Working with Families

Review the Six Types of Involvement: Keys to Successful Partnerships (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

from the National Network of Partnership Schools. Using the

terminology from this model, describe the kinds of parent and community

involvement you have observed in schools or child care centers where you

have worked, volunteered, or attended. If you do not have this kind of

experience, visit the websites of several local child care centers and

summarize the information about parent involvement that the centers have

included. Also describe how these schools or centers could improve

their level and type of parent and community involvement based on the

NNPS model. Your initial discussion post should be at least 200 words

in length.