Table 1 includes the prerequisites, activities, resources, and evaluation for each credit-hour option of this module on communication. Use the table to select the links and follow the instructions for completing the option(s) you select. You must do the options in order, beginning with Option A, but you can stop at any time and are not required to complete the remaining options.
Table 1: Prerequisites, Activities, Resources, and Evaluation for the Parent Communication Module
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Option A
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Option B
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Option C |
Prerequisite
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None
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Option A
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Option A and B
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Activities
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- View Part II of the webcast Diversity and Multicultural Integration in Head Start and Early Head Start in English or Spanish
- Use the accompanying Webcast Viewer's Guide in English [PDF, 392KB] or Spanish [PDF, 419KB] to better understand key points and messages of the webcast
- Take notes to help in the planning process
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Resources
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- Part II - Diversity and Multicultural Integration in Head Start and Early Head Start in English or Spanish(about 30 minutes)
- Viewer's Guides in English [PDF, 392KB] or Spanish [PDF, 419KB]
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Evaluation
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- Explain the approaches you will use to learn the language preferences of families and how they prefer to receive communication from your program
- Describe the system you will create to track each family’s preferences
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- Read Principle 3 and answer questions 3 and 4
- Read Principle 7 and answer questions 1 through 5
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- List five strategies you’ve learned from the materials in this module that will improve your ability to communicate with families from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and with various literacy levels.
- Identify at least two appropriate translation and interpretation resources in your community that you may use when communicating with families of dual language learners.
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