Objective: To create a flyer outlining opportunities for parent involvement at an early childhood program and to evaluate your flyer.
Scenario: As an early childhood program director, you would like to offer the families of the children in your program more opportunities to become involved in the center. After reviewing the Strengthening Families program, you decide to institute a Parent Cafe. To spread the word, you create a flyer to send home with each child. This flyer will serve as the invitation, but it also needs to grab parents’ attention to entice them to attend the event.
Focus Assignment:
1. Create a half-page flyer that describes the purpose of a Parent Cafe and the first topic you will discuss.
2. Read the SELF-EVALUATION section below to guide your thinking. Write your self-evaluation after you have completed your flyer.
Self-Evaluation:
1. For your flyer:
a. Explain how this flyer addresses the issues in the scenario.
b. Give evidence from the chapter supporting this flyer (with citations).
2. Describe and justify how your flyer would improve teaching and learning in the scenario.