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Be able to work alongside parents/carers, colleagues and other professionals
Table of Contents
Click on the icon to the left to open an activity sheet containing tasks for you to read and complete. If you have any questions you should contact your tutor who will be able to offer guidance.
Table of Contents
Tutorial Video
Reading Materials
'Working in partnership with parents: Good practice guide’ from the London Borough of Havering
'Staff morale’ from the Teach Early Years website
Find your job description and read what it says about working in a team within your setting with colleagues, parents/carers, and other professionals.
'Childcare providers working in partnership with Multi Agencies’ from Early Years Careers
Find and read your setting’s policies and procedures for working with parents and external professionals.
Presentation
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning
Click to read pages 6-11 in ‘Practice Principle 2: Partnerships with professionals’ which is part of the Australian state of Victoria’s Early Years Learning and Development Framework. The section looks at why partnerships with professionals are important in the early years.
Click to read these ‘Every day’s a learning day’ documents, produced by Education Scotland, which offer ideas of activities that you can share with parents and carers to help them engage with their child’s learning:
Birth to 3 years
3 to 6 years
This section of the Scottish National Improvement Hub has several resources for engaging and supporting children and their families to become involved in their children’s learning.
The Council for Disabled Children and 4 Children have produced a document ‘Working with other professionals and other sources of support and information’ which looks at working together with external professionals.
Think And Challenge
