[Reid Thompson]

Be open to hearing their perspective without inputting your own observations until you’ve made an informed decision.

[Lucía Resendiz]

<font style=”vertical-align: inherit;”><font style=”vertical-align: inherit;”>Mi consejo sería mantener a las familias y cuidadores unidas mediante la comunicación y crear unión entre ambas partes para un ambiente saludable. Identificar los problemas y hablarlos con seriedad pero de una manera pasifica, mostrarles posibles soluciones. </font></font>

[Pearl]

What is your advice for creating and maintaining a good partnership between caregivers/parents and childcare providers?

Being respectful, empathetic, and communicating honestly with caregivers will allow for good partnership

[Abigail]

Build a trusting relationship. Be honest and transparent but also gracious and sympathetic. Provide the same safe space to the families as you do their child. Work together and always collaborate when it comes to plans, ideas, goals, etc. Even though this is a team effort, the family is always the primary provider/ teacher and you should always meet them halfway if not meet them where they are at!

[Eryn Murphy]

My advice for creating and maintaining support is to continuously communication with families and providers, such as being on the same page.

[Juni]

Be respectful and straightforward, assuring that you’re validating the work a family does on behalf of their child(ren). Give a holistic idea of what a child is doing in the classroom positively and negatively, not exclusively addressing a topic of concern.

[Jochelle P]

I was taught the sandwich technique when giving feedback to families. I think it’s important to hear what the families insight is on their child’s behavior.

[Vinitha Baskaran]

My advice would be to start with the positive things and then why they are here for the meetings. Then explain about the situation and try to suggest some suggestions from them. Then suggest your plan and ask if they agree about it.

[Ciara]

Maintaining open, positive, and transparent communication. Sandwiching concerns with positive feedback, and carefully identifying, evaluating, and collaboratively creating solutions to each issue that arises.

[Shelby]

My advice would be to approach every conversation with positivity even if the subject to be discussed is something that the child needs a bit of help with. Let the parent know that they’re doing a great job, and that you want to work with them to help the child. I think it’s just important to let the family know that you are there to help them and your child and you want to listen to any concerns they may have.

[Michael]

Start early and keep regular communication with the parents. Texting is a wonderful tool these days.

[Mumtaz Gaillard]

<strong style=”font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; color: var(–bb-body-text-color); background-color: var(–bb-content-background-color);”>Keeping honest, open, and in frequent communication with caregivers is a way to build trust and create healthy partnerships. Always welcoming the families to observe their child under your care and keeping them in the loop of what and how their child is doing.

[Fernanda]

When it comes to being the lead teacher in a classroom it should feel natural to parents to be able to talk to you and parents should feel comfortable with you so that know that your kid is ready to learn

[Heather Schulte]

Establish a strong base relationship with families by asking open ended questions, and truly listening to gain understanding and context of the whole child. Trust will provide an open door for communication and problem solving as an ongoing process through that child’s time with you.

[mia costello]

Gather as much information about a child from the family. Make sure primary caregivers feel you respect and understand them by creating opportunities to connect with and listen to them. Include primary caregivers in the child’s learning and embrace feedback and ideas they may have. When you have established a long-term relationship with primary caregivers based out of respect, it will help when we the child care provider have sensitive subjects to discuss with the primary caregivers and will also help them be more responsive to our insight which will allow both sides to work together to problem solve and help the child.