g), 2(m); MC 5]
COE 1.8: Intervene safely and appropriately with individuals with exceptionalities in crisis. [CEC 2.3; InTASC 2(b), 2(h)]
COE 3.1: Collaborate with students, families, and colleagues to build a safe, positive learning environment of openness, mutual respect, positive relationships, and supportive interactions as the foundation for work with children. [NAEYC 4a; InTASC 3(a), 3(d), 3(e); MC 5]