Activity 4.9a: Consider the policy on family-professional partnerships Resource Type: Activity In this activity, learners read a policy advisory on the law of family-professional partnerships and then answer questions about these policies. Resource File (PDF): CONNECT-Activity-4-9a.pdf
Activity 4.8a: Apply the research to practice Resource Type: Activity In this activity, learners apply information from a research summary to a specific context. Resource File (PDF): CONNECT-Activity-4-8a.pdf
Activity 4.7a: Incorporate additional partnership-oriented practices Resource Type: Activity In this activity, learners view video examples of interactions with a teacher and parent, then select practices from Handout 4.1 that were not observed (not marked on Handout 4.2) and describe how to incorporate them into the discussion. Resource File (PDF): CONNECT-Activity-4-7a.pdf
Activity 4.6a: Identify video examples of addressing challenging issues (firm ground) In this activity, learners view video examples of interactions with a teacher then use a checklist to identify practices of addressing challenging issues. Resource Type: Activity Resource File (PDF): CONNECT-Activity-4-6a.pdf
Activity 4.4a: Identify video examples of developing an initial friendly relationship (beginning ground) Resource Type: Activity In this activity, learners will view video clips of a conversation between a teacher and mother and then use a checklist to identify practices for developing an initial friendly relationship. Resource File (PDF): CONNECT-Activity-4-4a.pdf
Activity 4.5a: Identify video examples of making shared decisions (middle ground) Resource Type: Activity In this activity, learners will view video clips from a conversation between a teacher and mother and then use a checklist to identify practices for making shared decisions. Resource File (PDF): CONNECT-Activity-4-5a.pdf
Activity 4.3a: Reflect on your partnerships with professionals Resource Type: Activity In this activity, learners will reflect on partnerships they have had with professionals in their own lives – physicians, nurses, counselors, teachers, principals, etc. They will compare and contrast a trusting partnership they have experienced with a partnership where there was a lack of…
Activity 4.2a: Turn the dilemma into an answerable question Resource Type: Activity In this activity, learners use a tool called PICO to turn a dilemma about how a teacher and father can develop a trusting partnership into an answerable question around intentional partnership-oriented practices. Resource File (PDF): CONNECT-Activity-4-2a.pdf
Activity 4.1a: Describe the dilemma Resource Type: Activity In this activity, learners watch two video clips that present a dilemma about how a teacher and father can develop a trusting partnership as viewed from their individual perspectives. Resource File (PDF): CONNECT-Activity-4-1a.pdf