CD5: Child, Family and Community Ch 6: Responsibility for Educating and Protecting Children

Agenda  Points will be earned in tonight’s activities:  10 point question just before the end of class  10 point learning check at the end of class  10 Q & A  Page 155 Quote  Being a parent … a teacher ….  Responsibilities for protection and education  Marginalized Families  Governance of Schools  It Takes a Village….  Video: 10 Things Every Child Needs  Page 158, #8  Short Essay Question  Learning Check

1. There are no formal or legal demands placed on parents to put their children in school.  True  False

1. There are no formal or legal demands placed on parents to put their children in school.  True  False

2. Families provide the beginning experiences as children grow into the school environment.  True  False

2. Families provide the beginning experiences as children grow into the school environment.  True  False

3. Parents automatically instill social skills in their child(ren).  True  False

3. Parents automatically instill social skills in their child(ren).  True  False

4. Parents who validate music and the arts instill these values in their children.  True  False

4. Parents who validate music and the arts instill these values in their children.  True  False

5. Child abuse is every body’s business.  True  False

5. Child abuse is every body’s business.  True  False

6. Neglect means denying food, clothing, shelter or love with the intent to harm.  True  False

6. Neglect means denying food, clothing, shelter or love with the intent to harm.  True  False

7. Emotional abuse includes terrorizing, isolating and rejection.  True  False

7. Emotional abuse includes terrorizing, isolating and rejection.  True  False

8. Sexual abuse includes all sexual acts performed on a child by an adult who exerts control over him/her.  True  False

8. Sexual abuse includes all sexual acts performed on a child by an adult who exerts control over him/her.  True  False

9. Physical abuse can be discovered and stopped.  True  False

9. Physical abuse can be discovered and stopped.  True  False

10. Everyone who works with children, whether for pay or as a volunteer, is a mandated reporter.  True  False

10. Everyone who works with children, whether for pay or as a volunteer, is a mandated reporter.  True  False

Page 155: “Everyone in contact with children should nurture and support their educational experiences in society.” True? False? Why?

Being a Parent, Being a Teacher  Why do parents put their children in school?  What does the home control?  What does the school control?  What does the community control?

Responsibilities Pg 144: Woodruff said, “Schools and curricula are most effective when rooted in children’s needs and experiences. What goes on in a school, therefore, should be as much about a child’s overall life as it is about academics.” True? False? Why?

Marginalized Families  Case Study: Peggy, pg 158  Risks to her child:  Risks to her child’s teacher:  Risks to her child’s classmates:  Nurturing the parent(s):

Governance of Schools  Legal requirements  Home requirements  Community requirements  School requirements

It takes a village … So, what does it mean to be a teacher? How will you answer this question: “What should be happening for each child?”

10 Things Every Child Needs  Please take notes on this video!

Page 159: A nurturing school displays the following characteristics: (read them one by one) #8: It is organized and serious about its mission. Now, what do you think about schools?

Personal Response: On a clean sheet of paper, answer the following and turn it in: What will you do differently tomorrow, and every day from now on, as a result of what we have discussed tonight? (10 points)

Learning Check - 10 points On a scale of (0 is “not at all”, 2 is “very”) 1. How much did you prepare before class to understand the chapter topics? 2. How well do you understand these topics ? 3. How fully did you participate in small group discussions? 4. How fully did you participate in full group discussions? 5. How thoughtfully did you answer the question on the previous slide?