Early childhood education professionals may undertake significant efforts to design and provide culturally relevant and anti-bias environments, but still fall short in fostering environments in which children are fully inclusive of others and free of prejudice. Educators and early childhood leaders need to understand and be respectful in creating and maintaining culturally relevant and anti-bias early learning environments.Imagine you are an early childhood educator or an early childhood administrator who has received the four surveys below from families. After you read through the surveys, select one family that you want to use for this discussion.
Survey child #1
Write a transcript responding to common questions that a family such as you selected would tend to bring up at a parent-teacher conference, based on the survey data and your experience as an educator or an administrator.Examples are shown below. Provide five questions, which may be selected from the list below, derived from your experience, or a combination of both. Each response should include a fact from the survey.
What resources are available to help my child learn language?
What support and resources can you share to help support obstacles children might be facing?
How can I support my childs learning in the classroom?
How can I help support my child at home?
How will you be sure to include all children in the learning despite their differences?
What role do families play in the early childhood environment?
What are some of the activities that you will use to help children learn respect?
How do you deal with bias in the classroom?
Do you have any suggestions that could help families with education, literacy, or mentoring?
Can you suggest online resources for family learning?
After you choose five questions, develop and deliver your responses to each in the following format:
Provide a question asked by the parent on the top line of each section.
Provide and comment on your response to each question, including the following components:
Summarize your response to the familys question.
Explain and defend your response, providing evidence and support from the course textbook.
Provide an example illustrating how your response would play out in an early learning environment.
Cite at least one website for each question that could serve as a resource for you as an educator or that you could share with parents.
The purpose of this survey is to obtain your insight about how to better understand the needs of
our children and families. Your feedback is very important and will be kept confidential. Thank
you for taking the time to answer these questions. This information is very helpful, as we
continue to develop a partnership to care for and educate our children together. If you would
prefer to complete this form directly with one of our staff members, we can arrange a time to
talk with you about this information.
Please fill out only one survey per family.
1. What descriptor best describes you?
a. Parent
b. Foster Parent
c. Grandparent/Guardian
d. Teen parent
e. Other________________
2. Your gender/sex:
a. Male
b. Female
3. Your age:
a. 15 and under
b. 16-?21
c. 22-?27
d. 28-?33
e. 34-?39
f. 40-?45
g. 46-?51
h. 52-?58
i. Over 60
4. Your ethnicity/race:
a. White
b. African-?American
c. Asian/Pacific Islander
d. Native American
e. Alaskan
f. Hispanic
g. Other__________
5. What is the primary language spoken in your home?
a. English
b. Spanish
c. Other_________
6. What is your marital status?
a. Single
b. Married
c. Divorced
d. Separated
e. Living with my partner
f. Widowed
g. Other__________
7. Who lives in your home?
Mother, child, and one sibling
8. Number of children in the home?
Ages
Child(ren)
0 to 2 years old
1
3 to 5 years old
1 (Child)
6 to 13 years old
14 to 17 years old
9. What is your education and employment status (check all that apply)?
Mother
Education Status
Some High School
High School Graduate
Vocational School
X
Some College
Associate Degree
Bachelor Degree
Graduate Degree/Advanced Graduate Degree
Mother
Employment Status
X
Employed full-?time
Employed full-?time
Seeking employment
Unemployed
Pursuing Education/Professional Training
Other _______________
10. Does your family live:
a. Alone as a family
b. With relatives
c. With friends
d. In a shelter
e. Homeless
f. Other_______
Father
X
Father
X
11. Do you have health insurance?
a. Yes
b. No
12. Does your child(ren) have health insurance?
a. Yes
b. No
13. If you dont have insurance, are you eligible for Medicaid?
a. No
b. Yes
c. Dont know
14. Does your family have reliable transportation?
a. No
b. Yes, car
c. Yes, carpool or ride sharing
d. Yes, public transportation
e. Other________________
15. What type(s) of childcare are you currently using?
a. No other childcare used
b. Older siblings
c. Relatives
d. Babysitter in the home
e. Babysitter outside the home
f. Other___________
About how many hours per week is your child (ren) in child care? ____40+ hours_____________
16. What is your annual household income?
a. Less than $10,000
b. $10,000 -? $14,999
c. $15,000 -? $24,999
d. $25,000 -? $34,999
e. $35,000 -? $44,999
f. $45,000 -? $54,999
g. Over $60,000
17. Do you receive Public Assistance?
a. No
b. Medicaid
c. Social Security
d. Food Stamps
e. Housing
f. Workers Compensation
g. Unemployment Benefits
h. Other_________________
18. Where would you like to receive support (Circle all that apply):
a. Education
b. Employment services
c. Food and nutrition support
d. Health-?related or medical help
e. Budgeting or stretching income
f. Housing improvements
g. Resources in community
h. Emergency rent, utility or shelter help
i. Transportation
j. Divorce Support Group
k. English as a Second Language
19. Which community resources do you use or wish to use (Check all that apply):
Use Currently
Would like to use
Community organizations
X
Crisis intervention & counseling
Education, literacy & mentoring
Employment & training
Mental health services
Information & referral
Substance abuse treatment
Emergency assistance (food, etc)
Child welfare & foster care
Law enforcement
Culture & art
Transportation
Family support services
X
Public health services (IHS)
Legal aid
Recreation
Youth Boys and Girls Club
Churches & Spiritual organizations
20. How would you like to be involved in your childs school experience?
a. Helping in the classroom
b. Helping with field trips and special events
c. Serving on Parent Committee
d. Translating, verbal or written
e. Special Projects
f. At Home Projects
g. Other______________________
