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- Home & school are separate spheres
- Schools are solely responsible for the education of children
- School personnel is held accountable for these results and they accept this responsibility
- Role of expert is not shared with family - causes conflict - deficient view of families
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- Low SES viewed as deficient and need remediation
- Educators need support of parents
- Educators need parental support of school values for student success
- Home still has subordinate position to expertise of educators
- Parents are told what to do at home to enhance the child's learning
- Students do NOT have an active role
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- Coexperts in education process
- Work with families on a regular basis
- Educators share common goals and roles with families
- Communication is regular, explicit, and directive
- Students are included in problem solving
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Climate Dimensions:
CULTURE |
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- The beliefs systems, values, general cognitive structure, and meanings characterizing social environments
- Associated with the way students learn and the value of education - academic
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Climate Dimensions: MILIEU |
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- Refers to the characteristics of persons and groups involved with the organization
- Family/School/Community is one group
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Climate Dimensions: SOCIAL SYSTEMS |
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- Patterned ways in which school staff, family members, and students relate with one another
- Hierarchical or collaborative
- Shared or sole leadership
- Task focused or emotionally focused
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Climate Dimensions: ECOLOGY |
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- Physical and material aspects of the organizational environment
- Design of the classroom, materials used, etc.
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| Authoritative Parenting Style |
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- High warmth
- High demand
- Balanced and most effective
- Produces high levels of social and academic achievement
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| Authoritarian Parenting Style |
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- High degree of demandingness
- Low degree responsiveness
- Low warmth
- Emphasize obedience, respect for authority, work tradition, & preservation of order
- Associated with low levels of independence and social responsibility in children
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| Permissive Parenting Style |
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- No demand/low level
- High warmth
- High responsiveness
- Tolerant & accepting towards their child's impulses
- Use as little punishment as possible
- Few demands for mature behavior
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| Neglecting Parenting Style |
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- Low levels of parental warmth and responsiveness
- Low levels of parental demandingness
- Few predictable role expectations are evident in these families and how they interact with each other
- Don't have boundaries, goals or give support
- Not invested in educational success
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Family Structures: NUCLEAR FAMILY |
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- One-sided power
- Mom, Dad & kids
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Family Structures: DUAL INCOME |
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Family Structures: SINGLE PARENT |
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- One-sided power
- Kids have more say
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| Non-Verbal Communication Skills |
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- Gestures
- Facial expressions
- Volume
- Proximity
- Physical attending
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| Non-Verbal Attending Skills |
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- F.A.C.E.S.
- F: Face the person almost directly
- A: Approach by leaning slightly towards the person
- C: Compose yourself in this position
- E: Establish eye contact with the person when appropriate
- S: Space yourself 2-4 ft. from the person
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Verbal Communication Skills: ENCOURAGERS |
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- Statements such as: "mm-hmm"
- Repetitions of key words as key to continue
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Verbal Communication Skills: PARAPHRASING |
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- Involves restating what the speaker says to make sure you have listened and understood
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Verbal Communication Skills: RESPOND TO AFFECT |
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Verbal Communication Skills: OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONS |
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- Encourages further sharing
- Start with "how" or "what"
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Verbal Communication Skills: SUMMARIZATION |
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- More generalized, extended paraphrase
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| Family & Community Involvement |
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- Teachers, schools, and families all educate the child together
- Creativity in overcoming adverse conditions
- Family engagement is strongest predictor of sucess
- Teacher's role to involve the family
- When involved, parents develop more appreciation for their role in the student's learning
- Teachers who collaborate tend not to stereotype or pre-judge single or poor parents
- Involvement helps develop positive student outcomes towards school
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- Coexistence of culture of origin with the dominant or different culture
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- Conforming to mainstream values or beliefs
- Assumption is that the culturally diverse will embrace the norms of dominant culture
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