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2051.3.3 : Collaborating with Families and the Community Emily C Calcagno MSCIN Program, Western Governors University D188: The Collaborative Leader Professor: Terrance Siler October 2023

Learning Goal A student learning goal for my kindergarten classroom is for students to learn all 26 letter sounds by the end of the 2023/2024 school year. When students know their letter sounds, they have the foundational skills to begin to decode words and read fluently. I can collaborate with the families of my students to achieve the learning goal and enrich student learning in multiple ways. The first way is to send home a weekly digital newsletter informing families about what their child is learning in class, as well as what is to come. In the newsletter I list the letter(s) and words of the week we have been learning about, along with online resources to help families to work with their child on these letters at home. Examples include songs, videos, and online games. Another way that I involve families with their children's learning goal is by inviting families to meet with me and discuss their child's goals and provide them with tools to help them at home. I then send home games for families to play with their child that connect to letters we have been learning. Learning at home should be fun and engaging, and supplying families with effective learning games allows families to have fun with their child and help them through their learning journey. Effectiveness Of Family Collaboration Strategy The collaboration strategies listed above would be effective in helping to achieve the learning goal and enrich student learning because they build partnership with families, provides students with a healthy school and life balance, increase student academic understanding, and overall gives students engaging activities to do at home with their families to further their learning. When providing families with a newsletter every week, it allows them to be informed about their child's learning, on the same page as the teacher, and gives effective resources to help further their child's learning at home. By working hand in hand with families, and having a strong line of communication, it builds partnership and trust. This allows my students to understand that their families and I work as a team for them to be successful in school, as well as everyday life. Lastly, by providing families with fun and enriching phonics games to play at home, it allows students to practice their skills further, connect to their learning in a fun manner, and allow families to connect to their child's learning in a positive way. By sending home phonics games that students know and love, they can also feel excited to go home and teach their families how to play the games. This allows students to gain confidence in their learning abilities and overall find enjoyment in the learning process. If students are engaging in their learning in an enriching and effective way, there is a higher chance of meeting the goal above and retaining knowledge.

Learning Goal A science learning goal I have for my kindergarten students is for them to use observations to describe what plants and animals need to survive. This learning goal supports the following kindergarten science standard: K.LS1.1 Use observations to describe patterns of what plants and animals (including humans) need to survive. (Oregon Department of Education, 2022) A community organization I could collaborate with to achieve this goal is our local science museum, Oregon Museum of Science, and Industry (OMSI). Collaborating With Community Organization Currently at OMSI there is an exhibit called Staying Alive: Defenses of the Animal Kingdom. By having a field trip at OMSI, it will be effective in helping to achieve the learning goal and enrich students learning experience because it allows students to observe methods of survival of living things in a hand on, engaging environment where students connect their learning to the world around them. The field trip to OMSI will also include a guide to help students deepen their knowledge, grasp new concepts, and ask and answer questions about their learning. By giving students the opportunity to connect their learning with real life situations, it allows students to gain a new perspective and grow their overall understanding of the given topic. Students will learn about how living things protect themselves from predators and survive in the wild using techniques such as using venom as a defense mechanism, or camouflage techniques to hide from predators. (OMSI, nd.) Effectiveness Of Community Collaboration Strategy By collaborating with OMSI, it will effectively assist in meeting the science goal listed above and enrich learning because students will be able to learn about this topic in a hand on and engaging environment. The article The Importance of Hands-On Learning discusses the effectiveness of hands-on learning by stating the following, “Hands -on (or kinesthetic) learning is where a student participates or carries out physical activities relating to subject material rather than listening to a lecture. Students learn by doing: engaging with the subject material to solve a problem or create something. ” (Miriam, 2021) To further students' knowledge of this concept, students need to learn by doing. This can be engaging in a tour, asking questions, and being able to put their learning to action through activities. Trust-building Strategy A trust building strategy I could use to help build trust as I collaborate with my students’ families is establishing effective communication starting at the beginning of the school year. I start by sending my students a physical welcome letter in the mail to welcome them, let them know how excited I am to be their teacher, as well as a little bit about me. I do this to help ease the nerves of starting the school year and help my students and families feel more comfortable. Once the school year starts, I make sure to send families pictures of their kids in class the first week of school to start an open line of positive communication and establish a trusting relationship. I also make it a priority to send home written notes for each student stating something positive I am seeing from them in class. Examples include working together in a

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